fendertele
Member
- Joined
- Aug 4, 2017
- Messages
- 61
Hey I'm showing signs of either a cortisol issue or estrogen dominance but having a hard time figuring out the right way to combat it, as someone else explained with my symptoms before on here that it sounds like my body is bonking... which makes sense but still clueless as to how to even it out.
I have 2 questions.
Firstly what's the difference between high cortisol and adrenal fatigue? I've read both can be caused by excercise and my first thought was adrenal fatigue was low cortisol.. but then had my doubts as how can excercise cause both high and low cortisol, so then thought it may be when cortisol gets so high for a long period the adrenals burn out or am I way off?.
Second and probably the most confusing part for me.
High cortisol/adrenal fatigue can lead to estrogen rising/dominance
Carbs can lower cortisol which will avoid estrogen rising... but
Carbs can also cause estrogen dominance, so to avoid this go low carb/keto... but
Low carb causes cortisol to rise and when it rises it raises estrogen…
So i'm trying to get my head round this vicious cycle or is my information way off ?
I know my cortisol/estrogen issue is caused by my weight training as it resolves when I stop however I enjoy it and even cutting back makes no difference, it must be a huge stressor full stop.. so i'm looking to aid the adrenals to lower the cortisol and keep the estro dominance at bay if possible.
thanks
I have 2 questions.
Firstly what's the difference between high cortisol and adrenal fatigue? I've read both can be caused by excercise and my first thought was adrenal fatigue was low cortisol.. but then had my doubts as how can excercise cause both high and low cortisol, so then thought it may be when cortisol gets so high for a long period the adrenals burn out or am I way off?.
Second and probably the most confusing part for me.
High cortisol/adrenal fatigue can lead to estrogen rising/dominance
Carbs can lower cortisol which will avoid estrogen rising... but
Carbs can also cause estrogen dominance, so to avoid this go low carb/keto... but
Low carb causes cortisol to rise and when it rises it raises estrogen…
So i'm trying to get my head round this vicious cycle or is my information way off ?
I know my cortisol/estrogen issue is caused by my weight training as it resolves when I stop however I enjoy it and even cutting back makes no difference, it must be a huge stressor full stop.. so i'm looking to aid the adrenals to lower the cortisol and keep the estro dominance at bay if possible.
thanks
Last edited: