8/29/2023 0 Comments Adaptogen energy bits tasty![]() These ramp up your blood sugar so you can run (for example, away from a tiger or unfriendly neighboring tribe) increase your blood pressure so you don’t go into shock (if that tiger bites you) raise your heart rate to keep those running muscles supplied with oxygen crank out insulin to help clean up the sugar after the crisis is over and activate your immune responses so you don’t get an infection (again, from that tiger bite). When the adrenal response system goes into action, it rallies to protect you by pumping out adrenaline and cortisol. The adrenals are two tiny organs that sit one atop each kidney and serve as one of the regulators of your energy, immunity, hormone balance, blood sugar balance, and much more. It starts in your brain and makes its way to its chemical production and release station: your adrenal glands. Your body has an entire stress response system that’s hard-wired to protect you from danger. The good news is that nature has provided us with a whole category of herbs called “adaptogens” that can help us get to the real root of our energy crisis - the chronic over-activation of our bodies’ natural survival mode - while cooling the flames of inflammation, reviving rather than just boosting energy, and restoring immunity and vitality. In fact, such supplements may just add the wrong kind of fuel to the fires of inflammation that eventually build up when we’re on the verge of - or past the point of - burnout. The problem is that even glorious, organic, energy-boosting coffees, bars, and supplements don’t actually get to the root of the problem: that we’re burning up our reserves without ample replenishment. And it’s really taking a toll on our health. ![]() I think it’s safe to say that we’re in the middle of a human energy crisis, with most of us swimming as hard as we can just to stay afloat. ![]() In fact, the United States is the only advanced economy in the world that doesn’t guarantee paid vacation time! No wonder specialty coffees that promise to make us “bulletproof” are all the rage. We live in a culture that demands constant achievement, productivity, and success, which means work - and then more work - on top of the financial and personal demands of daily living.
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