Adrenal Fatigue and Stress

What do your Adrenal Glands do for you?

   Adrenal glands help your body cope with stresses and

   survive. It's their job to enable your body to deal with

   stress from every possible source, ranging from injury

   and disease to work and relationship problems.

   Adrenal glands command powerful steroid hormones

   to extend their influence on proper functioning of

   every tissue, organ and gland in the body, they also

   closely affect all of the major physiological processes like utilization of fat and carbohydrates, conversion of fat and proteins into energy, distribution of stored fat (especially around the waist), normal blood sugar regulation, anti-inflammatory processes and immune functions. They even affect how we think and feel. Adrenals are responsible for the physical, emotional and psychological balance from the level of the sex drive to the tendency to gain weight.

Bottom line:

you cannot live without your adrenal hormones

and how well you live depends on

how well your adrenal glands function.

 

What is Adrenal Fatigue?

Adrenal fatigue is a common syndrome in which the paramount symptom is fatigue. It is usually caused by some form of stress: physical,
emotional, psychological, environmental, infectious, or a combination of these. Adrenal glands respond to every kind of stress the same, whatever the source.

Small stresses (pressure at workplace, unhappy relationship, poor diet, worries about bills and money, raising kids, bout of flu, abscessed tooth, intense physical exertion) are as important as big ones (death of a loved one, car accident, divorce, serious illness) and if small stresses accumulate, become chronic or occur simultaneously, adrenal fatigue usually occurs. Human body does its best to compensate for under-functioning
adrenal glands, but it does so at a price.

Adrenal fatigue is usually not severe enough to be considered a medical emergency and is not recognized by modern medicine (due to money and politics), but it surely can wreak havoc with your life.

Who Suffers from Adrenal Fatigue?

Anyone who does not get enough rest and relaxation, who drives himself constantly, who is never satisfied or is a perfectionist, who is under constant pressure, who feels trapped or helpless, who feels overwhelmed by repeated or constant difficulties, who has experienced severe or chronic emotional or physical trauma or illness.

Adrenal fatigue most commonly affects: single mothers, police force, rotating shift workers, people working 2 or more jobs, medical profession, people who suffer from "sandwich stress": they take a blame when things go wrong but no credit when things go right (middle executives, secretaries and teachers).

Do you have symptoms of Adrenal Fatigue?

                             Take a Quiz:

• continuing fatigue not relieved by sleep
• difficulties getting up in the morning
• dependency on caffeine to "get going"
• craving for salt or salty foods
• feeling better after high fat foods
• afternoon low between 3pm to 4pm
• "second wind" after 6pm
• do best work late at night
• lack of energy, chronic tiredness
• increased efforts to do every day tasks
• decreased sex drive
• decreased ability to handle stress and pressure
• decreased productivity at work
• increased time to recover from illness, injury or trauma
• less enjoyment or happiness with life
• have little control over how I spend my time
• tendency to experience more frequent allergies
• food allergies or intolerance
• frequent upper respiratory infections with longer recovery
• arthritic pains and aches
• decreased immune response o premenstrual tension
• increased difficulties during menopause
• increased fears, anxiety or depression
• intervals of confusion and foggy thinking
• difficulties in concentrating
• less acute memory recall
• less tolerance for people
• becoming easily frustrated
• insomnia or difficulty sleeping
• feel worse if meals are skipped or inadequate
• have swelling under eyes upon rising
• have low blood pressure
• get lightheaded or dizzy when raising rapidly o ankles swelling, worse in the evening

                                                                  

Your score: _________

Results:
0-5 adrenal fatigue is unlikely
5-15 mild adrenal fatigue
16-25 moderate adrenal fatigue
26-35 severe adrenal fatigue

Is Adrenal Fatigue treatable?

Adrenal fatigue is a fully recognizable condition. It can be easily diagnosed by testing saliva levels of stress hormone (cortisol) at four different times of the day. Saliva test is a simple, noninvasive and accurate measure to diagnose and monitor adrenal fatigue. The approximate cost of this test is about 90$.

Our "Adrenal Recovery Program" is designed to help healing from adrenal fatigue. In severe cases of adrenal fatigue treatment with adrenal hormone replacement is necessary. Recovery process is based mainly on 4 powerful supplement formulas, therapeutic nutrition and teaching of simple stress management techniques. Foremost the recovery depends on lifestyle change and proper diet based on particular nutrients, herbs and nutritional supplements which help to strengthen the adrenals and facilitate recovery.

We treat Adrenal Fatigue with 4 powerful Supplement Formulas:

  Adrenal Rebuilder Formula™ Combines the complete range of

  hormone-free glandular extracts needed to rebuild adrenal gland

  tissue and restore proper function. This unique formula

  is the cornerstone of recovery for every stage of Adrenal Fatigue.  

  Deep healing takes time, co continue taking Adrenal Rebuilder

  Formula™ for at least 6 months to completely restore the adrenal

                glands.

  Super Adrenal Stress Formula™ Provides nutrients needed by 

  adrenal glands to handle stress and normalize adrenal hormone

  production. Adrenal hormones are responsible for a number of  

  crucial functions ranging from sleep cycle to sex drive. Even if one

  nutrient is deficient or missing, your adrenal glands cannot

  manufacture and secrete the necessary quantities of hormones.

                During times of stress and recovery the demands for these

                hormones are much higher than normal and so therefore is your

                need for specific nutrients.

 Adrenal C Formula™ has been developed specifically for people

 with Adrenal Fatigue. During stress vitamin C disappears from the

 bloodstream at extremely rapid rate. As a result, during times of

 emotional, physical and mental stress all the tissues of your body, 

                but especially adrenal glands, need extra vitamin C. Adrenal C

                Formula™ also contains the specific trace minerals needed by your

                adrenal glands and bioflavonoids that double vitamin C activity   

                and support tissue healing.

Herbal Adrenal Support Formula ™ is the first completely herbal product scientifically designed to directly sustain the adrenal glands and other individual organs and glands during stress and recovery. Each herb in this liquid formula has been shown to nourish and help 

               replenish the adrenal glands without over stimulating them. If you

               have been, or are under stress, Herbal Adrenal Support Formula™

               will help minimize its distressing effects on your body so you can

               bounce back more easily.

Recommended Reading:

Dr.James Wilson

"Adrenal Fatigue"

The 21st Century Stress Syndrome