Remember when we were younger and had to get up to go to school at 5 in the morning, be dismissed by 5 in the afternoon and still have time for our extracurricular sports, and maybe a tutoring session, and be wide awake at 9 o’clock at night watching MTV? Where did that high energy person go? Well, it may not be because of age, but your adrenals.
Think of your adrenals as the producers and regulators of your hormones and neurotransmitters. These hormones and neurotransmitters then regulate your metabolism – we’re talking reproductive health, brain health, weight management, energy and even your mood. Since the adrenals regulate all these systems, you can see why it’s so important to keep them in check! If you’re feeling off in any of the following areas, chances are adrenal fatigue might be the culprit:
- Hair loss
- Blurred vision
- Severe allergies
- Unexplained weight gain or loss
- Muscle aches and pains
- Dizziness when you stand up
- Low libido
- Infertility
- Chronic fatigue
- Feeling tired but can’t sleep a.k.a. “tired but wired”
Most of us have some degree of adrenal fatigue, and it comes with no surprise that stress holds court as the leading suppressor of adrenal glands leading to their fatigue. A lot of the times, we attribute our weight gain, fatigue, and hair loss to getting on in age, but look at JLo, Madonna, and Keanu Reeves proving that age is just a number. If you have a sneaking suspicion adrenal fatigue is to blame, here are 5 practical tips you can do to combat it right away.
1. Eat clean. This means avoiding inflammatory foods like gluten, dairy, refined sugar, and too much caffeine.
2. Help blood and energy flow with acupuncture. The Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnosis differs with each patient, but when it comes to adrenal fatigue the most common culprit is a yang and/or qi deficiency.
3. MITO IV Nutrient Therapy. Our Mitochondrial Enhancement IV Therapy is made to target our mitochondria – the powerhouse of the cell.
4. Take the time and effort to heal emotional trauma. The emotions that we hold onto that are connected to adrenal fatigue is fear – our life coach would be happy to help you unpack the emotion, understand the lesson, and help you move forward.
5. Schedule a Holistic Medical Consultation. The fastest way to solve adrenal fatigue is to get to the root cause of the matter and that would be by scheduling a holistic medical consultation with our Centro doctors.
The beautiful thing about our bodies is they’re able to heal when we let them. Through dietary, lifestyle and supplemental adjustments, adrenal fatigue does not have to stick around for long.