What does adrenaline do and what is adrenal fatigue?
-Adrenaline is an addictive drug, and it’s made within our own bodies. Like other addictive drugs, our body can become numb to it over time. We get so used to this hormone being in our blood that we forget what a normal, healthy life feels like. The moment people get a chance to relax, they feel less “alive”, so then they go back to trying to be over-busy and overstimulated. They go back to their overflowing inboxes, never-ending to-do lists, and fears about their lives to get that adrenaline going again.
-This was useful in the past when humans were hunter-gatherers. But in our modern age, we get triggered into stress by so many more things, whether it be the news, our unread messages, a mean colleague, or a fight with the spouse. As a result, the adrenal glands get worn out.
How can we deal with stress in a healthy way?
The only way to protect ourselves from the dangers of our changing world is to change along with it.
How does a traumatic event lead to a lasting impact on a person’s brain?
When someone experiences a traumatic event, their brain has a chemical imbalance. If the brain doesn’t have enough glucose (sugar) reserves, then that trauma can have a lasting effect on the brain
How can people heal from PTSD?
One of the most powerful ways to heal PTSD is to create new experiences that serve as positive reference points in your life. When you accumulate positive experiences, it will help you put the negative ones behind.
What are symptoms of clinical depression?
• Sadness
• Loss of interest in activities that used to provide pleasure
• Slow thinking, speaking, or movement
• Thoughts of self-harm
What are the four causes of depression? How can people heal from each cause?
Traumatic Loss
Traumatic Stress
Heavy Metals and Other Toxins
Viral Infection
If it’s a traumatic loss, then healing it would be similar to healing PTSD. If it’s traumatic stress, then healing it would be similar to handling burnout. If it’s toxins or viral infections, then eat healing foods to strengthen your brain tissue and detoxify your brain. The best foods to add to your diet to help with depression are wild blueberries, spinach, hemp seeds, cilantro, walnuts, coconut oil, sprouts, kale, apricots, and avocados.
What are two causes of addiction? Explain them.
Cause 1: Glucose Deficiency
Glucose, a sugar found in fruits and starchy vegetables, is essential for brain function. A lack of glucose can lead to cravings for sugary treats, but the body truly needs glucose from fruits and vegetables. Glucose deficiency contributes to 90% of addictions, often due to a high-fat diet, which can hinder glucose transport in the blood and lead to insulin resistance. To overcome addictions, it's important to keep fats low, regardless of dietary preferences, by limiting meat, dairy, oils, nuts, and seeds.
Cause 2: Adrenaline Dependency
When glucose levels are low, it can lead to adrenaline addiction. If our glucose is depleted, the adrenal glands release adrenaline to help us get through the day, often leading to an unnoticed reliance on this energy rush. This unconscious dependency on adrenaline contributes to many addictions.
How can people break addictions? Give two examples.
What the body is really craving is the natural glucose from fresh fruits, leafy greens, and starchy vegetables (like potatoes). These foods having healing glucose that support neurotransmitters and keep addiction away.
Ex: Alcohol If you’re addicted to alcohol, then your brain is desperate for glucose. The sugar in alcohol gets into the brain quickly, but it is very harmful. Replace your wine and vodka from the actual fruit that the drinks come from: grapes and potatoes. You can also eat snacks between meals like dates, dried mango, and fresh papaya.
Drugs If you’re addicted to any kind of drug, then you’re probably suffering both glucose deficiency and adrenaline addiction. To break a drug addiction, you need lots of mineral salts from vegetables, leafy greens, and fruits. A glass of lemon water in the morning is a great way to get mineral salts. You also need to get healing glucose from fruits like wild blueberries, apples, melons, mangoes, and papaya. Celery juice is another great tool to heal from all addictions, but especially drug addictions, because it detoxifies the body.