1 Manage chronic stress For most of us, stress is the biggest hurdle to overcome, but Kalinik emphasises that chronic, rather than acute, stress is the baddie here: ‘Stress hormones such as cortisol are produced when the body is in fight or flight mode to alert us to danger.
For this reason, it’s the overriding hormone that essentially “wins” over every other system in the body. This is fine in short bursts, but if you are living with constant stress, and producing stress hormones with no respite, longer term this can have a knock-on effect and potentially lead to issues with gut health, fertility, immunity, skin and mood.