I can’t tell you how many patients that I see everyday that express this very statement. It seems like this is becoming an epidemic in our society and unfortunately most health care professionals don’t know what to do about it.
Maybe this is you? You can’t seem to lose the weight. You’re tired all the time or can’t seem to get enough rest. And you feel like you have “had it up to here” with your professional and personal responsibilities.
If you are like most individuals you have probably known that things haven’t been “just right” for some time and have been looking for a solution to regain your energy and burst through your weight loss plateau.
Unfortunately, most health care professionals offer very little guidance when addressing these issues. If lab testing is done, typically it returns negative for anything significant leaving you no closer to discovering what is going on and how you can fix it.
Sometimes anti-depressants are given and in other cases hormones may be suggested and administered. Many individuals may have some initial and temporary relief, but in the end, lasting change is never accomplished leaving you searching for more answers.
Stress is the Key
The number one thing that is overlooked when evaluating an individual’s health is their stress levels or past stressful experiences. Your body’s reaction to stress may be the KEY area to evaluate if true healing is ever going to occur.
When you come in contact with a stressful situation, such as a bear in the woods, your body must prepare itself to either run away very fast or fight. (I suggest run.) In order to do this, your adrenal glands produce a series of hormones including Cortisol.
These hormones are utilized by the body for a series of functions and when the stress is gone your hormone levels decrease back to normal. This proper response allows the body to rest and prepare for the next stressful event.
What if, however, the stress never goes away and allows your body to heal?
In our society we are bombarded with stressors all day long. With demanding work and personal schedules our body is constantly in a “fight or flight” response with little or no rest. This results in your adrenals becoming fatigued or “burned out” and decreases their ability to produce proper stress hormones.
When this happens you lose energy, sex drive, blood sugar control and an overall feeling of well being. Unless your stress hormones are properly tested and corrected, regaining your health will be nearly impossible to do.
Specialized Testing
One of the best ways to evaluate your adrenal stress hormones is through saliva testing. Saliva testing is extremely accurate in measuring your hormones and is very convenient to do. Another advantage is that it allows you to test your hormone levels multiple times throughout a day.
This is very important when it comes to accurately evaluating your hormone levels. Hormone levels fluctuate throughout the day and month and unless you can evaluate them over a coarse of time you may miss their true levels.
For example, the hormone Cortisol fluctuates throughout the day. Cortisol is very high in the morning and decreases as the day progresses. These levels are important because the high morning cortisol allows you to wake up with energy and the low evening cortisol allows you to fall asleep.
When this rhythm gets altered people develop all types of problems. Trouble getting out of bed in the morning, mid-morning and afternoon “crashes”, and trouble falling and staying asleep at night.
In addition, if your overall cortisol levels are too low you will develop other issues such as weight problems, depression, Hormonal imbalances, and GI issues.
To read more on how improper cortisol levels create these problems click HERE.
We Can Help
We utilize a very special saliva test that accurately evaluates your cortisol levels. Not only does it tell us what your overall cortisol level is but shows us how your body produces it throughout the day. This is key in developing a protocol to eliminate these symptoms for good.
With the use of natural supplements and dietary and lifestyle changes we can help you regain your energy, stimulate weight loss, and reduce the stress in your life.
If you are interested in having your adrenal glands tested to see if they are the root of your issues please call our office at (704) 588-1792 or visit HERE. The adrenal test is inexpensive and could uncover all the answers you need to regain your health.
For those of you who do not live near our office I would be happy to assist you in having your adrenals tested. If you are unable to locate a health care professional in your area who does this specialized testing we will be happy to drop ship you a lab kit. Please call or email our office for details. (704) 588-1792 | info@HuntForWellness.com
