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In this Supplement Ingredients Series episode, Nurse Doza breaks down phosphatidylcholine—the phospholipid that makes up much of every cell membrane you have. He explains why your liver and brain hold the biggest stores of it, how the liver uses phosphatidylcholine to package and move fat, and why choline is the precursor your brain needs for acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter behind focus and memory. He also shares the simple two-capsule morning routine he's used for years.

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5 KEY TAKEAWAYS

Phosphatidylcholine is structural, not stimulatory. It's the primary phospholipid in your cell membranes, your body makes and stores it naturally, and there's nothing stimulant-like in it—no jitter, no crash to plan around.

Your liver and brain hold the biggest stores. Both organs draw heavily on choline and phosphatidylcholine, which is why one nutrient ends up in both the liver conversation and the cognition conversation.

The liver needs phosphatidylcholine to move fat. Phosphatidylcholine is required to package and export fat out of the liver, which is why choline status keeps showing up in the research on liver fat accumulation.

Choline is the precursor to acetylcholine. That's the neurotransmitter most tied to attention, learning, and memory—so choline status and cognitive performance track together in the literature.

Most adults fall short from food alone. National intake data consistently shows the majority of U.S. adults come in under the Adequate Intake for choline, which makes both food sources (egg yolks, liver, soy) and supplementation worth paying attention to.

RESOURCES
Based on peer-reviewed literature:

Choline requirements in adults – Review of choline's role as an essential nutrient, its storage in liver and brain, and dietary requirements across adult populations. Annual Review of Nutrition. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2441939/

Choline metabolism & liver fat – Review of how choline and phosphatidylcholine metabolism relate to hepatic fat export and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease progression. Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 2012. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22134222/

Dietary choline deprivation & liver function – Controlled feeding study using metabolomic profiling to predict which adults develop liver dysfunction when deprived of dietary choline. FASEB Journal. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2909293/

Choline & cognitive performance – Analysis of dietary choline intake against cognitive performance and white-matter hyperintensity in the Framingham Offspring Cohort. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2011. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22071706/

Choline intake & long-term cognition – Prospective cohort analysis associating dietary choline intake with incident dementia risk and cognitive performance. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study), 2019. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916522013375

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Wondering how to lower cortisol naturally? Nurse Doza walks through five practical habits that support a healthier cortisol rhythm: managing everyday stress, getting morning sunlight, cutting screen time at night, using diaphragmatic breath work, and supplying the adrenal glands with the nutrients they run on. The goal is not crushing cortisol. The goal is rhythm, high when it should be high and low when it should be low.

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5 Key Takeaways

Cortisol is not the villain, the flat rhythm is. You need cortisol high in the morning and low at night. Tired but wired, exhausted all day and alert at 11 p.m., is that curve inverted, not a character flaw.

Your body cannot tell stressors apart. Traffic, a hard workout, a skipped meal, an inbox, an infection: the hypothalamus reads all of it as threat and signals the adrenals to release adrenaline and cortisol. Stacking small stressors all day keeps that signal on.

Morning sunlight sets the whole day. Light exposure in the morning suppresses melatonin and supports the natural cortisol awakening response. Kitchen lights and phone screens are not a substitute, and low waking cortisol has been associated with fatigue.

Breath is the fastest lever you have. Inhaling drives the sympathetic side; the exhale is what most stressed people skip. Diaphragmatic belly breathing has been shown to lower cortisol after training, and even a single session can improve heart rate variability and blood pressure. One minute of box breathing fits in any day.

Nutrients are the part nobody accounts for. Pantothenic acid (B5), vitamin B6, vitamin C, rhodiola, and adrenal glandular tissue all show up in the research on cortisol regulation. Those are the ingredients built into Zen, and they are exactly what a chronically activated stress response depletes.

Timestamps
00:00 START – Welcome and episode overview

00:40 – Tired but wired: why the pattern is a rhythm problem, not a discipline problem

02:46 – The goal is rhythm, not crushing cortisol, plus what is happening inside the School

04:50 – Tip 1: Manage your stress better, and how any stressor triggers the adrenal cascade

07:17 – Tip 2: Morning sunlight and the cortisol awakening response

09:37 – When morning sun is not an option: red light panels

11:39 – Tip 3: Less screen time at night, and why darkness is doing real work

13:43 – Tip 4: Breath work, and why the inhale activates fight or flight

16:13 – The trainer who told Nurse Doza he did not know how to breathe

18:38 – Guided belly breathing practice and box breathing

21:00 – Tip 5: Supplements for the adrenal glands, starting with vitamin B5

23:18 – Vitamin B6, GABA, and vitamin C for stress recovery

25:56 – Rhodiola, adaptogens, and bovine adrenal glandular

30:18 – Betaine (TMG) in Bliss for athletes who are overtraining

35:04 – Why Zen ties the lifestyle habits together

Resources

Mayo Clinic, chronic stress and the adrenal alarm system: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress/art-20046037

Oura, benefits of morning sunlight and the cortisol awakening response: https://ouraring.com/blog/benefits-of-morning-sunlight/

National Sleep Foundation, screen use disrupts sleep time: https://www.thensf.org/screen-use-disrupts-precious-sleep-time/

Ma et al. 2017, diaphragmatic breathing, attention and cortisol: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00874/full

ScienceDirect, pantethine and adrenal cortex function: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/pantethine

Stachowicz and Lebiedzinska 2016, diet components and cortisol (betaine, rhodiola, vitamin C): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00217-016-2772-3

Vitamin B6, GABA, anxiety and depression: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2049080122014236

WebMD, adrenal extract overview: https://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/adrenal-extract

Zen (Stress Relief) by MSW Nutrition: https://mswnutrition.com/products/zen

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In this Supplement Ingredient Series episode, Nurse Doza makes the case for the B vitamin nobody talks about: vitamin B6. Everyone knows B12 — the pills, the injections, the whole routine — but B6 is the cofactor your body leans on to build serotonin, dopamine, and GABA, the neurotransmitters behind mood, focus, and steady daytime energy. He covers who tends to run low, why intake alone doesn't guarantee good status, and where an adaptogen-plus-adrenal formula like Zen fits in.

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B12 gets the attention. B6 does a lot of the quiet work. B12 is the one people supplement and inject. But vitamin B6 — in its active form, pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (P5P) — is a required cofactor in roughly 140–160 enzymatic reactions, including the ones that build your neurotransmitters.

Serotonin, dopamine, and GABA all run through B6. P5P is the cofactor for aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (serotonin and dopamine) and glutamate decarboxylase (GABA). It isn't the raw material — it's the tool the enzyme can't work without. If P5P is short, those pathways run slower.

Low B6 status is more common than most people assume. Per NIH data, about 24% of Americans who don't supplement — and still 11% of those who do — carry low plasma P5P (under 20 nmol/L). Average intake looks fine on paper, which is exactly why status and intake aren't the same thing.

Some people are more likely to run low. Kidney disease and dialysis, autoimmune and inflammatory conditions (RA, celiac, Crohn's, ulcerative colitis), alcohol dependence, smoking, and certain medications including antiepileptics all associate with lower B6 status. Worth a conversation with your provider, not a self-diagnosis.

B6 works better with company, not alone. This is the logic behind Zen's design: active-form B6 plus pantothenic acid and adrenal support for the stress-response side, plus adaptogens like rhodiola, one of the most clinically studied botanicals for stress-related fatigue and mental performance.

RESOURCES
Based on peer-reviewed literature:

B vitamins and brain function – Kennedy DO. "B Vitamins and the Brain: Mechanisms, Dose and Efficacy—A Review." Nutrients, 2016;8(2):68. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4772032/

B6 as a metabolic cofactor – Parra M, Stahl S, Hellmann H. "Vitamin B6 and Its Role in Cell Metabolism and Physiology." Cells, 2018;7(7):84. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6071262/

B6 in health and disease – Stach K, Stach W, Augoff K. "Vitamin B6 in Health and Disease." Nutrients, 2021;13(9):3229. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13093229

B6 and GABAergic inhibition – Field DT, Cracknell RO, Eastwood JR, et al. "High-dose Vitamin B6 supplementation reduces anxiety and strengthens visual surround suppression." Human Psychopharmacology, 2022;37(6):e2852. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9787829/ (Note: this trial used 100 mg/day, well above a standard supplemental dose — cited for mechanism, not as a dosing recommendation.)

Rhodiola and stress – Ivanova Stojcheva E, Quintela JC. "The Effectiveness of Rhodiola rosea L. Preparations in Alleviating Various Aspects of Life-Stress Symptoms and Stress-Induced Conditions." Molecules, 2022;27(12):3902. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27123902

Reference data on B6 status, at-risk groups, and upper intake limits: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, Vitamin B6 Fact Sheet for Health Professionals. https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminB6-HealthProfessional/

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Five signs of fatty liver that are easy to miss, because they look like ordinary life. Nurse Doza walks through low energy, weight around the midsection, a fast-food pattern, hormone symptoms, and gallbladder issues, and explains what each one suggests about the liver underneath. Plus the two labs worth asking your provider about, the foods that ease the load, and where to start. Nothing here is a diagnosis.

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5 Key Takeaways

Fatty liver is usually silent, so the signals show up as ordinary life. There is no pain and no dramatic moment — just fatigue, weight that will not move, and symptoms that get explained away individually instead of read as a pattern.

Low energy and stubborn midsection weight belong in the same conversation as the liver. A liver under strain does not process nutrients efficiently, and fatty liver frequently travels with insulin resistance — which is why the belly fat resists diet and exercise.

How much of your diet comes from fast food matters more than whether you ate it. In the Keck Medicine research, the people whose liver fat rose were those getting 20% or more of their daily calories from fast food — and the effect was most pronounced in people with obesity or diabetes.

The liver sits upstream of estrogen, thyroid, and insulin. Estrogen is sent to the liver to be broken down and cleared through the colon, hypothyroidism is associated with MASH, and hepatic insulin resistance is part of how fatty liver develops. Hormone symptoms can be a liver conversation.

Your gallbladder history is liver information. In a large Korean cohort, people who had their gallbladder removed had a 1.48-fold higher risk of developing MASLD — rising to a 4.45 hazard ratio in those with three or more cardiometabolic risk factors. "We took the gallbladder out, your liver is fine" is not the end of the story.

Timestamps
00:00 START – Welcome and episode overview

 

00:22 – Why fatty liver stays quiet, and the signals that still show up

 

03:02 – Inside the School of Doza: the live Wednesday AMA and your free first 7 days

 

05:04 – Sign 1: You feel sluggish

 

07:32 – Sign 2: You have gained weight, especially around the midsection

 

09:58 – Sign 3: Fast food is in the picture

 

12:22 – Seed oils, sodas, and learning to read a label

 

14:52 – Sign 4: Hormone issues, starting with estrogen

 

17:14 – Estrogen clearance, PCOS, and why the liver belongs in that conversation

 

19:21 – Fasting insulin: the lab almost nobody orders

 

21:43 – Where T4 becomes T3, and why thyroid meds depend on the liver

 

22:35 – Sign 5: Gallbladder issues

 

26:06 – Diet changes that take pressure off the liver

 

30:50 – Fasting, the foods that help, and the nutrients the liver uses

 

33:16 – Labs worth asking your provider about: GGT and fasting insulin

Resources

Symptoms of fatty liver most people miss — Far North Surgery: https://www.farnorthsurgery.com/blog/is-your-liver-in-trouble-symptoms-of-fatty-liver-most-people-miss

Consumption of fast food linked to liver disease — Keck Medicine of USC, 2023: https://news.keckmedicine.org/consumption-of-fast-food-linked-to-liver-disease/

Liver function and its connection to hormone regulation — BCBSM MI Blue Daily: https://www.bcbsm.mibluedaily.com/stories/health-and-wellness/liver-function-and-its-connection-to-hormone-regulation

Actions of thyroid hormones and thyromimetics on the liver — Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2025: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41575-024-00991-4

Hepatic insulin receptor: new views on the mechanisms of liver disease — Metabolism, 2023: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10330768/

Gallbladder removal linked to fatty liver disease risk — EMJ Reviews, 2025: https://www.emjreviews.com/hepatology/news/gallbladder-removal-linked-to-fatty-liver-disease-risk/

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In this Supplement Ingredient Series episode, Nurse Doza breaks down bovine adrenal gland — a glandular supplement with over a century of use, rooted in the ancestral practice of eating organ meat for nutrients the body needs to function. He explains how cortisol dysregulation can show up as afternoon crashes, mood shifts, and restless nights, and why adrenal glandular is paired with adaptogens and B vitamins in a three-in-one formula built to support the stress response.

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Stress, energy, and sleep are tangled together, and sorting out which one to pull on first is a lot easier when you're not guessing alone. Inside the School of Doza, members work through this exact pattern — the 3 PM crash, the wired-and-tired evening, the sleep that never quite restores — alongside others chasing the same thing. Every Wednesday at 1 PM Central there's a live group consult (an "Ask Me Anything") where you can bring your own labs, supplements, and questions to Nurse Doza in real time.

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5 KEY TAKEAWAYS

Glandular supplements are an old idea, not a new one. Adrenal glandulars have been used for over a hundred years, and the thinking behind them goes back much further — indigenous cultures ate organ meat because they understood it supplied nutrients the body needed to function.

The 3 PM crash often traces back to cortisol rhythm, not willpower. Cortisol is supposed to peak in the morning and taper through the day. When that curve flattens or shifts, the downstream effects show up in energy, mood, and how well you sleep at night — all three, not just one.

Bovine adrenal gland is the hard-to-find piece of the stack. Most stress formulas stop at adaptogens. A glandular ingredient is uncommon on shelves, which is why Nurse Doza specifically calls it out as the reason he uses Zen.

The adaptogens and B vitamins are doing real, separate work. Rhodiola and ginseng have the strongest human research behind them for stress-related fatigue, and pantothenic acid (B5) and B6 are cofactors your body uses in the energy pathways underneath the whole system. The glandular isn't carrying the formula alone.

Support the system, don't expect a switch. Adrenal support is about giving the stress response better inputs over time — not overriding it. Individual responses vary, and anyone on medication or managing a thyroid or adrenal condition should loop in their provider first.

RESOURCES
Based on peer-reviewed literature:

Cortisol activity, fatigue & everyday life – Systematic review and subset meta-analysis of unstimulated cortisol secretory activity and its relationship with fatigue. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2013. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23916911/

Rhodiola rosea & stress-related fatigue – Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study of standardised extract SHR-5 in subjects with stress-related fatigue. Planta Medica, 2009. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19016404/

Rhodiola rosea, physical & mental fatigue – Systematic review of the clinical evidence. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2012. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22643043/

Adaptogens & the stress response – Review of the evidence-based efficacy of adaptogens in fatigue and the molecular mechanisms behind their stress-protective activity. Current Clinical Pharmacology, 2009. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19500070/

Korean Red Ginseng & fatigue – Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of Korean Red Ginseng on fatigue. Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2024. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38576235/

Note: the citations above support the adaptogen and cortisol-rhythm portions of this episode. There is no published human clinical literature on bovine adrenal glandular supplementation — it is presented here as a traditional-use ingredient, not an evidence-backed intervention.

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