adrenal
What Is Adrenal Fatigue…
Adrenal glands release hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline. These stress hormones affect the adrenal glands tremendously.
Cortisol and adrenaline help the body to fight off stress, reduce inflammation, reduce body fat, regulate blood sugars, potassium, and sodium levels. These stress hormones even fight off the aging process.
The body loves cortisol levels to be balanced. Not too low and not to high. A balanced cortisol is essential for our bodies to function and maintain proper health.
Four main stressors that would throw off your adrenal glands are
1. Sleep disorder
2. Mental/emotional stress
3. Metabolic/glycemic dysregulation
4. Chronic inflammation
Poor Adrenal Functions
You may feel your cortisol levels are too low or high by your temper. If you are irritable, overwhelm, snappy, annoyed, short tempered or feel that life is too much of a demand for you.
If you blood pressure is low or you feel dizzy standing up, you may want to get your adrenals checked.
Other symptoms include
- Feeling exhausted and overwhelmed.
- Craving Salty foods such as potato chips, nuts, and pretzels
- Brain Fog and poor concentration
- Poor memory
- Alternating between diarrhea/constipation
- Low blood sugar
- Decreased sex drive
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Increase PMS
- Reduced ability to make decisions
- Reduced productivity
How to heal the adrenals?
- Limit simple white refined carbohydrates
- Limit foods sensitivities
- Reduce caffeine
- Increase fats, proteins, and veggies daily
- Eat smaller and more frequent meals throughout the day
- Add cinnamon to your foods to help regulate blood sugar levels
- Sleep 8 to 10 hours a night
- Balance blood sugars by eating carbohydrates with proteins and fats
- Relax and breath…de stress
- Reduce inflammation
- Replenish nutrients especially B vitamins and vitamin C
- Drink spicy juice
- Start doing physical activity that you and your body enjoys
- Laugh and smile often
A few simple, small changes every day will improve your adrenal glands and improve your overall health. Be patient and kind to your body. Take care of it and breathe in your health.