What are adrenal glands? Adrenal glands, also known as suprarenal glands, are small, triangular-shaped glands located on top of both kidneys. Adrenal glands produce hormones that help regulate your metabolism, immune system, blood pressure, response to stress, and other essential functions.
When adrenal glands become exhausted (due to injury and the release of large amounts of hormones), it results in loss of body protein preventing formation of new protein needed for healing causing exhaustion from the lack of vitamin B2 and pantothenic acid (B vitamin), the loss of Vitamin C, salt, and potassium. It’s a spiral that brings on many temporary deficiencies.
But exhaustion can be helped by taking the vitamins that have been depleted, such as Vitamin C, B2, and pantothenic acid.
After any injury, using a greater amount of Vitamin C (500 mgs.) can help to reinforce the body’s defense of the stress caused by pain, x-ray, and medications.
Vitamin E helps scarring from injuries and can also relieve itching and pain as the scars heal. It helps to form new blood vessels at the site of the injury and prevents the formation of blood clots.
Physical and emotional stress will cause the body to produce more adrenal hormones to prepare the body for action. The increase in this extra production of hormones occurs with stress, but many of the disorders related to stress are not a direct result of the stress itself, but a result of nutrient deficiencies caused by increased metabolic rate when under stress.
It’s important to maintain a nutritious, balanced diet with a special emphasis on replacing the nutrients that may be depleted during prolonged stress. Useful vitamins in these cases would be Vitamin A, 10,000 IU to start (for a short period of time, e.g. during an infection, injury, or illness for a week or two, then lower dosage to a daily maintenance of 4-500 mg as in a one-a-day). Up your dosage of Vitamin C to 1,000 mg, then lower it to 100-250 mg. as in a one-a-day, a B complex vitamin (anti-stress vitamin) in very low dosages. Better to get Vitamin B from foods like milk, cheese, eggs, meat, such as chicken and red meat; fish, such as salmon, tuna, mackerel, oysters, and clams; liver, dark green vegetables, such as spinach and kale; avocados, potatoes, whole grains, beans, nuts, and seeds; fruits such as citrus, bananas, and watermelon.
Keep eating well with whole foods, exercise your body and mind, get enough rest and sleep, and when undergoing a stressful time in your life or event, add the vitamins necessary to combat the stress you’re having or whatever you are going through that’s keeping you overtaxed, fatigued, overburdened, strained, overloaded, injured or ill, for a prolonged period of time. Short-lived stressors are a regular part of daily life.
“Take care of your body, it’s the only place you have to live” (lovinglifeco.com)
Thanks for reading. All best, Giulietta
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