Adrenal Stressors

Common Adrenal Stressors

 Check the following when repeat ASI’s (Adrenal Stress Index tests) do not return to the normal reference range.  The first five are the most common.

 

  1. Anemia
  2. Dysglycemia – unmanaged 
  3. Low Cholesterol
  4. Infections
    1. Gums
    2. UTI – commonly asymptomatic
    3. GI
    4. Mold, yeast or fungus
    5. Ticks/Lymes
    6. Chronic Virus
  5. Dehydration – especially in athletes or those who fly frequently
  6. Poor dietary habits (skipping meals, high simple carb etc.)
  7. Eating foods they are sensitive to (consider elimination provocation diet)
  8. Leaky Gut
  9. Liver clearance issues
  10. Essential fatty acid deficiencies
  11. Not enough sleep
  12. Over exercise
  13. Emotional stressors (usually severe)
  14. Heavy metals
  15. Autoimmune Adrenals
  16. Chronic use of SSRIs
  17. Chronic Pain
  18. Environmental toxin exposures – damages mitochondria
  19. Surgical menopause
  20. Chronic tissue injury or inflammation (autoimmune condition)

 

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