Menopause Series | Dr Elaine McQuade on Perimenopause
The Emma Guns Show
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The Cortisol-Steal Pathway and Perimenopause
Stress has a big impact on the hormone progesterone. If you're really heavily stressed, there's something called the cortisol-steal pathway. This is basically what happens when cholesterol is taken away from the body. Your body then decides whether to produce pyrrole progesterone or cortisol.
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