With stress being an inescapable part of life, problems can arise from being unable to manage it well. When it comes to our health, stress management, along with some healthy lifestyle practices, plays a huge role in the prevention and escalation of many diseases and conditions.

When we say adrenal health, we can never escape the word stress, and that’s because the adrenal glands are the main hormone producers that facilitate the body’s stress responses. When the body is exposed to too much stress and stress is not managed properly, this may result in adrenal health disorders, more commonly known as adrenal fatigue or adrenal insufficiency (in the medical community).

Adrenal Fatigue or Adrenal Insufficiency?

This is where the terms are more or less medically accepted or not. Continue reading →

Though not officially accepted as a medical diagnosis, adrenal fatigue is a term referring to a group of symptoms signaling that the adrenal glands are on overdrive and unable to keep up with the amount of strain the body is going through. Fatigue, sleep disturbances, digestive problems, and skin problems are a few of the symptoms associated with adrenal fatigue.

While these stages are not universally accepted within the medical community, the alternative health community has a model that covers the four stages that can occur with adrenal fatigue.

Regardless of whether it is ‘accepted’ as a medical condition or not, adrenal fatigue is known as being ‘real’ and very common nowadays. Here are the four stages involved in the progression of this condition. Continue reading →