Beyond Adrenal Fatigue: What's Really Happening With Your Cortisol with Dr. Izabella Wentz

Dr. Izabella Wentz is a renowned pharmacist focused on thyroid health. In this episode, she reveals a shocking pattern: about 90% of people with Hashimoto's have alterations in how much cortisol they release throughout the day. They struggle with brain fog, chronic fatigue, and sleep issues—tired all day, wired at night—even when they're on thyroid medications. She's discovered something fascinating about "adrenal fatigue" that challenges both the old naturopathic model and the skeptics. Your adrenals aren't damaged or lazy…they're perfectly capable of producing hormones. "Adrenal fatigue" is an intelligent adaptive response where your body down-regulates cortisol production to protect itself from chronic stress, essentially saying, "This is unrealistic, we can't pump out high amounts of cortisol all the time." After being forced to find solutions during years of severe sleep deprivation with her son, Dr. Wentz developed a 4-week protocol that has now helped thousands of people. By week two, people report their anxiety dropping from an 8 to a 2. By week four, their libido returns and they feel transformed, all without hormones, complicated testing, or bags full of supplements.

You can listen to Beyond Adrenal Fatigue: What's Really Happening With Your Cortisol with Dr. Izabella Wentz online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Beyond Adrenal Fatigue: What's Really Happening With Your Cortisol with Dr. Izabella Wentz is an episode from The Energy Blueprint Podcast by Ari Whitten.

This episode is 53:09 long.

This episode was published on Dec 20, 2025.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from The Energy Blueprint Podcast when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.