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Adrenal Fatigue--Why You Wake
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December 18, 2008, Last Updated February 28, 2011
By Susan M. Callahan, Associate Editor and Featured Columnist
Millions of Americans are constantly tired. According to the
National Sleep Study, millions of us are slogging through
our work days, desperately exhausted. We struggle to find
a good night's sleep. And, often, even after we think we've
had a full, good night's sleep, we still wake up tired. The
causes of this national epidemic of sleep deprivation are
varied: undiagnosed diabetes, anemia, shallow sleep. But
there may be another culprit. If you find yourself tired in
the mornings and unable to establish a regular pattern of
sleep, you could be suffering from a newly-identified
syndrome called "adrenal fatigue".
Adrenal glands play an important in hormone regulation of
stress. As we wrote in Foods That Reduce Stress, the body
acts through the adrenal glands to release hormones that
either signal your body to fight or get ready to run or they
signal our body to relax, the danger is over.
When the body is working as it should, there is a harmony
between the adrenal glands and the amount of "stress fuel"
we need to combat out daily struggles. Need to run to
catch a train? The adrenals send up enough stress juice to
pump you up to run. Need to finish a project in a hurry? No
problem. The adrenals send out a rush order for more
"stress juice" to get you excited enough to work faster.
Over time, as you can imagine, this takes a toll. The
continuous release of cortisol and other stress hormones
damage our adrenal glands, and damages the immune
system, rendering us more vulnerable to chronic infection,
auto-immune diseases, heart disease and stroke and
diabetes.
Adrenal fatigue results. The adrenals were simply never
designed to deal with the kind of constant, low-grade
stress that never quits. The kind of stress that pervades
our modern lives.
Here is a routine that can help to restore your adrenal
health:
1. Get enough sleep. You simply must get at least 8 hours
of sleep a night. If you are snoring, one of the most
common causes of interrupted sleep, then do something
about it. Here is a list of tips that work to stop snoring and
combat adrenal fatigue.
2. Eat fish. Research studies have discovered that foods
that reduce stress also combat adrenal fatigue. Eating fish
and taking fish oil pills is about the very best thing you can
do to combat the release of stress hormones in your body.
Aim for 3 to 6 servings of fish a week. Take fish oil
supplements.
3. Drink water. There is a key connection between water
and adrenal fatigue. The body simply cannot function
without proper hydration. As we get older, we lose more
and more of our body's water. We literally dry up. This
drying up hurts us in many ways but one of the worse is
that we no longer feed our adrenals with life-nourishing
water.
4. Stretch/Yoga. Yoga works. Stretching works. These
simple movements have been around for centuries as aids
to living because they work to relieve stress.
Find out more information to improve the quality of your
sleep: Sleep Help Center / Stop Snoring /Snoring Linked to
Stroke
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