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RHR: The Myth of Adrenal Fatigue
Category: Health
Duration: 00:33:05
Publish Date: 2017-07-06 16:51:45
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In this episode, we discuss:
  • How our stress-response system works
  • The concepts of resilience and metabolic reserve
  • The origins of “adrenal fatigue”
  • The problems with the adrenal fatigue model
  • Why an accurate understanding matters
  • The causes of HPA axis dysfunction
  • How to treat HPA-D
[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/thehealthyskeptic/RHR_-_The_Myth_of_Adrenal_Fatigue.mp3" title="RHR: The Myth of Adrenal Fatigue" artist="Chris Kresser" ] Show notes: Chris Kresser: Hey, everybody, Chris Kresser here. Welcome to another episode of Revolution Health Radio. Today, we have a question from Mary. Let's give it a listen. Mary: Hi, Chris. I'm Mary from Oregon, and I heard that you recently did a presentation at a symposium in California with more information about evidence-based research addressing adrenal fatigue. And I think you're going to focus of course on using diet to remedy those things. So I'm especially interested in that, and I know you've done some recent podcasts about over-exercising and adrenal fatigue. But I would appreciate it if you would do an updated podcast on adrenal burnout, or HPA axis dysfunction, or whatever you want to call it. So I appreciate it. Thank you. Chris: Thanks for that question, Mary. It's really an interesting topic. Adrenal fatigue has become a popular diagnosis amongst both patients and practitioners, at least within the functional and integrated medicine worlds. It's really used to describe a wide range of symptoms from fatigue, insomnia, and brain fog to things like joint pain, allergies, and weight gain. If you search for adrenal fatigue online, you'll see usually a bullet point list of pretty much every symptom that you could possibly ever experience, so very nonspecific and associated with a lot of problems. Proponents of the adrenal fatigue concept will suggest that it affects hundreds of millions of people around the world and may be at the root of most modern disease. But the question is, does adrenal fatigue really exist? Is it an accurate representation of stress-related pathology? What happens to us when we experience chronic stress, and is it in alignment with current scientific evidence? These are questions I've been exploring for a very long time.
Can your adrenals really become fatigued?
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