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Stress Adrenasense and Sleepsense |
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Stress Adrenasense and Sleepsense
Q: With the busy holiday season I am having a difficult time handling stressful situations. I am also suffering with insomnia where I can fall asleep just fine but wake up several hours later and can’t get back to sleep. Can you help?
A:
If you are like most Canadian women you are
working full time, looking after your children
and partner, cleaning, cooking and shopping
to the tune of 120 hours per week. Add in the
number of things you are responsible for in the
holiday season, and stress seems inevitable.
Exhausted adrenals are the result of too much
work and not enough play. Common symptoms
include: difficulty handling stress; salt cravings;
fatigue; insomnia—where you easily fall asleep
but wake up several hours later and can’t fall
back to sleep; feeling like you are pushing
yourself through the day; dizziness; abdominal
weight gain; no sex drive and hormonal
imbalances.
The adrenals are the glands that help us deal with
stress. They are also directly linked to the thyroid
gland and exhausted adrenals often lead to low
thyroid symptoms. Many female hormones are
also manufactured in the adrenals making these
glands especially important. Herbs including
Rhodiola, Suma, Siberian ginseng, Ashwagandha
and Schizandra berry found in AdrenaSense
support and nourish the adrenals.
Stress reduction, especially during the holiday
season is important. Delegate tasks, start holiday
preparations early, reduce alcohol intake (drink
mineral water spritzers), fill your plate with
dark-coloured veggies. If you are not sleeping
take SleepSense under your tongue at bedtime.
Remember a massage is a great gift to give and
receive. Be sure to schedule time for yourself.
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