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The Adrenal Stress Index Lab Test

The Adrenal Stress Index
Find Out How Stress is Affecting Your Health
A wide range of physical and emotional disorders have actually been linked to adrenal hormone imbalances. Now there's an easy way to find out whether these imbalances are affecting how you feel. One major adrenal hormone is cortisol--a powerful anti-inflammatory. Cortisol levels rise dramatically with stress, prolonging your body's "fight or flight" response. If your body is producing too much or too little cortisol, you may feel weakness and fatigue, sking problems, and trouble losing weight.
If you're under stress, this test is for you. Stress is the "wear and tear" our bodies experience as we make attempts to adjust our environment to our own internal wants and desires. Just how successful we are in making these adjustments to our environment, determines our physical and emotional well-being. As a positive influence, stress can help compel us to action; it can result in a new awareness and an exciting new perspective. As a negative influence, it can result in feelings of distrust, rejection, anger, and depression, which in turn can lead to health problems such as headaches, upset stomach, rashes, insomnia, ulcers, high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke.

What are the Adrenal Glands?

The adrenals are two small glands, each weighing 3 to 5 grams, that are located above the kidneys. The adrenals have one of the highest rates of blood flow per gram of tissue, and the highest content of Vitamin C per gram of any tissue in the body.

Each adrenal gland is composed of two separate functional entities. The outer zone, or cortex, accounts for 80% to 90% of the gland, and secretes adrenal steroids (Cortisol, DHEA(S) and Aldosterone). The inner zone, or medulla, comprises 10% to 20% of the gland, and secretes the catecholamines adrenaline and nor-adrenaline. Cortisol, DHEA and adrenaline are the three main adrenal stress hormones.

This sample case test shows a 67 year-old female complaining of severe fatigue, digestive problems and insomnia (trouble sleeping). In her particular case, there was stress to the adrenal glands as shown by her depressed amounts of cortisol and DHEA. After 6 months of treatment she responded favorably; her insomnia, fatigue and gastrointestinal problems had greatly improved. Download the entire report at this link (Adobe Acrobat reader is required).

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