The Cortisol Awakening Response: How It Became the Go-To Stress Test

Welcome to the Evolution of Medicine podcast! This episode is the first installment in our series with Carrie Jones, ND, MPH and DUTCH Test. Dr. Carrie Jones is a force in the functional medicine community, a modern doc with a holistic approach who can appreciate the best of both medical practices. In her own words, she “helps hormonally challenged people feel less crazy” by using testing and her own extensive knowledge to help people understand their hormones so they can feel empowered to take control of their health. It was an energizing, educational 25 minutes, and I think you’ll really enjoy it.

In this episode, we dive into a cutting-edge topic: the cortisol awakening response (CAR). We discuss how it became the default test for assessing stress and how you can capitalize on this information in your practice. Highlights include:

• Understanding the cortisol awakening response, and how it became the default test for assessing stress
• How testing the cortisol awakening response answers the question, “How resilient are you?” and changes the conversation from testing for disease risk to testing for health opportunity
• How the cortisol awakening response influences alertness and blood sugar management
• Resources for getting up to speed on the cortisol awakening response and implementing this testing in your practice
• And so much more!

 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

goevomed.com/LMRC

goevomed.com/DUTCH

dutchtest.com

dutchtest.com/dutch-fest-2019