Cortisol, Genetics, and Functional Testing | What Your DNA Is Telling You About Your Health with Dr. Sam Shay

Cortisol, Genetics, and Functional Testing | What Your DNA Is Telling You About Your Health with Dr. Sam Shay

You have tried every protocol.

Every wellness approach. Every health strategy on your feed.

And you are still exhausted. Still gaining weight. Still wondering why nothing is working the way it should.

What if the answer has been written in your DNA this whole time?

In this episode of the Cortisol Coach Podcast, Christine Marie sits down with Dr. Sam Shay, a functional medicine doctor with over 25 years of experience, founder of Fit Genes USA, and one of the most sought after voices in personalized genetics and functional lab testing. Dr. Sam has appeared on more than 200 podcasts, summits, and stages and his whole mission is taking the complicated science of your genetics and making it actually make sense for real life.

This episode covers cortisol in a way you have never heard before. Dr. Sam explains cortisol as the body's fire department. You want it there, but you do not want it raging and spraying water all over your house every single week just in case there might be a fire. That chronic, relentless activation is exactly what is making your body inflamed and unable to function the way it was designed to.

But the most powerful part of this conversation is what Dr. Sam shares about genetics and the shame that drops off your shoulders when you finally understand why your body does what it does. Why you cannot stop craving sugar. Why alcohol hits you differently. Why stress wrecks you faster than the people around you. It is not a willpower problem. It is a genetic reality. And once you know it, you can build your life around it without guilt.

Christine shares her own revelation about alcohol and her own body and how much faster healing became once she stopped fighting her own biology.

Your symptoms are not character flaws. They are data.

In this episode you will hear:

Why cortisol is like the fire department and what happens when it never turns off

What a cortisol awakening response test is and why it tells you more than a standard four point test

How your genetics determine how you respond to stress, sugar, alcohol, and inflammation

Why your struggles with food and cravings may be written into your DNA and why that removes the shame

What a personal genetic blueprint actually looks like and how it changes everything

The six functional lab tests Dr. Sam says expose what is really happening inside your body

Why controlling your environment is more powerful than controlling your willpower

How to get your own genetic blueprint through Fit Genes USA

Get Dr. Sam's Free Masterclass — 6 Game-Changing Tests That Expose What's Really Happening Inside Your Body: 👉 https://drsamshay.com/masterclass/

Connect with Dr. Sam Shay: Website: https://www.DrSamShay.com Fit Genes USA: https://fitgenesusa.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drsamshay/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sam.shay.792/

Connect with Christine: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cortisol_coach To be a guest on the Cortisol Coach Podcast: https://podcast.itschristinemarie.com/

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