Combat stress and fatigue in the workplace through diet, exercise and meditation

Have you ever felt like your body is in a constant “fight or flight” mode? With our culture of technological overload, road rage, and overscheduled, double-booked lives, it’s no wonder our bodies feel drained, burned out, and just plain tired.

Essentially, what you deal with on a daily basis is a symptom called adrenal exhaustion. It’s bad? It depends. Is it chronic? More often, yes. From the moment his alarm wakes you to the nightly journey back to his home; your body is internalizing its environment and producing adrenaline to combat the stressors you face on a daily basis.

Our world now does not allow or have time for us to slow down and unwind from a very stressful situation. Your body is registered to read that deadline or sales pitch as a threat to your survival and releases hormones to make you run or fight.

And now that? How can you combat the high level of adrenaline pumping through your body?

There are many excellent supplements and tonics that are effective in lowering these levels, as well as targeting and strengthening the endocrine system (the glands most affected by stress).

What you need are adaptogens in your daily diet/supplement regimen.

To keep me healthy, lean, happy, energized, and stress-free, here are some exercises, food choices, supplements, tonics, and teas I use on a daily basis. These items help my body cool down from all of these adrenaline-releasing stressful events:

5 minute yoga deep breaths: inhale (through the nose) for 7 counts and exhale for 10 counts.

Turkey, cheese, chocolate, and bananas are great items to have for lunch and dinner. Tryptophan helps increase the levels of serotonin (the happiness hormones) that is produced from these products and serves to release anxiety and stress that you deal with on a daily basis.

siberian ginseng

rhodiola

sports tea

Adrenal Support Tonic (Elethuro, Licorice Root, Oat “Milky” Seed, Sarsaparilla Root, Prickly Ash Bark)

Within 4 days you will feel the effects of stimulating and feeding your adrenal glands. Treat them well and in turn they will keep you healthy, young and less stressed.