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Oct 2022
15m 48s

The Hormone Connection

Wendi Francis
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In this episode of Overcoming Emotional Eating, Wendi talks about some hormones in the body, namely cortisol and ghrelin, how they work, how it affects our body, and some ways to regulate them.  
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