| Associated Symptoms and Consequences of | | | | skipping meals: The resulting low blood sugar can |
| Impaired Adrenal Functioning | | | | affect your ability to think clearly and shorten your |
| • Low body temperature | | | | attention span. |
| • Weakness | | | | Skipping breakfast is particularly bad, as it is a sure |
| • Unexplained hair loss | | | | fire way to gain, not lose, weight. If you start each |
| • Nervousness | | | | morning with a good breakfast and "graze" healthfully |
| • Difficulty building muscle | | | | every two to four hours, your blood sugar will remain |
| • Irritability | | | | steady throughout the day. You'll feel more rested |
| • Mental depression | | | | and energetic. |
| • Difficulty gaining weight | | | | Eat protein with every meal. Eat Complex |
| • Apprehension | | | | carbohydrates such as brown rice. Avoid sugar, junk |
| • Hypoglycemia | | | | food, white pasta, white rice, white bread. |
| • Inability to concentrate | | | | Absolutely NO Caffeine. Coffee/Sodas over |
| • Excessive hunger | | | | stimulates your adrenals and they deplete important |
| • Tendency towards inflammation | | | | B vitamins. |
| • Moments of confusion | | | | Coffee does not give you energy; coffee gives you |
| • Indigestion | | | | the illusion of energy. Coffee actually drains the body |
| • Poor memory | | | | of energy and makes you more tired, because of |
| • Feelings of frustration | | | | vitamin and adrenal depletion. |
| • Alternating diarrhea and constipation | | | | Exercise to relax. Walking, Yoga, deep breathing, |
| • Osteoporosis | | | | meditation, or stretching. No vigorous or aerobic |
| • auto-immune diseases/hepatitis | | | | exercise, which depletes the adrenals. |
| • Lightheadedness | | | | Avoid alcohol, processed foods, and tobacco. Nicotine |
| • Palpitations [heart fluttering] | | | | in tobacco initially raises cortisol levels, but chronic use |
| • Dizziness that occurs upon standing | | | | results in low DHEA, testosterone, and progesterone |
| • Poor resistance to infections | | | | levels. |
| • Low blood pressure | | | | Reduce stress; learn relaxation techniques such as |
| • Insomnia | | | | deep breathing, visualization, progressive muscle |
| • Food and/or inhalant allergies | | | | relaxation. |
| • PMS | | | | Helpful Supplements |
| • Craving for sweets | | | | The use of small amounts of natural adrenal hormone |
| • Dry and thin skin | | | | (hydrocortisone) to bring slightly low adrenal function |
| • Headaches | | | | up to its proper normal daily range is often helpful. |
| • Scanty perspiration | | | | Take a daily multivitamin to provide nutritional support |
| • Alcohol intolerance | | | | to the adrenal gland. |
| Treatment | | | | Vitamin C 1,000-3,000 mg a day |
| Lifestyle changes such as: | | | | L-Theanine 100-400 mg a day |
| Eating steadily, all day long. Skipping meals is one of | | | | Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5) 300 mg a day |
| the worst things you can do for your body. When | | | | Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra), no more than 1000 mg |
| you're hungry, your blood sugar drops, stressing your | | | | of glycyrrhizin |
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| nervous system. That causes light-headedness, | | | | at the Bronchial Problems site. |
| cravings, anxiety and fatigue. Another drawback to | | | | |