Alter Life
Your perception shapes your reality. Alter Life is about shaking up stale thoughts, letting go of limiting beliefs, and exploring new ways to feel better, think clearer, and live more fully. This podcast dives into the deep connections between mindset, health, and consciousness—helping you thrive in your authenticity. From holistic health and nutrition to personal growth and expanded awareness, we explore what it really means to live well and feel fulfilled.
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#349 - How to Burn Out Your Adrenals
When suffering with low energy, sleep issues, or any sort of fatigue, it's common to look at the adrenal glands as being a source of the symptoms.
Yes - the adrenal glands are responsible for maintaining healthy energy levels day in and day out... but they do SO MUCH MORE.
The adrenal glands are integral to general hormonal balance and also establishing your body's circadian rhythm.
So... what causes the adrenal glands to get stressed, fatigued, burnt out, or dysregulated???
In today's world, it's pretty much everything that has become "societally normal" disconnecting us from natural rhythms.
Bright lights, fear mongering media, avoidance of sunlight, deficiency of natural connection, caffeine dependance, processed foods, addiction to drama and stressful thinking, etc. etc. etc... these are the sorts of things that can put a chronic undue burden on the adrenal glands.
In today's Medicinal Monday episode you'll find deeper understanding and clarity around what your adrenals are doing for YOU so that you can start eating, living, and thinking in a way that better nourishes them.
Reminder! Podcast episodes are prerecorded through November at which point the Podcast will be undergoing some changes. We look forward to the next rendition!
Some highlights from today's episode on Supporting the ADRENALS...
- The HPA axis (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis) and how it can become dysregulated to cause energy issues
- The functional medicine perspective on supporting adrenals with adaptogenic herbs and why it is NOT always the answer
- Why regulating circadian rhythm is the most important thing to support adrenal health, hormonal balancing, and energy levels
- The most reliable ways to burn out adrenals and disrupt circadian rhythm - coffee, bright lights, erratic sleep, alcohol, stressful thoughts, living indoors, etc.
- Where we can turn to in order to reliably eradicate stress and stay empowered in our lives
Links to some more good stuff
- Get the Alter Health weekly WFPB Meal Guides: https://www.alter.health/meal-guides
- Cleanse with Us during the next Alter Health Cleanse: https://www.alter.health/cleanse
- Work with us in the Thrive on Plants program: https://www.alter.health/thrive-on-plants
- ATTN Health Practitioners! Learn more and apply to the Plant Based Mind Body Practitioner Program: https://www.alter.health/pbmb-practitioner
Peace and Love.
Links to more good stuff
- Work With Me - www.alter.health
- GREEN FORCE! - www.visfoods.co (use the code AlterLife for $10 off)
- Check out my favorite products - www.alter.health/products