On this episode of The Paleo View, Stacy and Sarah share on their adrenal fatigue diagnosis (Stacy’s from recently, and Sarah from a year ago), and address more on the what, the why and the how of this misunderstood disease.
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The Paleo View (TPV), Episode 136, Adrenal Fatigue
- Intro (0:00)
- News and Views (0:56)
- Finn’s birthday celebration and the crazy delicious cake from The Paleo Patisserie
- All the recipes in this book are amazing and only incorporate real Paleo ingredients, no gray area foods!
- More of Stacy’s and Sarah’s favorites from The Paleo Patisserie
- Stacy’s test results from her recent health discoveries
- They confirmed late stage 2 adrenal burnout
- When she believes stage 3 burnout happened and the how they adjusted their lifestyle at that point
- How the formal diagnosis will help from here
- Sarah’s diagnosis of adrenal fatigue a year ago
- What Stacy’s goals are and how she is toying with a low-carb diet, and personally defining what low-carb to her health and lifestyle means
- Sarah’s habit with “pushing through” and how this habit impacts healing
- Managing your day to day, whatever that may be and what your stressors are – living life on a full gas tank
- Finn’s birthday celebration and the crazy delicious cake from The Paleo Patisserie
- Science with Sarah (24:52)
- Adrenal fatigue and what this phrase means and why it is disliked in the medical community
- What is happening in your body when the flight or fight signal is stimulated
- What happens when you are chronically stressed
- How to handle if you think this is something you are dealing with
- Finding a health professional that can help you navigate adrenal fatigue – Paleo Mom Consulting
- Questions & Answers (43:26)
- Alternatives to meditation to reduce stress – read this
- Tara – feeling tired all of the time, how to troubleshoot?
- Regulating sex hormones and libido, and how this can impact every other area of your life
- Closing Thoughts (1:04:56)
- Stacy is ready for her big vacation
- There will be a great show again next week that was prerecorded in advance, enjoy!
- Living a happier life
- Also, don’t miss our Costco book signing tour – we will be in Orlando on Monday
- Outro (1:10:08)
Guest Post by Enjoying This Journey – Breakfast Bowl (Autoimmune Protocol-Friendly)
Really enjoyed this Science with Sarah; I had read at least 10 articles prior to listening to this that did not explain the HPA Axis *nearly* as well (and as concisely) as you did. I finally feel educated, rather than confused, yay!
A quick follow up question: if one has reached the place of chronically low cortisol, will the body compensate with more of the others (for example, epinephrine)? Or when cortisol is low, is everything else produced by the adrenals also low?
I would also like to see an answer to this question. My cortisol is low but I feel that my other flight or fight hormones are chronically high making me jittery and uptight.
I’d like an answer to this as well. I had a salivary panel done in August 2014, and it showed I was basically a SUPER low flat line all day long, with a very slight increase at night. The tests also showed my DHEA was super low. The way it was explained to me by my doc is that your adrenals will always choose cortisol first…so if it is low, the adrenals focus everything on cortisol, and ignore the other hormones it is responsible for. Is this right?
Thank you for a great talk. My only suggestion would be your response to the lady who wrote in was disappointing. Anybody who has got to this podcast is well informed & does not find help in being told ‘just relax, cut out caffeine, get some more sleep’. She needed real help. The first part of the programme would have been far more helpful to her. A Doctor would have already suggested all of this & done Thyroid tests. People who are looking into Paleo, adrenal fatigue & alternative therapies are already onto the advanced stages of trying to help themselves. They don’t need advice that their well meaning friends could come up with! Otherwise please keep going but more in depth with what supplements, type of practionners & diet help etc. Thanks!