We are living in an adrenal dominated society. Everything we do seems to involve hurry up. The pace of life requires us to try and keep up.
While in Hawaii for my daughter’s wedding, I noted that the pace of life is not one of trying to hurry up, and if you feel the need to rush there, you’re going to be frustrated. Although that is the case, the cost of living there is so high that to survive without a very high paying job, you need to work more than one job, which also puts an added burden on the adrenal glands.
When we consider the role of the adrenal glands, they facilitate metabolic balance. When rushed, they kick in with adrenalin as a means of freeing up nutrients required to allow for increased activity. When stuck in this mode, we can see gradual damage and depletion of essential nutrition.
The primary element driving adrenals in our society today is sugar. When sugar is ingested repeatedly, insulin response can over drive blood sugar lower and lower to the point of hypoglycemia. This is when the adrenals have to come on line to maintain stable blood sugar by releasing both cortisol and adrenalin. If we add to that the caffeine habit our society has, we will see greatly over driven adrenal glands.
The conditions which can be directly connected to adrenal dominance, and can be greatly improved with appropriate nutritional changes include everything from ADHD to PTSD. So many of the ailments seen today like fibromyalgia are considered incurable, and are treated only on the basis of trying to keep the person from experiencing the complications of the disease process.
Your adrenal glands were created to keep us safe. The more the world looks hostile, the harder they work. We’ve heard of road rage, and the toll that has taken on society. We wouldn’t see any of this if the adrenals hadn’t been over secreting adrenalin.
Some people claim to be adrenalin junkies, and only feel alive if they’re cheating death. Being able to tone down the adrenals is important if you have a child who is being medicated with a drug for ADHD. Here is a situation where adrenalin is acting as a neurotransmitter, increasing awareness and intelligence. It’s been shown that these kids tend to be highly intelligent. Many highly successful, creative, intelligent individuals have been diagnosed with ADHD.
Understanding the biochemistry and working with it instead of against it can assist in getting better function and compliance out of these individuals. We’re too focused on disruptive behaviors and temper tantrums and fail to dial in on what’s really going on. If we take away the sugars, add an abundance of green vegetables along with an appropriate hormone, these kids can become extremely normal, healthy functioning kids without the damaging drugs which only exacerbate the condition.
What kind of hyperactivity defines if the child is typical, where adrenalin acts as a hormone, or the creative type of ADHD where the adrenalin is functioning primarily as a neurotransmitter in the brain. Understanding the difference allows for appropriate nutritional support.
It’s important to understand that ADHD children grow up to be ADHD adults. If one adult has ADHD, there’s a very good chance for their children to deal with it. With both parents being ADHD, it can be expected that all the kids will be dealing with it.
We have to realize the condition here is basically a hormonal imbalance. When we see this, we get the opportunity to work with the body’s natural chemistry to balance the system. When you upset the delicate balance by up-regulating one hormone or down-regulating it, there will be a surge through the entire endocrine system to attempt to balance things.
When we look at the hormonal cascade and see that cholesterol is the primary molecule that all hormones are created around, interfering with cholesterol synthesis can create a real mess. From cholesterol comes the hormone pregnenalone. This gives rise to the next in line which is progesterone. Most people relate to progesterone as a female hormone when in fact it is a human hormone.
We build other hormones on this one, including testosterone. When the adrenals are on overload, progesterone is depleted and, and for all you macho guys, can result in lower testosterone.
Dr Platt has found that by cutting out the sugars, increasing the greens in the diet, and using bio-identical progesterone cream, he’s been able to quiet the adrenals and reverse many diseases. The list of diseases that can be driven by adrenal dominance include. Chronic interstitial cystitis, restless leg syndrome, hypertension, diabetes, PMS, IBS, alcoholism, insomnia, and the list goes on.
While in Hawaii for my daughter’s wedding, I noted that the pace of life is not one of trying to hurry up, and if you feel the need to rush there, you’re going to be frustrated. Although that is the case, the cost of living there is so high that to survive without a very high paying job, you need to work more than one job, which also puts an added burden on the adrenal glands.
When we consider the role of the adrenal glands, they facilitate metabolic balance. When rushed, they kick in with adrenalin as a means of freeing up nutrients required to allow for increased activity. When stuck in this mode, we can see gradual damage and depletion of essential nutrition.
The primary element driving adrenals in our society today is sugar. When sugar is ingested repeatedly, insulin response can over drive blood sugar lower and lower to the point of hypoglycemia. This is when the adrenals have to come on line to maintain stable blood sugar by releasing both cortisol and adrenalin. If we add to that the caffeine habit our society has, we will see greatly over driven adrenal glands.
The conditions which can be directly connected to adrenal dominance, and can be greatly improved with appropriate nutritional changes include everything from ADHD to PTSD. So many of the ailments seen today like fibromyalgia are considered incurable, and are treated only on the basis of trying to keep the person from experiencing the complications of the disease process.
Your adrenal glands were created to keep us safe. The more the world looks hostile, the harder they work. We’ve heard of road rage, and the toll that has taken on society. We wouldn’t see any of this if the adrenals hadn’t been over secreting adrenalin.
Some people claim to be adrenalin junkies, and only feel alive if they’re cheating death. Being able to tone down the adrenals is important if you have a child who is being medicated with a drug for ADHD. Here is a situation where adrenalin is acting as a neurotransmitter, increasing awareness and intelligence. It’s been shown that these kids tend to be highly intelligent. Many highly successful, creative, intelligent individuals have been diagnosed with ADHD.
Understanding the biochemistry and working with it instead of against it can assist in getting better function and compliance out of these individuals. We’re too focused on disruptive behaviors and temper tantrums and fail to dial in on what’s really going on. If we take away the sugars, add an abundance of green vegetables along with an appropriate hormone, these kids can become extremely normal, healthy functioning kids without the damaging drugs which only exacerbate the condition.
What kind of hyperactivity defines if the child is typical, where adrenalin acts as a hormone, or the creative type of ADHD where the adrenalin is functioning primarily as a neurotransmitter in the brain. Understanding the difference allows for appropriate nutritional support.
It’s important to understand that ADHD children grow up to be ADHD adults. If one adult has ADHD, there’s a very good chance for their children to deal with it. With both parents being ADHD, it can be expected that all the kids will be dealing with it.
We have to realize the condition here is basically a hormonal imbalance. When we see this, we get the opportunity to work with the body’s natural chemistry to balance the system. When you upset the delicate balance by up-regulating one hormone or down-regulating it, there will be a surge through the entire endocrine system to attempt to balance things.
When we look at the hormonal cascade and see that cholesterol is the primary molecule that all hormones are created around, interfering with cholesterol synthesis can create a real mess. From cholesterol comes the hormone pregnenalone. This gives rise to the next in line which is progesterone. Most people relate to progesterone as a female hormone when in fact it is a human hormone.
We build other hormones on this one, including testosterone. When the adrenals are on overload, progesterone is depleted and, and for all you macho guys, can result in lower testosterone.
Dr Platt has found that by cutting out the sugars, increasing the greens in the diet, and using bio-identical progesterone cream, he’s been able to quiet the adrenals and reverse many diseases. The list of diseases that can be driven by adrenal dominance include. Chronic interstitial cystitis, restless leg syndrome, hypertension, diabetes, PMS, IBS, alcoholism, insomnia, and the list goes on.
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