How to cure adrenal fatigue.
 
By Dr. Raj Banerjee

Have you been working out and feel you are doing everything right; yet the unwanted fat around your belly still won't go?  This could mean that you're overdoing it and hint at adrenal fatigue. Surprisingly as it may seem, exercise can do you more harm than good, if done improperly.

The Endocrine System

Human beings all have an endocrine system, which regulates all your body's functions.  The main gland that functions in this system is the adrenal gland. It is located atop each of your kidneys and are immensely powerful. They are the ones that release numerous hormones in your body. One of the most important would be adrenaline, which is also known as epinephrine, that regulates your body's fight or flight decision making.

Fat Burner: Adrenaline

The function of adrenaline is to fully mobilize your body for action by increasing your heart rate, elevating your blood pressure and respiration rate. It also increases your blood flow towards your body's muscles. This hormone also promotes fat burning that is used for releasing energy. As you see normal healthy adrenal function basically promotes weight loss and stable energy throughout the day.

Fat Maker: Cortisol

Another hormone produced by your adrenal glands is cortisol. Conversely, this can enable weight gain because it is related to the storage of fat in your lower abdomen. Opposite from adrenaline, which is created for only short durations of time, your adrenal glands produce cortisol in a long-term basis. Thus, counter-acting the weight loss effects of adrenaline.

However, cortisol is not all that bad. From a survival standpoint, it serves for the purpose of providing your body an emergency storage of fat for energy, especially if your body is under stress for a long period of time. This storage of fat in the lower abdomen will be able to provide you energy and keep you moving, if ever you have to endure long periods of harsh and physically demanding living conditions.

The Problem

The main problem is that mental or emotional stress can elevate your cortisol levels. So, if you are living a particularly stressful life, your body's continued high cortisol levels would most likely stimulate your lower belly fat deposition.

If you add a ton of strenuous exercises into the routine of your already stressed mental or emotional life, all you would get is more cortisol production. As this increases, you get a much bigger probability of storing more unwanted fat in your lower abdomen. This is a cycle that becomes very difficult to do away with, especially if you have no idea of what is happening.

Wrong Notions 

People with the extra belly fat will have this notion that they need to work out harder. Although you may lose weight in the process, you still don't get rid of your lower belly fat. This could lead you to working out even more and end up having more physical stress and fatigue than before. Eventually, you would lose muscle strength and risk yourself to having injuries. Thus, more stress.

If you know that you are suffering from adrenal fatigue and high cortisol levels, you would still need some exercise for your health and wellness. Nevertheless, you need exercise that helps you handle stress, not the other way around.

The best type of exercise would be low intensity aerobic exercise for thirty to sixty minutes about three times per week. Some good low intensity exercises or activities are as follows : walking, yoga and bicycling. For those who just realized that they are in fact suffering from adrenal fatigue, don't overdo it and take one step at a time.

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