Tag: stress hormone

Video Summary Stress can come in all shapes and sizes. Physical and emotional stress is basically the same for the body. Your hormones react in the same negative action. Basically, as your stress hormones go up – such as adrenaline and cortisol, your testosterone comes down. And if you think about it LOGICALLY, it makes […]

I’ve had a bunch of people ask me about Ketogenic diets and low-carb diets and how they affect your hormone levels. More specifically: Testosterone Growth hormone Metabolism and thyroid hormones Cortisol and stress hormones And today I’m going to cover cortisol and stress hormones. In future articles, I’ll be speaking about each of the other […]

In order for you to build more muscle and strength, you need to be more “anabolic”, than “catabolic”. You need to increase “protein synthesis”, rather than decrease it or reduce “protein oxidation”. So, what does this mean? Anabolic means to “build”… Catabolic means to “tear down”… When you take “anabolic steroids”, you are increasing “anabolism” […]

I got an interesting question the other day: Dr. Sam, I’m curious to know why people in Italy are so skinny even though they eat lots of carbohydrates, fats, and creams like pasta, bread, pizza, cheese, wine, and so forth? Is it their genetics, hormones, or something else? I really wish I could eat pizza, […]