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DeboraChelson NMD PC

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    doctor06
    Nov 06, 2017

    What Is An Adaptogen?

    in Self Care

    Elevated cortisol levels and chronic stress can affect every physiological system in your body, including your thyroid and adrenal glands. It can make you anxious, irritable, lead to weight gain, bone loss, contribute to diabetes & heart disease risk, and also deplete your energy levels.


    Cortisol is also known as the aging hormone. When cortisol gets too high, it puts you into a “fight or flight” response, which stimulates your sympathetic nervous system and your adrenal glands. When this occurs, there is a decrease in your digestive secretions and an increase in blood pressure. This puts your body in a state of constant stress, which will burn out your adrenal glands, stress your digestive tract and cause you to age more rapidly.


    If you want to look younger, feel younger, be healthy, and heal adrenal fatigue, you must get your cortisol levels balanced.


    Side effects of chronically elevated cortisol can include:


    Anxiety

    Autoimmune diseases

    Cancer

    Chronic fatigue syndrome

    Common Colds

    Hormone imbalance

    Irritable bowel disease

    Thyroid conditions

    Weight loss resistance


    What can help us adapt to stress and lower cortisol? Adaptogens of course!


    Phytotherapy refers to the use of plants for their healing abilities. Adaptogens are a unique class of healing plants: They help balance, restore and protect the body. An adaptogen doesn’t have a specific action: It helps you respond to any influence or stressor, by normalizing your physiological functions. Adaptogenic herbs can recharge your adrenal glands, helping you to respond to stress.


    Adaptogens, just to name a few, include ashwaganda, astragalus, ginseng, licorice root, holy basil, some mushrooms, and rhodiola.

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