In my 20s I was in and out of the hospital with different doctors trying to figure out why I was always so cold and thirsty.  They tested my thyroid MANY times and it always came back ‘normal’…10 years later I’m now certified to run functional tests on clients to explore even if your adrenals are ‘starting’ to fatigue, and I discovered that I’m stage 2 Adrenal Fatigue, so over half of my function is disabled, and my thyroid went down with it!  And the sad part, I eat healthier than most people I know, work out regularly, and do yoga daily to manage stress I don’t have as much of anymore.  BUT, that’s what’s crazy.  Many of us have abused our system for so long that the cumulative effect of stress inside of our body takes it’s toll on us so that we’re forced to do something about it…something MORE than just changing the way we eat and exercise.

You’d have to be living under a rock not to notice that adrenal problems are at epidemic proportions in our modern culture.  The fact that a Starbucks or some other coffee shop is on practically every corner and that the average American now consumes a whopping 180 lbs per year of refined sugars is surely evidence enough.   By the way, the 180 lbs of sugar per year figure is a shocking 27% increase just since 2003 when sugar consumption was 142 lbs per person per year!

Your adrenal glands are each no bigger than a walnut and weigh less than a grape, yet are responsible for one of the most important functions in your body: managing stress.

While this response is necessary and good when it’s needed, many of us are constantly faced with stressors (work, environmental toxins, not enough sleep, worry, relationship problems and more) and therefore are in this “fight or flight” mode for far too long (chronic stress)– much longer than was ever intended from a biological standpoint. Our adrenals were designed to respond to acute stress, as in a need to respond quickly, for short intervals…such as running from a tiger in the wild, as we Paleo peeps would describe it.

Cliff notes:  Our adrenals were designed to run sprints, not long distance.
The Sad Truth:  We’re asking our adrenals to run marathons every day!

The result is that your adrenal glands, faced with excessive stress and burden, become overworked and fatigued. The most common factors that put excess stress on your adrenals are:

• Anger, fear, anxiety, guilt, depression and other negative emotions
• Overwork, including physical or mental strain
• Excessive exercise
• Sleep deprivation
• Light-cycle disruption (such as working the night shift or often going to sleep late)
• Surgery, trauma or injury
• Chronic inflammation, infection, illness or pain
• Temperature extremes
• Toxic exposure
• Nutritional deficiencies and/or severe allergies 

Worth noting:  I’ve seen many clients, who describe the start of their symptom downfall, with a loss of a loved one, divorce, financial difficulty, among others…

Emotional stress can hit the adrenals 1000 more than physical stress.

Then guess what the natural evolution is as a next step?  Your doctor wants to prescribe you anti-depressants.  NO WONDER 1 in 4 Americans are on mood altering drugs.  Why doesn’t our medical model see this?  Oh yeah, because actually healing someone’s root cause would cut into their deep pharma pocket books.

WHY NOT HEAL NATURALLY AND FIX THIS PROBLEM FOR GOOD?

*The first sign of adrenal fatigue, is you start developing belly fat.
*The biggest indicator of AF is chronic fatigue that doesn’t improve with rest!
*You know when you work out harder and seem to gain MORE weight?  Yep, that’s another classic sign that your adrenals need HELP!

The following is a list of symptoms that are common for people who suffer from Adrenal Fatigue and CFS:

• Tendency to gain weight and unable to lose it, especially around the waist.
• High frequency of getting the flu and other respiratory diseases and these symptoms tend to last longer than usual.
• Tendency to tremble when under pressure.
• Reduced sex drive.
• Lightheaded when rising from a laying or sitting position.
• Brain Fog – Unable to remember things.
• Lack of energy in the mornings and also in the afternoon between 3 to 5 pm.
• Feel better suddenly for a brief period after a meal.
• Need coffee or stimulants to get going in the morning.
• Crave for salty, fatty, and high protein food such as meat and cheese.
• Increase symptoms of PMS for women; periods are heavy and then stop, or almost stopped on the 4th day, only to start flow again on the 5th or 6th day.
• Pain in the upper back or neck with no apparent reasons.
• Feels better when stress is relieved, such as on a vacation.
• Muscle and bone loss and muscular weakness
• Autoimmune disorders, especially thyroid.
• Trouble waking up in the morning, despite a full night’s sleep
• Mild depression
• Food and/or inhalant allergies
• Lethargy and lack of energy
• Increased effort to perform daily tasks
• Decreased ability to handle stress
• Skin Problems
• Hypoglycemia
• Low Body Temperature
• Nervousness
• Unexplained hair loss
• Alternating constipation and diarrhea
• HYPOTHYROIDISM OR HASHIMOTOS!  Very common to have both AF and thyroid malfunction.  The symptoms look the same but nearly 95% of the time, all that gets addressed is the thyroid – nevertheless with T4 only pharmaceuticals that inspire more problems such as leaky gut and hypochloridia – aka not enough acid in the stomach to absorb iron = anemia…do you see why FUNCTIONAL medicine is the only way to heal? If a car is in a big accident, would you only fix the hood and not the crushed bumper?

If you have THYROID problems CONTACT ME and I can help beyond pharmaceuticals! 🙂 

Additionally, people with adrenal fatigue often get a burst of energy around 6 p.m., followed by sleepiness at 9 p.m. or 10 p.m., which is often resisted. A “second wind” at 11 p.m. is then common, which often may keep you from falling asleep until 1 a.m.  No wonder America has weight problems:

98% of all fat burning happens at night, NOT during the day.  IF YOU’RE NOT SLEEPING YOU’RE NOT BURNING FAT!

And to make matters worse, those with adrenal fatigue often also have abnormal blood sugar levels and mental disturbances, such as increased fears and anxiety, and rely on coffee, soda and other forms of caffeine to keep them going.  Eat sugar = gain weight = insulin resistance = diabetes = feel like crap and can’t keep up with stress.  Reduced tolerance to stimulus such as noise and smell is super common.  Rock concerts and social settings tend to overwhelm those I’ve worked with who have Adrenal Fatigue.

As the names implies, the most common symptom of adrenal fatigue is unrelenting fatigue, a feeling of being run down or not able to keep up with your daily demands. And because fatigue is such a common symptom, the syndrome is very often missed or misdiagnosed by physicians.

An estimated 80% of people experience adrenal fatigue and the physical symptoms of stress at some point in their lives, yet it is frequently overlooked and misunderstood by the medical community.

Why are they overlooked?  Because doctors aren’t trained to recognize AF and how to explore WHAT may have caused it.  I have good news for you…I AM!

I have people who come to me crying for help as a last resort, while I wish they would have come to me sooner because life doesn’t need to be this dismal, it really doesn’t! Why do we wait until we have 4 flat tires before we do something about it?  Isn’t 1 tire enough?  This Adrenal Stress & Sex Hormone panel I run, called the #205, will help us explore the fundamentals of your endocrine system, through the health of your adrenals and why you’re having the symptoms you are.

Just because the majority of America feels fatigued, overwhelmed, stressed and struggles with weight, constipation, acne, hair falling out, low sex drive and sleeps like crap every night, does NOT make it ‘normal’.  Here’s what you’ll benefit from just by taking this test, and following my advice. I’ll:

• Give you 2 hours extra per day. What would you do with 730 spare hours?
• Advise you on EXACTLY which natural herbals, supplements and bio identical hormones to take (no fake, cancer causing, book long side effects Rx & hormones)
• Help you to enjoy your sex live again!
• Take control of your periods & hormones & make healthier babies! (ladies)
• Help you to boost testosterone naturally (men & ladies too!)
• Support your body’s ability to defend against auto-immunity.
• Create a new way of living for you that also includes EXACTLY the types of exercise you need to heal your adrenals, increase energy AND lose weight accidentally!

According to the encyclopedia of endocrinology, 9/10’s of your adrenal gland needs to be unresponsive before it’s clinically diagnosed…what does that mean?

It means your adrenals need to be 90% destroyed before it even shows up on the blood tests that are used on us today to check our endocrine health.

‘Exercise more’ is THE WORST recommendation a doctor should give you when your adrenals are far gone…how can you work out with energy you don’t have?  Talk about kicking a horse while it’s down.

What is the RIGHT test I should take then?

Without further ado, here’s what’s next.  I have a limited number of clients I take on every month, as I pride myself in offering up the BEST QUALITY advice in the industry to get you feeling better FAST.  If so, running complete hormone panel to explore the function of your adrenals and hence ability to cope with stress and manufacture stress hormones is PARAMOUNT.

It’s important that you know the truth.

Blood tests absolutely FAIL when it comes to REAL hormone healing.  Here’s why! 

When I got my results back, I was astounded at what they hinted toward.  The lack of optimization of hormones were a total explanation of my lack of motivation, low energy, unable to lose weight, quick to fatigue during my work outs and my battle between anxiety, fear and depression.  My estrogen was high (estrogen dominance), which is a HUGE market for cancer pre-disposition, among other symptoms women blame on ‘hormonal problems’. My melatonin was super low making it hard to get to sleep and stay asleep, and hence burn fat.  My overall cortisol levels were up and down which makes it difficult to control blood sugar, which hinted toward a war going on inside of my body from a pathogenic/bacteria standpoint.

I run this test along with a few others that will give me the TOTAL and COMPREHENSIVE birds eye view on how the players on your team are working together (or not) in your body.  What I will NOT DO, is simply run 1 test that looks at your adrenal health and ‘treat’ that…doing so is irresponsible, negligent, short term and deductive in nature.  In short, it’s what Western Medicine does and that renders you ‘still not feeling well’ that spins you into a ‘what’s wrong with me’ cycle.

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