Adrenal Fatigue Treatment

1. Get some rest!

One of the most effective methods to maintain adrenal health is to get plenty of rest on a regular basis. Even if you have insomnia, the following practices can help you alter your life:

• Every day, go to sleep by 10 p.m.
• If you can, get 9 to 11 hours of sleep a night.
• Stop using all digital screens for an hour before bedtime to allow your brain waves to change into sleep mode.
• Well before night, have a modest snack that’s rich in proteins and healthy fat but low in carbohydrates and sweets.

2. Limit your intake of sugar, processed carbs, and seed oils from industrial sources.

Blood sugar levels rise and then fall as a result of eating too many carbohydrates and sugars. To restore blood sugar balance, the adrenals must release more cortisol. Adrenal function is depleted over time as a result of this. Inflammation caused by industrial seed oils exhausts the adrenals as well.

3. Quit stimulants, particularly caffeine.

Yes, there’s coffee involved. Caffeine is one of the deadliest enemies of your adrenal glands! Caffeine and other boosters induce the adrenals to release additional stress hormones, which depletes the adrenals over time, causing you to become more exhausted. That caffeine “pick-me-up” from coffee or tea isn’t really the help you need… at any time of day.

4. Avoid sugar and stimulants when you’re fatigued.

You might be inclined to reach for a coffee or some sweets when you’re feeling down in the afternoon. By raising sugar levels and promoting cortisol release, will only further deplete your adrenals. Rather, fill your body with a balance of healthy fats, protein, and limited carbohydrates to maintain good sugar levels and brain function, which is just what you need to get rid of the blues.

5. Exercise that is moderate, not strenuous.

Exercise is essential for maintaining excellent health. Strenuous activity, on the other hand, can be overly stressful for your adrenals, leaving you exhausted. If you suspect adrenal fatigue, keep your workouts light and quit before you become exhausted.

6. Consume a variety of well-balanced meals on a regular basis.

Adrenal function is influenced not just by what you consume, but also by when you eat. The adrenals go into emergency mode when blood sugar levels drop due to irregular meal scheduling, pumping out more cortisol to correct the problem. Regular meals assist to keep blood sugar levels consistent, which helps the adrenals operate properly.

Important Suggestions:

• Breakfast should always be eaten, and it should be rich in proteins and healthy fat, with no refined sugar or stimulants. Even if you’re not hungry, have a little breakfast. It defines the tone for the rest of your day.
• To avoid blood glucose fluctuations earlier in the day and the afternoon “crash,” limit sweets and fruits before lunch.
• To keep blood glucose levels steady, eat every 2-3 hours.
• Include some proteins and healthy fat in each and every meal – even snacks – to maintain blood sugar constant and assist maintain normal adrenal function.

7. Have a good time and take care of yourself.

• Joy and rest help your adrenals function correctly by reducing stress.
• Play! Laugh! Goof off!
• Make time for yourself each day for at least 10 minutes of peaceful, stress-relieving exercise, like lying down with your legs up, meditating, or gently breathing while sitting motionless.
• Follow your body’s message and lie down for a bit if you’re exhausted.

8. Deal with stress in your life

Continuous life stress is a deal-breaker for adrenal function, and it is by far the most difficult thing on this list to handle. The adrenals react to any kind of stress, whether it’s extrinsic or intrinsic, big or small. While stress is an inherent part of life, many stresses can be avoided. An honest examination of the sources of stress in your life will uncover areas that need to be eliminated or reduced. Do you have any friends with whom you have negative feelings? Is this a bad job? Too many committees to chair? Everyone has a distinct list of stressors and a varied level of stress responses; figure out yours and take steps to eliminate the ones you can while minimizing the ones you can’t. One by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one Every cause of stress that is eliminated benefits your health.

Bonus Points: Address the source of the irritation.

Although not explicitly related to lifestyle decisions, underlying inflammation demands special attention because the complete adrenal function is impossible without it. The adrenals, as you’ve known, play a critical role in regulating inflammation, including the inflammatory processes that characterize autoimmune reactions. Your adrenal glands are less likely to release enough cortisol to appropriately counteract this additional inflammation when you have adrenal fatigue. Consult your doctor about underlying causes of chronic inflammation, such as dietary intolerances, gastrointestinal infections, environmental pollutants, chronic infections, brain inflammation, and other autoimmune conditions. Inflammation that isn’t treated keeps the immune response on high alert, which overtaxes the endocrine system over time, causing debilitating symptoms of adrenal fatigue and impending adrenal repair.

If you suspect adrenal exhaustion, ask your doctor about the 24-hour Adrenal Stress Index (ASI), a simple saliva sample that indicates your present adrenal condition and can be a useful tool in defining your adrenal recovery path.