Adrenal Fatigue For Dummies

Adrenal Fatigue For Dummies

Language: English

Pages: 336

ISBN: 1118615808

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


The easy way to take charge of your adrenal health

Despite their small size, the adrenal glands play an important role in the body, producing numerous hormones that impact our development and growth, affect our ability to deal with stress, and help to regulate kidney function. In Adrenal Fatigue For Dummies, you'll find clear self-evaluations and treatment guidelines that will empower you to take charge of your adrenal health through nutrition, vitamins, herbs, bioidentical adrenal hormone supplementation, and self-care practices.

Adrenal fatigue is in essence a "tired out" adrenal gland that is not able to support the body the way that it should. The effects can be far-reaching and affect the quality of one's daily life. It can affect the immune system, cause inflammation, decrease sex drive, and inhibit the ability to get up in the morning. But now there's hope!

  • The 4-1-1 on the structure and function of the adrenal gland
  • Linking inflammation and adrenal fatigue
  • Connecting food allergy and adrenal issues
  • How to test for adrenal fatigue
  • Information on eating patterns for all-day energy and improved concentration
  • Dealing with other medical conditions and adrenal fatigue
  • Relaxation tips to reduce stress

Adrenal Fatigue For Dummies helps those suffering from this debilitating illness reclaim their lives by addressing the delicate balance among the adrenal glands—which can make the day-to-day difference between feeling awful and feeling good.

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it's helpful in preserving vision, especially night vision. The carotenoids are also excellent for eyesight; two of them, zeaxanthin and lutein, seem to delay the progression of macular degeneration in some people. (See Chapter 11 for more about vitamin A and carotenoids.) Omega-3 fish oils: These have been shown to help promote eye health over time. Loving the Liver Think of the liver as the body's processing center. It metabolizes just about everything that enters the body, including

and chronic stress have on them. The adrenal glands become fatigued and, over time, exhausted. Poor nutrition, stress, poor sleep, hormonal imbalances, an unhealthy intestinal tract, chronic illnesses (like those in the next section), and acid-base imbalances (like those we describe later in this chapter) are all potent stimulators of the inflammatory response. Unless chronic inflammation is recognized and treated, the effects can be bad; they can include heart attack and stroke. I (coauthor

phytochemicals to see how they work against cancer and disease, the results often show that the best disease-fighting and anti-cancer effects come from the whole food, not the isolated compound. The moral of the story: Be open to new foods. Begin identifying areas where you can improve your diet, and take small steps toward healing. (Flip to Part IV for recipes that use whole foods in battling adrenal fatigue.) * * * Managing magnesium The mineral magnesium is part of the energy

aspect of treating adrenal fatigue is correcting acidosis and balancing total body pH (see Chapter 7 for info on acidosis). In this section, you read about an alkaline-based diet and alkaline water as well as a powder that you can use to keep your body alkaline. Again, be sure to speak with your healthcare practitioner before changing your diet or adding any supplements to your program. How do you know whether your body pH is too acidic or alkaline? Chapter 5 describes the pH test strips that

organic. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) puts out its lists every year, as practices and products change. Check www.ewg.org for its most up-to-date lists. In 2013, the following made the Dirty Dozen Plus list. Grab for these foods first in the organic bin: Apples Celery Cherry tomatoes Cucumbers Grapes Hot peppers Imported nectarines Peaches Potatoes Spinach Strawberries Sweet bell peppers Kale and collard greens Summer squash The Clean Fifteen for 2013 includes asparagus,

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