Adrenal glands are important glands to know about and nurture.
Ever have one of these days: immediately upon waking up you run to turn on your coffee pot, by 10am you need another pick-me-up before that big meeting so you get a large black tea with two tea bags, togo. By 2pm you realize that there is still about a solid three hours of work to do and there is just no way you are going to make it with out your favorite coffee shop’s infamous mocha latte. But then 5pm rolls around and there is all the domestic labor that needs tending to, involving kids, dinner, laundry – by now that single espresso sounds like just the right fix for the night shift. Once 10pm rolls around that realization comes that you are completely spun out from the overload of both the work day on top of the uncountable caffeinated beverages consumed. You propose to yourself that a nightcap will do the trick. Once the kids are in bed you cozy yourself up on the couch with a full bodied, deep red glass of your favorite merlot. Upon finishing the first glass you realize you deserve another and reach for the bottle for a re-pour. Yet, two glasses in and your body doesn’t seem to be affected by the wine even the slightest – you might as well have been drinking water for all it knows. So now the questions stands – why did you need all those caffeinated beverages to carry you through the day? And how come that delectable richly colored purplish-red wine didn’t even seem to touch your system? Most likely, it is due to adrenal burnout.
Generally, the adrenal glands can help us deal with our day-to-day stress load through a cocktail of hormones and androgens they release from just above our kidneys. However, when the body starts to experience an unreasonably, taxing amount of stress, the adrenals become “out of commission”, so-to-speak, because they just can not keep up with the high demand of excreting hormones the body needs to counter the chronic stress it is experiencing. From this, the adrenals stop working properly and other systems begin to fail – such as our body’s ability to notify us when we have had too much caffeine or alcohol because the chronic stress syndrome throws the body into constant “fight or flight” state, giving it a falsified sense of mortality.
When the system experiences a chronic state of “excitement” it becomes imperative to get exogenous adrenal support from supplements or therapies. However, if one can identify the signs of adrenal burn out at the onset, there are steps to prevent the overload from getting completely shocking the body. Proper nutritional support is key to keep all the “nuts and bolts” of the biological system oiled up for optimal functioning. Eliminating caffeine for a day can be extremely advantageous to be able to return the body to a homeostasis. If the idea of not consuming caffeine seems like blasphemy to you, then switching and alternating the type of caffeine you consume for two or three days could also do the trick. Green teas are an excellent, clean alternative to caffeine. Additionally, herbal supplements such a nettles and ashwaganda are also known to be restorative to the system. Complex supplements that include tissue-specific glandular material are important as well. These glandular materials – including vitamins, minerals, and proteins – send messages to the taxed tissues, in effort to strengthen and repairs the gland.
Folsom pharmacy’s BioidenticaRX store sells Adrenal complex, formulated and provided by our partner brand PureFormulas. Adrenal Complex supports overall adrenal functions through a fortified compound of N-acetyl tyrosine, vitamin C, and a spectrum of B vitamins. For optimal biological and neurological health, replenish your system to restore brain functioning and hormone balance,
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