If your energy feels unpredictable — steady one day, scattered the next — cortisol could be the reason. In this episode of Your Genes by Design, we explore how cortisol sets your body’s daily rhythm, why that rhythm often shifts after 45...

Energy isn’t just about what you eat — it’s about how easily your body switches between glucose and fat for fuel. In this episode, we explore metabolic flexibility — the ability to shift between fuel sources — and why that flexibility ...

Feeling steady energy isn’t luck — it’s the result of how efficiently your cells use oxygen to turn fuel into power. In this episode, we trace the path from breath to mitochondria to blood sugar, showing how oxygenation influences gluc...

Glucose and insulin come up often in health conversations, but many of us were never really taught how they work together. Once you understand that connection, things like mid-afternoon crashes and sudden cravings start to make a lot more sense...

Cravings after 45 aren’t about willpower — they’re signals.As estrogen and cortisol shift, your body’s glucose and reward systems shift with them, making familiar habits feel harder to break.In this first episode, we look at what’s r...