Episode 98: [The LOdown] Hunger & Satiety Hormones: How Ghrelin and Leptin Control Your Menstrual Cycle and Thyroid

[The LOdown] Hunger & Satiety Hormones: How Ghrelin and Leptin Control Your Menstrual Cycle and Thyroid

In this episode, we’re breaking down ghrelin and leptin—your body’s key hunger and satiety hormones—and how they impact thyroid function, metabolism, and reproductive health. Learn how sleep, stress, fasting, and diet choices can throw these hormones out of balance, leading to reduced thyroid hormone output, leptin resistance, and even fertility struggles. Plus, we’ll cover practical ways to optimize your hunger hormones for better energy, thyroid health, and hormone balance.

A few things we chat about in this episode 👇👇👇

• Where ghrelin and leptin are made and when they are released
• What factors increase and lower ghrelin
• The role of leptin in thyroid and reproductive function
• Leptin resistance, what causes it and how it affects hormones
• The link between inflammation and satiety hormones
• The lifestyle and nutrition factors that increase leptin (if low) and help improve leptin sensitivity in leptin resistance

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