Cortisol should be elevated early in the day and not peak later, as late-day elevation interferes with sleep.

“and I've always wondered about time of day for ashwaganda intake because sort of quote unquote want cortisol elevated in the early part of the day yes and we know this uh we know you do not want cortisol peaking later in the day no you do not interferes with sleep interferes with sleep”

“cortisol does so many other things as well and it's not bad you need cortisol believe me you want cortisol especially released early in the day and in response to acute stressors what you don't want is for cortisol to stay elevated for long long periods of time and you especially don't want it to interfere with your sleep”

“cortisol is a good news bad news deal like so many things short-term gain for long-term pain okay so when you are in what we call allostasis that is Pur ation of homeostasis that is a stress an acute stress cortisol is one of the things that helps you manage that bodily and mental stress”

“What this speaks to again is the critical importance of high morning cortisol. You want to emphasize that. Yes, you want to get enough sleep, but you want high morning cortisol.”

“you know we we don't want to treat cortisol as the enemy it's just about timing and amount right”