If you’ve ever followed a plan perfectly and felt worse, you’re not “too sensitive”—you’re cyclical. Most health advice ignores the female rhythm and the way hormones shape metabolism, stress tolerance, recovery, and sleep across the month. In this episode, Brandon shows how to work with your cycle instead of fighting it: why some trends (aggressive fasting, late-luteal HIIT, constant low-carb) backfire, how each phase changes what your body needs, and how the Compass (Nurture → Energize → St...
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If you’ve ever followed a plan perfectly and felt worse, you’re not “too sensitive”—you’re cyclical. Most health advice ignores the female rhythm and the way hormones shape metabolism, stress tolerance, recovery, and sleep across the month. In this episode, Brandon shows how to work with your cycle instead of fighting it: why some trends (aggressive fasting, late-luteal HIIT, constant low-carb) backfire, how each phase changes what your body needs, and how the Compass (Nurture → Energize → St...
Episode 024 - The Withdraw Breakdown: Autophagy, Epigenetics, and Cellular Static
The Metabolic Compass™ Podcast
33 minutes
1 month ago
Episode 024 - The Withdraw Breakdown: Autophagy, Epigenetics, and Cellular Static
When your biology is overwhelmed, it doesn’t always crash—it clogs. In this episode, Brandon breaks down the **Withdraw** domain: epigenetic alterations, disabled macroautophagy, and altered intercellular communication—why they’re the quiet source of brain fog, flat mood, and ‘clogged’ recovery—and how to restore clarity without overcorrecting. What we cover: • What Withdraw drift feels like (foggy but wired, numb but inflamed) • Epigenetic alterations: reading the wrong ‘pages’ and how to re...
The Metabolic Compass™ Podcast
If you’ve ever followed a plan perfectly and felt worse, you’re not “too sensitive”—you’re cyclical. Most health advice ignores the female rhythm and the way hormones shape metabolism, stress tolerance, recovery, and sleep across the month. In this episode, Brandon shows how to work with your cycle instead of fighting it: why some trends (aggressive fasting, late-luteal HIIT, constant low-carb) backfire, how each phase changes what your body needs, and how the Compass (Nurture → Energize → St...
