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You’ve probably heard about burnout syndrome, but do you know what makes it different from stress? When you’re burned out, you can feel exhausted and begin to withdraw yourself from the things and people you love.
Everyone deals with stressors on some level, but if you deal with chronic stress, this can have serious impacts on your overall health. This is why it is so important to take the necessary steps to help your body adapt to these stressors.
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InViteⓇ Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Amanda Williams, MPH
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Every year, they do these different studies that show how stressed out people get when it comes to the holidays. It varies in terms of what actually drives those different stressors. For some people it can be financial, for others it can be the stress of having to deal with family. For many people, it’s the stress that’s brought on because they don’t feel like they have enough time to accomplish everything. Today, I want to talk about stress and the holiday season and different nutrients that might be very supportive when it comes to managing your holiday stressors.†
We know that stress is incredibly detrimental to our health. We’ve seen the different studies that show the systemic impact of what actually occurs in the body when we have these different conditions that drive up these demands in our system. It creates an imbalance and we lose equilibrium.†
The primary pathway to which stress is driven is through the adrenal pathway with the release of cortisol, but we know that many other pathways are impacted by stress. When we think of holiday stress, we can start to look at the impact of serotonin, acetylcholine and GABA within the body. We know that GABA helps to keep us calm, but if you’re overly stressed, it may be that your GABA is being released in inadequate amounts. We can also look at imbalances of blood glucose, the loss of immune function and more.†
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We want to make sure that we are making it through the holiday season as stress-free as possible. There will be stress that you can’t avoid, but we want to be able to manage it. This is why you want to stick to a diet during the holiday season that is going to help enhance your overall health and offset the impact of stress. Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet is beneficial.†
We also want to be able to inhibit some of those stress pathways. Different herbal extracts and adaptogenic herbs, for example, can be very beneficial. During the holiday time, I often will turn people to rhodiola. Rhodiola is working on two different fronts. Number one, we know it’s an adrenal adaptogenic herb, so it’s going to yield us this benefit when it comes to offsetting the negative impact that excess cortisol can bring about in the system. We also know that rhodiola helps with energy production, so at the cellular level, this is a great thing for helping to drive up ATP. If you are stressed out trying to get all of these different things done during the holidays and you feel like time is ticking, getting rhodiola on board can give you that extra little boost.†
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The other thing that I would certainly encourage people to look into during the holidays would be something like L-theanine. We want to target those neurotransmitter pathways, especially to help enhance the release of GABA. GABA is important for helping us stay calm. When we are taking L-theanine as a supplement, this helps to allow the facilitation of GABA’s release. The L-theanine is very mild in terms of its targeted approach and helps to enhance the way that the body manages anxiety and stress.†
In this episode, Amanda Williams, MPH discusses the stresses of the holiday season. She explains how stress impacts the body and details multiple nutrients that can help fend off these harmful effects.†
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Are you having a hard time maintaining focus or attention throughout the day? This may be brought on by stress. Turn to powerful nutrients that have been shown to support the body’s ability to fight stress and promote brain function.
Many of us experience chronic stress that negatively impacts our sleep, metabolism and more. This is why it is important to turn to adaptogenic herbs that can help the body fight stress responses.
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InViteⓇ Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Amanda Williams, MPH
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There are so many people that deal with chronic stress on a regular basis that can lead to what we have actually coined as being “tired and wired” all at the same time. The long term implications for this can be very challenging. Today I want to talk about being tired and wired. I want to discuss the root cause of that and what we can do to try to mitigate those causes.†
Being tired and wired means that someone has no energy, but they also do not have the capacity to fully unwind. This can be problematic because it can lower the immune system, cause loss of focus and create an inability to carry out daily tasks. This is a big issue for so many people.†
When people continually deal with this issue, we have to look at cortisol and what’s going on within the adrenal glands. We have to look at the HPA axis, which accounts for the hypothalamus, pituitary gland and adrenal glands. If one section of the HPA axis is not working right, that can start to impact other aspects.†
Cortisol, which is our primary stress hormone, and DHEA play an important role in our body’s ability to manage stress. We can look at these two different levels and draw some connections. Oftentimes, when people have high cortisol levels, this can start to push DHEA levels down. We need to have DHEA to maintain and support our immune system. We also recognize that when people have elevated cortisol levels, this can start to impact insulin levels. All of these different hormones start to have this negative effect on each other. We can look at how the adrenal glands can affect your thyroid, which can impact your metabolic rate.†
If you’re having a hard time managing stress levels, you may need to find ways to cope and decompress. You can incorporate things like meditation or yoga.†
When we look at things to support the adrenal glands as well as sleep, we can also look at nutrients such as melatonin, Vitamin D and calcium.†
We can also support our adrenal glands by adding in adrenal adaptogenic herbs. This includes things such as ashwagandha and rhodiola, for example. These nutrients can help to mitigate the negative impact of what cortisol is doing to our body. We have a formulation called Adrenoserine, which is an amazing blend of nutrients to support stressed out adrenal glands.†
Getting regular exercise can help boost energy levels, even when it feels like you’re too tired. It gets oxygen and blood flowing out to the tissues. We have to get onto a regular sleep pattern. Having good sleep hygiene is very important. This includes being in a dark room and not having your electronic devices running because they emit blue light. All of these different things matter.†
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In this episode, Amanda Williams, MPH explains the meaning behind the term “tired and wired.” She details what might cause this issue, what might help and how the adrenal glands are involved.†
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