Dr Whiting on Stress, Cortisol, and Natural Anti-Depressants
Stress has become so commonplace that most of us don’t even think about it on a day-to-day basis. Our society encourages more and more stress for greater and greater success but the ravages of prolonged excess stress can change the body chemistry in many ways such as over-producing a hormone called cortisol. Excess cortisol causes many complications in the body over time, one of which is excessive weight gain. Cortisol and weight gain as well as difficulties with weight loss are directly related to excess stress. Stress management can be accomplished in many ways. Meditation, prayer, and other forms of relaxation are often helpful in stress management. The effects of excess stress on the body can be wide ranging. Most existing health challenges are made worse by excess stress. Nutrition can also come to the rescue in helping to physically manage stress. Stress management with nutrition would include the B complex vitamins, especially pantothenic acid. Pantothenic acid directly supports the adrenal glands, helping to prevent their exhaustion. Herbal extracts are also helpful and should be including in any stress supplement formula. Here at The Institute, we have developed a stress supplement that has proven to be of great help to many thousands of people. This formula helps control cortisol levels, aiding in weight loss, this formula has also helped many people reduce or eliminate their dependency on various drugs. The effects of stress can be greatly reduced through the use of our multi-faceted stress supplement. The role of nutrition and stress is a strong one and nutrition should always be considered as part of an overall stress management program. When we experience a stressful moment, our bodies go into what is often called the ‘fight or flight’ syndrome. This is a cycle of biochemical reactions that are designed to prepare the body and brain to either fight or defend itself or to run for safety. In either case, the body needs to be able to perform at its peak if a positive outcome to be expected. The problem is that when the human body first developed these physiological reactions to a stressful or dangerous situation, these dangers were frequent and all too real. Today, in our society, most of the physical dangers have been eliminated. The stressors of today are emotional or mental as opposed to physical. In spite of these differences, the reaction to these stressful situations produces the same results and over time can lead to anxiety, panic attacks and depression. The link between stress and depression is clear and our goal should be to learn to manage stress emotionally as well as bio-chemically through nutrition, before it reaches dangerous levels. Stress can come from many sources such as job stress, student stress, financial or economic stress, lack of sleep or rest and therefore stress reduction through proven stress management techniques becomes essential. Since much of the stress in our lives today doesn’t really produce a need for physical response, the stress response cycle often fires at the ‘false alarm’. Since we don’t react physically, in most cases to stressors, the powerful chemicals secreted by the adrenal glands exercise a dramatic effect on the entire body. When these chemicals are not used as in physical action, they can have detrimental effects on the body, over time exhausting the adrenal glands. The adrenal glands produce a variety of hormones, the most common of which are the stress hormones. Over time, the adrenal glands can become exhausted and lose their ability to properly regulate hormone production. The result of excess stress and adrenal exhaustion is anxiety, depression and especially panic attacks. As the adrenal glands continue to be over-worked, they increase the production of many hormones. One of those hormones is cortisol. Others are the adrenalin group, which is responsible for the anxiety and eventual depression ociated with prolonged stress. The best way to deal with adrenal exhaustion is with specific dietary supplements that provide both support and nourishment to these over-worked glands. Nutrients such as the B complex, glandular extracts, vitamin C and key trace minerals are very helpful when provided in the right ratios to each other. In combination, they can support both the central nervous system and the adrenal glands. Once this has been accomplished, the adrenal glands stop over-producing powerful stress hormones and the anxiety and depression ociated with un-manageable stress subsides. The formula we use with our clients at our Centers is called Stress-Eze. Our stress supplement is available from Phoenix Nutritionals. 1-800-440-2390
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July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
very nicely …
very nicely explained.
July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
stress is stressing …
stress is stressing me out- my psycology exam is in 5 dayz
July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Stress really does …
Stress really does make everything worse!! Most of our stress is self made and we need to stop doing that. If outside influences make you stressed either get rid of them or learn to accept them.
July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
she went cold …
she went cold turkey on it I wonder if that affected her adrenal glands…Thanks.
July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
(Sorry for my …
(Sorry for my typing late night I guess)…anyways shes been with alot of doctors and ecrondologists…and non of them have been able to tell her whats wrong….shes resorted to trying homeopathic treatment they seem to make her feel better for “periods”…My question is did going cold turkey on the cortisone a bad thing?,,,Doctors did tell her that she was intoxicated do to the cortisone that she received…and told her to detoxify from it…how it was done I dont know…What I do know is that.
July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
she also feels …
she also feels preasure in her ears…I guess what you feel after an artillery shell goes off that type sound except this one pulsates.
July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
I have a question …
I have a question doc…My mom was giving cortisone as an anti-inflamatory…she received heavy doses of it without her knowing…Its been to years since this happens and…to this day she has some of the following symptopns…Stress and anxiety that is through the roof and tend to vary from day to day drepression sometimes follows, Palpitations upper body and lower body …She complains about the left side of her face being swollen, and a constant pinging in her ears,
July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Cortisol encourages …
Cortisol encourages fat storage by a variety of mechanisms, including slowing of the baseline metabolism. Further, cortisol increases insulin production, which in turn, increases the conversion of glucose to triglyceride.
Dr Whiting
July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Sir/Madam, are you …
Sir/Madam, are you suggesting that the same molecule responsible for the catabolism of molecules such as lipids and glycoproteins into glucose is also inversely responsible for glycogen synthesis. You can’t want to make glucose from stored compounds then at the same time try to store the glucose you just made (and one molecule is supposed to initiate both processes?) please explain the biochemical metabolic pathway in which this events take place? Am just curious
July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Cortisol is also …
Cortisol is also involved in the conversion of glucose to glycogen as well as eventually, triglycerides, which are then stored as fat. Further, excess cortisol can slow metabolism. We do offer formulas for helping people overcome many chronic health challenges as these are always caused by imbalances in the body chemistry. I am avaliable at 1-888-454-8464 for any questions you may have. Thanks for commenting.
July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
very informative …
very informative information i have to say but towards the end it became purely about marketing your products, however its very good information….i have one query though, how does cortisol make one fat really, i mean cortisol is responsible for making organs such as the liver to breakdown glycogen, lipolysis, protein catabolism for energy etc..(reason for its release is to provide glucose to cells) so i would have thought excess amount cause hyperglycemia instead of weight gain? enlighten me!?
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Ashwagandha+Iodine …
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July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Congratulations. …
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July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Thats good to …
Thats good to prevent adrenal fatigue, but this video is adressing when the bodies adrenals are exhausted. You need to follow a good balanced diet and take it easy to allow your adrenals to recover.
July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
already started …
already started that, thank you
July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
When I have that …
When I have that extra adrenaline, I will do as this doctor suggests: I will get physically active. Never thought of that!
July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Your solution then …
Your solution then is: Eat more cards, work out less, stop drinking coffee, stay on welfare, get an apartment where you live by yourself, and hopefully your grandmother…
July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
You may stress them …
You may stress them out asking them to watch a video about stress.
July 5th, 2009 at 11:29 am
This makes so much …
This makes so much sense. This explains why break up of realtionship + very low carb diet + working out too much + caffeine abuse + hating my job + fighting within the family + grandmother diagnosed with breast cancer = panic disorder
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