Stress is a real inhibitor to good physical, mental and emotional health. Specifically, our adrenal glands, which sit on top of our kidneys, help regulate stress. When they are working overtime, our body experiences unwanted symptoms.
To know if stress and adrenal fatigue is something you need to address, check out the most common symptoms and my healing recommendations below.
The most common symptoms of adrenal fatigue are:
Other symptoms include:
If you think you are overstressed or have adrenal fatigue, it’s important to address it right away. Luckily, a great place to start is with the food you eat and the lifestyle habits you live by. Here are a few tips to combat stress and heal your adrenals!
Finding a regular sleep routine is critical to improving stress and healing adrenal fatigue. This means sleeping 7-9 hours a night, creating ways to wind down before bedtime, and getting to sleep at a reasonable hour. I find that clients who decrease their screen time or add herbal tea at night are easy-to-implement ways to improve sleep habits.
While sugar might give you a boost of feel-good energy temporarily, it puts the body into a blood sugar rollercoaster that isn’t helpful for stress. Start by looking at packaged food in your pantry. Can you find any “sneaky sugars” hiding in your foods? You can also check out this blog post on sugar to learn more about how to decrease the amount of sugar you’re eating.
Foods have the power to heal the body if given half a chance. With adrenal fatigue or excess stress, the body uses up nutrients more quickly, so you want to add in lots of colorful, nutrient-dense foods as well as healthy protein and fat while you’re healing. Things like dark leafy greens, vibrant dark berries, and a wholesome breakfast of protein, fat, and fiber have all been ways I’ve seen clients balance their blood sugar, increase nutrients, and find sustained energy to respond to stress.
Caffeine affects everyone differently. I recommend my clients replace caffeine with another nourishing beverage while repairing adrenals or working through stress. Try herbal teas or organic decaf coffee while increasing your water intake to help with this.
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It’s important to take care of our body, mind, and spirit. A healthy mindset can be as powerful as a healthy body! Our team at Holistic Wellness Practice will be able to support your ability to cope with stress using a variety of strategies and self-care tools.
For more education, support, and accountability in improving your health while decreasing stress, visit our Health Coaching service page.
Lauren Stickney is an integrative nutrition health coach and emotional eating coach certified through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She specializes in women’s nutrition, women’s relationship with food, and healing an unhealthy body image.
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