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Great Pointers On The Consequences Of Overlooking Signs Of Fatigue

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 Subscribe To Our Feed

Our bodies find it difficult to deal with the stresses of modern life. The amount that we have to try and pack into any given day is often overwhelming and we find ourselves sleeping less and working longer hours as we try and balance our jobs with our family responsibilities and our dwindling social life. All of this pressure causes us to omit exercise and take less care of ourselves and to turn to convenience foods, as we simply think that we do not have enough time to prepare a wholesome diet. Lack of exercise and poor nutrition will lead to additional stresses and strains on the body and it’s hardly surprising that things start to go wrong. Not surprisingly, adrenal fatigue is a very common condition, even though it is poorly diagnosed and linked to the adrenal glands, very small organs located near the kidneys, of which we ask a great deal. These organs can start to fail after many years of unhealthy scheduling and unsustainable lifestyle habits.

We have to remember that our body was basically “designed” over the centuries to function according to basic primitive needs. All we needed to do, primarily, was to eat, sleep and fight if needed. Today is a much different story, especially when you consider that we eat very nutritionally deficient foods, bring so many toxins into our bodies and don’t repair ourselves correctly by sleeping as we should. Because of these extra demands, if we are to survive we should be demanding even more sleep and greater nutrition.

It’s hardly surprising that chronic fatigue sets in. Our blood sugar starts to get out of balance and our adrenal glands are unable to help them combat stress. Stress hormones create an imbalance, our thyroid, nervous system and brain function is impaired and as our immunity is compromised, we are so vulnerable. With little sleep, we cannot regenerate our adrenal glands and as we eat an increasingly poor diet, food sensitivities cause a hormonal imbalance as the body tries to fight off inflammation and attack.

For a majority of people, symptoms may not be chronic enough to warrant further investigation. They may feel run down, but attribute this to the hectic lifestyle and think it is just a consequence of the way that life is, these days. They do not recognize their low levels of energy as a problem and think that if they eat a quick, convenient, “junk” meal or dive into the gym for 30 minutes that this will be okay, not realizing that they are just putting even more strain on their adrenal glands.

One of the most important building blocks for hormone composition in the body is pregnolone. Whenever we are overstressed or run down, our body uses pregnolone to make cortisol, so we can handle stress. However, it appears that excess cortisol can be “stolen” when the body is overstressed, from testosterone or DHEA, which adds additional problems on top of an already aggravated situation.

What can you do? Just think about leading a slower life, having plenty of sleep, going to bed and waking up with the sun, eating very nutritionally and working out often. Easier said than done?

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