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Reliance Pathways

Meaning

Reliance pathways is a conceptual term describing metabolic and signaling routes within the body that have developed an excessive dependency on a single, primary regulatory input, often as a result of chronic overstimulation or persistent metabolic inflexibility. When pathways become reliant, they lose their crucial adaptive range and become brittle, making the entire system vulnerable to dysfunction or collapse when the primary input is withdrawn or significantly altered. In the context of hormonal health, this often relates to chronic stress or prolonged exogenous hormone administration.