The HPA Axis and Metabolic Safety: Why Your Adrenals Aren’t the Problem, Your Energy Is
The adrenal glands are often blamed for modern fatigue, anxiety, and burnout. Terms like “adrenal fatigue,” “burnt-out adrenals,” and “adrenal exhaustion” have become common explanations for why people feel wired but tired, unable to recover, and stuck in a chronic stress state. But from a bioenergetic perspective, this framing misses the root cause.
The Estrogen Burden: How Tissue Hypoxia, PUFA, and Serotonin Amplify Estrogen’s Effects
Estrogen is rarely discussed with nuance. In mainstream health conversations, it is often reduced to a single narrative: too much estrogen is bad, too little is bad, and balance is the goal
Prolactin: The Forgotten Stress Hormone That Disrupts Thyroid, Libido, and Metabolic Stability
Prolactin is almost always discussed in one narrow context: lactation. Outside of pregnancy and breastfeeding, it’s rarely considered relevant, and when it is, it’s often treated as a secondary marker rather than a driver of dysfunction.
The HPT Axis: How Thyroid Hormone Sets the Baseline for All Steroid Production
In the body’s hormonal hierarchy, thyroid hormone sits quietly at the top. It doesn’t get the same attention as cortisol, testosterone, or estrogen, yet it determines whether those hormones can be produced, activated, and used effectively in the first place.





















































