The shocking truth about the adrenal glands

The adrenal glands are two glands Walnut size located at the top of both kidneys. These two tiny glands make on fifty different hormones, some we have no knowledge. Cortisol and DHEA are two of these hormones that are known to have a tremendous impact on metabolism. Stress causes body stimulate the release of large amounts of cortisol from the adrenal glands and removes the DHEA. Cortisol is regarded as a hormone of survival. He came out to activate the metabolism of the body to keep us alive through a stressful time. It also serves to regulate blood glucose levels during fasting periods or sleep, reduced inflammation, slows down the metabolism during fasting, and we happy place to deal with stress.

Normal cortisol secretion is highest in the morning we will, gradually tapers off the coast during the day and is lower in the night to allow us to go to sleep. When our bodies evolved genetically, stress events were relatively brief episodes, such as being chased by a lion or a long cold winter. Now in modern society, stress events can last for years or indefinitely.

Constraints modern appear as stress at work, relationship or family stress, financial stress, stress driving, multitasking stress (like driving on the highway, trying to control the children in the car and talking on the cell phone while at the same time). Our lifestyles also disrupt the normal pace of production of cortisol. Things like eating or exercise late in the day or work late at night will force the adrenal glands to turn off high levels of cortisol for the task at hand rather than allow him to refuse to let us sleep. Usual disruption of the normal gland of the cycles of production and the chronic excessive stimulation leads to adrenal exhaustion.

Cortisol is also considered a catabolic hormone, which means that it is used to break down the body. It is also an anti-insulin hormone. Insulin is considered an anabolic hormone, the accumulates us. Therefore when cortisol is constantly high altitudes it causes insulin, which gives rise to what is known as "insulin resistance." If we become resistant to insulin, it causes us to take weight, it is difficult to lose weight and puts us on the path of developing diabetes.

Normal cortisol secretion is highest in the morning we will, gradually tapers off the coast during the day and is lower in the night to allow us to go to sleep. When our bodies evolved genetically, stress events were relatively brief episodes, such as being chased by a lion or a long cold winter. Now in modern society, stress events can last for years or indefinitely.

Constraints modern appear as stress at work, relationship or family stress, financial stress, stress driving, multitasking stress (like driving on the highway, trying to control the children in the car and talking on the cell phone while at the same time). Our lifestyles also disrupt the normal pace of production of cortisol. Things like eating or exercise late in the day or work late at night will force the adrenal glands to turn off high levels of cortisol for the task at hand rather than allow him to refuse to let us sleep. Usual disruption of the normal gland of the cycles of production and the chronic excessive stimulation leads to adrenal exhaustion.

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