Fight or Flight... or Faint!

Picture this... I'm 17 years old sitting in the back seat of my friend's Ford Topaz heading to soccer practice. Large snowflakes are coming down and the ground is slick. (Remember when it used to snow in November?)

We are heading westbound approaching the Tecumseh Rd. and Ouellette Ave. intersection. The light turns yellow and we speed up trying to make the left hand turn.

Unfortunately for us, a transport truck heading eastbound on Tecumseh Rd. approaching Ouellette also speeds up trying to beat the light. All of a sudden I close my eyes waiting for the crash and...

I pass out! Didn't hear or feel a thing. Next thing I remember, I'm lying on the cold, wet road with 10 people staring down at me.

"Is this a dream?" I ask.

I try to get up but the entire right side of my body feels like - well - like I got hit by a Mack truck!

A few fractured ribs, a punctured lung, a bruised kidney and liver... I survived!

How did my body know what to do just before the collision? Well, we all have this automatic defense mechanism which is controlled by our adrenal glands.

I fainted because of the overload of stress. In the few seconds before impact, my body assessed the situation. I couldn't run away from the truck (flight) nor could I stay and deal with it (fight). So my next best option was to faint.

This is a true life-and-death example of how our adrenal glands work under a stressful situation. The problem is that we are constantly dealing with stressful events... but in our minds. The constant wear and tear on our adrenal glands leads to...

ADRENAL FATIGUE!!

This reflects the adrenals' inability to respond to stress. They simply don't secrete enough juice to keep you going!

Some of the common symptoms of adrenal fatigue are: feeling drained all the time no matter how much sleep you get, afternoon lows (especially between 3:00pm and 4:00pm), craving for salty foods, mild depression, thoughts more fuzzy, memory less accurate, more irritability...

One of the few good things about adrenal fatigue is that you can do most of what is necessary to recover and regain your adrenal health, yourself.

There are no magic pills for adrenal fatigue but there are certainly key lifestyle changes and nutritional supplements that will greatly improve your adrenal function.

Call (519) 739 - 2402 to book a "Boost My Adrenals" appointment.

Yours in Health,

Dr. Karlo Mauro, N.D.
http://www.thenaturopath.ca/feelbetter
(519) 739-2402

P.S. Next week, you'll be getting a copy of my complimentary February newsletter in the mail. In it you'll learn more about the adrenal glands... receive a simple homework exercise that will stop sucking energy out of you... plus an ab-sculpting
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