Adrenal Stress Index

If you are experiencing any of the effects of long-term stress consider using the Adrenal Stress Index (ASI) test kit. What do I mean by effects of long-term stress? Well, looking at my own life, I would say that graduate school took a huge toll. I had trouble really feeling energetic in the mornings. I saw a shift in how I felt after eating simple carbohydrates. I got sicker more often and had a harder time recovering.

However, I think depression and allergy problems were the main signs that I was under a lot of stress. Did I know that at the time? Of course not. My body and soul were taking a beating, but I thought I could cut corners on sleep, work long hours, skimp on exercise and proper eating and not suffer any consequences.

Only now, after working with the ASI results of many patients can I see what was happening to me.

Some of the doctors I talk to send their new patients home with an ASI kit on the first visit. They use it to gain fundamental information on their new patient's health. It is as important to them as the medical history forms.

Our adrenals are two small glands that sit more or less above the kidneys. They are designed to give us hormonal ability to cope with the stresses of life. Pain, inflammation, fear (and other emotions), hypoglycemia, missed sleep, demands of work and family, and many other things you might think of act as stressors. All affect the adrenals in about the same way. That is, at the onset of a given stressor, adrenal hormones are produced. They flow into the bloodstream (and from there into the salivary glands).

If you take away the stressor, adrenal hormone levels drop back down to baseline. If you live in a culture where you don't really recover from stressor #1 before stressor #2 hits, you don't quite recover. Then comes #3, #4, and on and on. The adrenals cannot output the necessary hormones year after year without showing signs of adrenal fatigue. In fact, most of us demonstrate at least some effects of living in a civilized world by compromised adrenal function.

Some of the problems addressed by assessing adrenal hormone function with the ASI include: fatigue, muscle and joint pain, skin regeneration, poor sleep, osteoporosis, blood sugar regulation, low libido, and low body temperature. Much to my surprise, my ASI results told me that I was genetically intolerant of gluten. I literally had to go sit down when I saw my test results. But you know, within two days of avoiding gluten my sleep became deeper, and now about 80% of my allergy problems have disappeared.

E-mail me for more information on the Adrenal Stress Index or to order a test kit.