One factor that
makes adrenal dysfunction so hard to recognize is that the normal values have such a wide range, for instance, a morning cortisol has a normal range of 2 - 20.
Not exact matches
And since you aren't depriving your brain of what it is
made of, it can help with
adrenal fatigue (HPA - axis
dysfunction) and energy restoration.
Low - calorie diets, as well as over-exercising, will essentially cause
adrenal dysfunction, which only
makes things worse for your thyroid.
There all have underlying
adrenal dysfunction, and you would be wise to take care of those things, which is easy enough to do if you have a comprehensive plan to
make sure that not only you go through, and the woman go through the pregnancy with great, great results, but also a healthy baby; because we know that an unhealthy mother will lead to an unhealthy baby.
Dr. Justin Marchegiani: Except if it's low — if it's low, it'll bring it up much higher because you know, let's say your
adrenals are really key at holding on to minerals and if you're decreasing your mineral retention because the aldosterone that your
adrenals make is low because of the
adrenal dysfunction that's happening, you will pee out more minerals and that — that's important for regulating blood pressure and that's also important for their sodium potassium pumps, so if we don't have enough high quality sodium, those sodium potassium pumps kinda that creates the gradient and how things go in and out of the cell, now if don't have adequate sodium on board, that can definitely be a stressor for the body.
This is a common symptom of
adrenal dysfunction due to low levels of the hormone DHEA, which
makes estrogen and testosterone.
But taken together, they
make up the most common symptoms of
adrenal dysfunction.
In people with Stage III
adrenal dysfunction, however, these types of activities may
make them feel worse and worsen their
adrenal fatigue and
dysfunction.
Generally, when it comes to exercise, we find that in Stage I
adrenal dysfunction, things like running, aerobic sports, and CrossFit are going to
make people feel better.
This pattern of chronic over-stimulation contributes to HPA axis
dysfunction (some would call
adrenal fatigue) and
makes it harder to perform at a peak level on a daily basis.
I've written quite a bit about other root causes of Hashimoto's, including toxins like fluoride (which may damage the thyroid), nutrient deficiencies like selenium (Selenium helps to neutralize oxidative stress in the thyroid gland, which occurs whenever we
make thyroid hormones), an impaired ability to handle stress that often manifests as
adrenal dysfunction (this weakens our natural defenses and suppresses our thyroid production) and chronic infections like Blastocystis hominis (infections can be inside the thyroid, inside the gut, or in another part of the body leading to immune system confusion).
Adrenal dysfunction is when your body is not
making healthy cortisol rhythms.