# @ciarafoyinc on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-01-31T23:28:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ciara Foy // Nutritionist • Hormone Expert • 20 Yrs (@ciarafoyinc) — https://gondola.cc/ciarafoyinc

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So many women come to me frustrated. 😣 

Their doctor told them it’s “just aging” or handed them HRT and sent them on their way….

But months later? 

They still feel exhausted. The weight won’t budge. Nothing changed.

Here’s what most doctors don’t explain: No pill is a cure.

HRT can be a powerful tool, but it doesn’t make you lose weight and works best in a healthy body. Without the right foundation, you’re pouring hormones into a system that can’t use them properly.

After 20+ years helping to support women’s health and hormones and 49 myself, here are my 5 controversial hormone truths:

1️⃣ Liver and digestion come FIRST.
Your liver clears excess hormones and your gut absorbs nutrients. If these aren’t working, nothing else will either.

2️⃣ Blood sugar comes BEFORE cortisol.
Unstable glucose forces cortisol to stay elevated. You can’t calm stress hormones while your blood sugar is spiking all day.

3️⃣ Cortisol comes BEFORE thyroid.
Chronic stress steals pregnenolone - the raw material for sex hormones. Fix the stress response first.

4️⃣ HRT is a bridge, not a foundation.
If cortisol is high, progesterone can backfire - going down a detox pathway instead of the GABA pathway that supports calm and sleep.

5️⃣ Stop eating by 7pm.
Late eating keeps cortisol, body temp, and heart rate elevated - wrecking sleep. Poor sleep makes morning blood glucose insulin resistant.

When these are addressed and aligned, you’ll not only lose weight in a deficit and it will feel easy, you’ll support your body at a cellular level and improve metabolic health.

This is The Hormone Stacking Method™.

FREE live masterclass Saturday Feb 7th 
Understanding Weight Loss Resistance After 40.

🔥Comment “WEIGHTLOSS” for the link.

#hormonalhealth #perimenopausalhealth #womenover40 #cortisol bloodsugarbalance

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