Lena Voss's articles
Endocrinologist
Writes about cortisol, insulin, and thyroid hormone as timing signals, not as personality types.
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Cold hits the nerves first and the thyroid later
The first response to cold is sympathetic. Thyroid hormone turnover changes on a slower clock than shivering.
Hormones and signaling -
A late meal and the next morning's insulin
Eating late lands the meal when insulin sensitivity is already lower, and the next morning still shows it.
Energy metabolism -
Light affection and the oxytocin pulse
A hand on an arm can raise oxytocin when the touch is wanted. The pulse is a context signal, not a switch.
Neural chemistry -
How a short night changes the next morning's glucose
A short night raises the morning cortisol signal and makes the same breakfast harder for insulin to clear.
Hormones and signaling