RE: Adrenal fatigue recovery was Re: natural hair products.

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Wow, fascinating answers to this question. Thank you. Looks like I have a

lot of reading to do.

On 9/11/09 11:43 AM, " cbrown2008 " <cbrown2008@...> wrote:

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>> > Has anyone here cured themselves of adrenal fatigue/burnout?

>> > ... Wondering what worked for you

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> I am almost completely recovered after a year or two.

> The things that helped me:

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> - 9.5 hours of sleep a night and the other concepts from " Lights Out: Sugar,

> Sleep, and Survival "

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> - iodine supplementation to recover from severe deficiency

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> - Kwasniewski's " Optimal Diet " which is min protein and carb, high fat, and is

> designed to give the metabolic organs a rest. I think Groves is similar but I

> never tried that.

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> - exercise a la Mark Sisson's " Primal Blueprint " - super easy moving every

> day, strength training 2x per week, moderate+ cardio only once a week

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> Wow does it feel great too. I had no idea I was so depleted so gradually until

> I felt true health and energy coming back.

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> Connie

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[Guest guest]

Connie,

Did you give up dairy and gluten?

Dawn

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Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 7:10 PM

Subject: Adrenal fatigue recovery was Re: natural hair products.

> Which supplement did you take for Iodine?

I took Iodoral for iodine. I got it from " The Doctor as Teacher " guy in

Arizona, Dr. Garrett .

> can you please explain 'rest for metabolic organs'.

> Which are the metabolic organs, and

> does high fat give that rest, or

> the combo of Protein/Carbs prescribed by OT did that.

The organs in this sense are the endocrine organs: liver, pancreas, and

hypothalmus. They work together to keep blood sugar stable and to sense

levels of incoming energy versus needed energy.

Well this is my understanding. Mind you it is from the internet and the

discussion groups. I am only now ordering the actual Optimal Diet book from

Poland.

But, the way I understand it, the Kwasniewski diet uses just enough protein

for structure replacement, but no extra protein for energy. This is because

it takes more work by the liver to convert protein into glucose. Why do all

that when starches are so simple.

Along with that, there are dietary starches advised to provide glucose

without making it from protein or stored fat. Both processes are more

complicated metabolically than simply using carbs. But not too many carbs -

that would inhibit the metabolism of fat-burning by reducing fat-burning

enzymes and such.

Both protein and carbs elicit a hormonal response from the pancreas and

liver. When these are kept at minimum levels, those organs have less to do.

The rest of the diet comes from fat which is hormonally neutral.

Also, because most people have a hard time replacing calories with fat,

there is a natural calorie reduction that occurs without hunger. About 25%

he says compared to a carb-heavy diet (over 200 g carbs a day for me).

Connie