Adrenal fatigue is not a real medical diagnosis. However, the phenomenon is alluding to an imbalance in terms of the levels of your adrenal hormones, related to the signaling between your brain, adrenal glands, thyroid, and gut. Adrenal hormones include cortisol, aldosterone, adrenaline, and noradrenaline.There are actual medical diseases that involve very abnormal levels of adrenal hormones such as Cushings disease – high cortisol. However, the term ‘adrenal fatigue’ refers more to a departure from optimal levels that doesn’t reach an extreme. If you suspect adrenal fatigue or an imbalance of adrenal hormones and ask your conventional provider to check you, they will likely test your cortisol levels and tell you that you’re normal. That’s becaue they’re using the reference ranges for the traditional, overt adrenal disease. However, Empowered Nutrition, we acknowledge that many people have imbalances of their adrenal hormones that impact their health, yet do not meet the traditional cut-offs for overt disease.
Here are some of the things we see with adrenal imbalance:
Remember, the adrenals are the foundation that then impact the sex hormones and thyroid so you will see symptoms related to any of the three. Some of the most common scenarios where we see adrenal dysregulation are:
If you suspect adrenal imbalance, there are a few ways to test:
Whether you test or not, there are few tried and true steps that you can take to support your adrenal health. These are the things that we find to be most helpful for our clients:
Hopefully this helps and feel free to reach out if you want help with assessing and optimizing your adrenal health!
Links from this episode:
DNRS: https://retrainingthebrain.com/
Gupta program: https://www.guptaprogram.com/
Oura ring: https://ouraring.com/
HeartMath: https://www.heartmath.com/
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