Stop the Stress Fat Cycle Once and For All.
Quick, ask yourself the following questions:
- Are you hypothyroid?
- Constantly fighting belly fat and blood sugar highs and lows?
- Infections, allergies, and sensitivities to environmental triggers got you down?
- Crave caffeine, sugar, and/or salt for quick energy?
- Tired all day and wired before bed?
- Overwhelmed by stress and easily irritable?
- Trouble sleeping through the night?
- Suffering from “night owl” syndrome or getting a second wind after 10 PM?
- Dark circles or bags under your eyes?
It’s beginning to sound like you may be one of the 8 out of 10 women who is suffering from adrenal fatigue or burnout.
Low adrenal function is an increasingly common diagnosis. When your fight or flight stress glands are simply overworked and too tired to perform properly, you experience a myriad of symptoms—including the inability to lose weight. The condition goes hand in hand with low thyroid function as both the adrenals and thyroid are intimately related energy producing glands.
Restore Energy Naturally
The adrenals are two small walnut-size glands that sit on top of the kidneys and produce the body’s regulatory stress hormones—cortisol and DHEA. These powerful hormones regulate belly fat deposition and the aging process.
Cortisol activates fat-storing enzymes when it comes into contact with any fat cell. Abdominal fat cells are designed to serve as a fast energy source in times of stress. These central fat cells also happen to have four times more cortisol receptors than anywhere else in your body. Consequently, cortisol is drawn to the central abdominal fat cells, ultimately increasing fat storage in that area. Thus, every time you are stressed, cortisol encourages your body to stockpile fat around your midsection to be used in case of emergency.
The solution to this problem of course is to stress less—which is easier said than done.
Six Solutions
Follow these six solutions to nurture and rebuild your adrenal glands for sustained energy and fat burning power:
1. Reduce Your Stress Levels – Set aside time to relax each day. Escape with a good book, work in the garden, start an exercise routine, or take a walk.
2. Power Up with Protein – Keep metabolic fires burning by consuming 20 grams of protein with each meal. Protein boosts metabolism by up to 25% for about 12 hours while simultaneously keeping blood sugar/insulin levels steady. Choose from organic, hormone-free protein sources like eggs, lean beef, lamb, poultry, fish, seafood, tofu and tempeh. Or, for an excellent protein boost on-the-go, sip a smoothie made with clean protein powder like Fat Flush Whey Protein or Fat Flush Body Protein, which both contain 20 grams of protein per serving.
3. Get a Good Night’s Sleep – The hours before midnight are the most beneficial time for adrenal rejuvenation, so be in bed by 10 pm, and try for 7 hours or more. Waking up intermittently is a sure sign of cortisol surges which can be helped by enjoying a protein snack before bed.
4. Take Essential Minerals –
Sodium: Low levels of sodium are common in cases of adrenal burnout. I find that taking ¼ to 1 teaspoon of good quality salt (Celtic or Himalayan pink salt) daily helps to balance cortisol levels. Salt is especially important if low blood pressure is an issue.
Potassium: Under prolonged stress, potassium can easily be depleted, resulting in blood sugar abnormalities. I recommend taking 99 mg potassium chloride daily.
5. Rebuild Adrenal Function – Take a supplement like UNI KEY’s Adrenal Formula that contains adrenal glandular tissue that acts like a stem cell enhancer. These tissue extracts are derived from the healthiest New Zealand bovine sources and carry a DNA/RNA blueprint that promotes cell healing and repair. Adrenal Formula also contains important revitalizing nutrients including vitamin C, pantothenic acid, zinc, vitamin B6, vitamin A and tyrosine, which are also so helpful for the thyroid. Start with 1 caplet three times daily at 7 am, 11 am and 3 pm. If blood pressure is 90/60 or below, consider upping the dosage to 2 caplets at each of those “adrenal times”.
6. Take The Guesswork Out – Evaluate adrenal fatigue factors with our at-home saliva test.
Our Adrenal Stress Panel measures stress hormones, insulin levels and other major factors like gluten sensitivity and hormonal precursors to determine the exact causes of your particular adrenal fatigue, exhaustion, cravings and obesity. Abnormalities in your adrenal rhythm can negatively impact many metabolic processes.
This convenient at-home testing kit utilizes four saliva samples collected at specific time periods throughout the day to provide the most accurate analysis.
The Adrenal Stress Panel measures:
- Temporal Free Cortisol Rhythm (morning, noon, afternoon, midnight) – Normal rhythm begins with the highest levels in the morning and decreases until the lowest levels are reached around midnight. Most adrenal fatigue sufferers have opposite levels.
- DHEA and DHEA-S – DHEA levels decrease with age, having the same effects of cortisol rhythm imbalance, so testing is important to narrow down which hormone is out of balance.
- Fasting and Non-Fasting Insulin – Elevated cortisol leads to insulin resistance which causes excess blood sugar to turn to fat.
- Hydroxyprogesterone – This hormone can rule out or confirm genetic adrenal gland complications.
- Gluten Sensitivity – Gluten sensitivity creates an inflammatory response in the body which can quickly deplete cortisol levels.
- Salivary SIgA (strength of immune system response) – The validity of gluten sensitivity results can be determined by measuring your normal immune response. It also shows lowered immune function as a result of stress.
A letter with my personal recommendations is also included in the Adrenal Stress Panel, interpreting your test results and creating a custom-tailor a program to fit your unique, biochemical needs.
