Healing Adrenal Fatigue
Posted by Jeanne M. Schmit, Pharm. D. on Wed, Apr 14, 2010 @ 08:29
Healing Adrenal Fatigue
Diet and De-Stress
Once you've done your saliva levels and determined you have low adrenal output, you'll need to make changes in your lifestyle, stress level, sleep, and diet. Read these recommendations by James Wilson, N.D., D.C., Ph.D., author of Adrenal Fatigue. Discussion of adrenal supplements will follow in another article.
1. Diet recommendations for healing adrenals:
"Even in the best of times, you need food to survive and be healthy. Adrenal fatigue is definitely not the best of times, so the food choices you make become even more important to your health. When your adrenals respond to stress your cell metabolism speeds up, burning many times the number of nutrients normally needed. With adrenal fatigue, the cells have used up much of the body's stored nutrients, creating a nutritional void. Good quality food is the best source for replenishing these nutrients. Read full article
2. How to de-stress to heal your adrenals
During these stressful times it is vitally important that you look after your health and the health of those around you. Stress intensifies the demands on your body - nutrients are used up faster than they can be replaced by food, toxic by-products rapidly build up, and every organ and gland (including your brain) is asked to work harder. During stress your body is in a race. Read full article
James L. Wilson D.C., N.D., Ph.D. has helped thousands of people experiencing adrenal fatigue regain their health and vitality during his many years of private practice.For the past 10 years he has lectured extensively to physicians and is acknowledged as an expert on endocrine imbalances and their impact on health, including the effects of stress on adrenal function.He is the person who presented adrenal fatigue as a distinct, diagnosable syndrome. A scientist as well as a physician, Dr. Wilson holds 3 doctorate degrees and 2 master's degrees, all from different health disciplines. He was one of the founding fathers of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM) in Toronto, Ontario and is listed in The International Who's Who in Medicine (Cambridge, England).His internationally-renown book, Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome (Smart Publications, 2001), is a comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to uncovering, dealing with and preventing adrenal fatigue and the negative effects of stress on health. Dr. Wilson currently resides in Tucson, Arizona.