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Artificial sweeteners also aggravate these adrenal hormones. In my last book, I recommended sugar alcohols such as Splenda, xylitol and mannitol as substitutes for sugar. In this book I’m not recommending these at all because they worsen the adrenals. I found a reference saying they can contribute to adrenal tumors in animals. I have discovered that they inhibit weight loss by causing water retention.
An interesting note about tea: Green tea, despite having some caffeine, has anticaffeine properties and tends to not create the same jittery effect …

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Adrenal Deficiency
Exhausted adrenals can cause you to experience pain in different parts of the body because you are running out of anti-inflammatory hormones. If the on-off switch within the adrenals gets stuck, a person can go into a chronic stage in which pain and inflammation stay in the body for years. A person can also experience sore muscles that don’t seem to recover after exercise. As this situation worsens, fibromyalgia develops, which is a condition of muscle pain throughout the entire body. What happens …

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The adrenal hormones’ timing mechanism (clock) controls circadian rhythms waves of hormones that affect sleep and awake cycles. With adrenal problems everything is backwards; you are tired during the day yet despite being exhausted you can’t sleep through the night. The body just won’t let you get into the deeper sleep cycles. Because the adrenals counter stress, their production of abnormally high amounts of stress hormones makes it impossible to attain the deep, restful sleep you need to properly rejuvenate the body for the coming day.
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Acne can occur due to enlargement of the oil glands on the face, especially during women’s periods. Atrophy (shrinkage) of the breasts can also be present. The above symptoms are due to an overabundance of male hormone production by the adrenals androgens (andro- means man ). Both the ovaries and adrenals produce estrogen and testosterone, which when out of balance can influence the oil glands and hair follicles. I have observed if a woman’s right ovary is dysfunctional, the left side of her face (cheek) …

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Reddish purple striations (strips or bands resembling stretch marks) can appear on the stomach, thighs, buttocks, arms and breasts as well. This type of individual generally has a large midsection with thin arms and legs. The reason is very interesting. The adrenal stress hormone cortisol breaks down leg muscle and turns it into sugar. This is a stress response by the body to supply quick energy; if you were being chased by a lion, you would need this energy. This sugar, if not completely burned up, …

THE ADRENAL GLANDS
One of the main functions of these glands is countering stress by the production of several hormones. The adrenals don’t know the difference between physical and mental stress; they treat both with the same stress hormones. Every type of stress influences these glands 1 injury, infection, divorce, financial stress, job-related stress, irritable people, drugs and medication, surgery, pain, illness, poison ivy, extreme cold or heat, giving birth, menstrual cycle, staring into computer monitors, eating junk foods, starvation diets, and babysitting 15 small children under the age of five …

Based on the results of your quiz, along with the other information we have covered, you should now have an idea of what body type you fall into. The following are some additional specifics on each gland.
Eating Pattern and Frequency
Liver: Because the liver regulates growth hormone and IGF, both of which have a function of controlling blood sugars between meals, it’s best to eat three meals but not in between. A good breakfast with protein (as opposed to skipping it) is the most important of all meals.
Thyroid: People with a …