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Estrogen
The two primary female sex hormones are estrogen and progesterone and you've seen in the last blog how they change across the menstrual...

Helder Barroso
Feb 7, 20197 min read
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The Menstrual Cycle
The menstrual cycle derives from the Latin word for month and refers to the roughly one month (28 day cycle) that a woman goes through...

Helder Barroso
Feb 6, 20195 min read
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Coaching Females
Women can be very complicated, many women aren't familiar with their own phases of the menstrual cycle or how their hormones physiology...

Helder Barroso
Feb 4, 20193 min read
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The Role of Hormones in Females and Males
Other than genetics and the difference in genitalia, arguably the largest biological difference between women and men is in the relative...

Helder Barroso
Jan 30, 20192 min read
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The Consequences of Hypocortisolism
What is Hypocortisolism? Hypocortisolism is when levels of cortisol itself switch from being chronically elevated to being too low....

Helder Barroso
Jan 23, 20192 min read
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Fat Loss With High Stress Levels.
If you are embarking on a fat loss journey and you are starting off already with high levels of chronic psychological or life stress,...

Helder Barroso
Jan 10, 20191 min read
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Gender Differences In The Response To Stress Before Exercise Is Added To The Equation.
While all stressors cause a relatively similar stress response (hormonally at least), there are gender differences in how the system...

Helder Barroso
Jan 8, 20194 min read
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How Cortisol Affects Bodyweight
While obesity can lead to an over-activated hypothalamus , stress and cortisol also play a major role in the overall control of...

Helder Barroso
Jan 2, 20193 min read
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Cortisol
The hormone cortisol is actually one of several hormones that are grouped under the heading of corticosteroids but I will refer to them...

Helder Barroso
Dec 28, 20183 min read
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What Is Stress?
Stress can be defined as anything that throws your body out of allostatic balance. Stress comes in many ways: INJURY - STARVING - TOO HOT...

Helder Barroso
Dec 23, 20182 min read
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