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Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome Paperback – Illustrated, 25 Jan. 2002
| James L. Wilson (Author) See search results for this author |
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- Print length358 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSmart Publications
- Publication date25 Jan. 2002
- Dimensions15.24 x 2.03 x 15.24 cm
- ISBN-101890572152
- ISBN-13978-1890572150
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- Publisher : Smart Publications; Illustrated edition (25 Jan. 2002)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 358 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1890572152
- ISBN-13 : 978-1890572150
- Dimensions : 15.24 x 2.03 x 15.24 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 65,463 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 521 in Popular Medicine
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Having a background as a nutritional therapist, maybe I'm a little overcritical. There is a lot good to be said about the book. It seems like this is what he is saying. Eat right for the adrenals, exercise right for the adrenals, sleep right for the adrenals, avoid or limit stressors and then take multivitamins and minerals,salted water,herbal extracts such as licorice,ginseng and adrenal extracts. Buy them from him if you like, take a look at his website, these are not cheap products but I suppose it saves you hunting for five or more different products.
I would like to have seen further clarification as to the effect of Ginseng,Licorice etc on Adrenal Function from the point of view of someone with High Cortisol & Low Cortisol may be even a reference to a scientific study or two.
I was working on this case which showed a female patient with high testosterone levels. In his book he mentions 'almost all' testosterone is produced by the adrenal glands whereas other resources suggest something more like 25%. Maybe this is just the way it is these days with experts, once they choose their topic they see it as the cause of everything. Pick up a book on Vitamin D and its the cause of global warming, pick up a book on magnesium and its the second coming of Jesus Christ.
Personally I'm on the fence regarding the adrenal extracts. He said himself that with these extracts on their own, progress can be slow. After moving to a low glycaemic load diet high in fat and getting to bed on time and doing a bit of walking and enjoying my life, I have come a long way, having said that, not far enough or I wouldn't have read this book. Although if I got up off my ass and went for that walk I have been promising all day(like so many other days) then maybe I wouldn't lean so heavy on supplements for help.
In summary, if you suffer from Adrenal Fatigue and follow the advice in this book it will most definitely help. It will tell you which lab tests to do and which tests you can do at home too, along with a lengthy questionnaire(probably better to purchase the book instead of the kindle version, a bit of a pain jotting scores down separately). I would recommend you keep a notepad beside you to jot down useful info as you go as its easy to cherry pick from memory. My advice to you(and to myself), don't gloss over the advice regarding lifestyle changes, if you give up the coffee, cut back on the sweets,get to bed on time and incorporate something relaxing and enjoyable into your day well that's half the battle.
Further reading, might I suggest The Primal Blueprint or Paleo Diet. Having moved from a vegetarian diet to a Paleo diet to control blood sugar and cortisol levels I can support its efficacy in Adrenal Fatigue. It also weeds out the most common food allergies which play their part in adrenal fatigue.
Good luck to one and all.
Who will find this book interesting:
- The complementary medicine practitioner wanting to have a historical perspective on the issue of “adrenal fatigue”.
- Anybody who’s feeling exhausted all the time
Why you should read it:
- The book is easily accessible, and, for once, has some humoristic cartoons in it.
- Most of the protocols in there are sensible and can only do good. They are based in years of clinical experience and as such cannot be discounted. Just stay away of cortisol supplements / herbal medicine unless guided by a doctor experienced in the matter.
- Quite importantly, this books covers aspects of mental health and lifestyle, and gives some suggestions including techniques based on neuro-linguistic programming. And it deserves credit for that.
What can be improved on, from my point of view:
- The symptoms associated with “adrenal fatigue” are now best understood in terms of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction. "Adrenal fatigue" is just really not supported by scientific understanding and the stress response.
- One of the main blind spot of the book is that of cortisol resistance. As cortisol resistance could yield similar symptoms, if an adrenal fatigue diagnostic was to lead to taking supplements or drugs to increase cortisol levels in somebody who's already resistant, counter-productive results could ensue.
- The book's nutritional advice has been made obsolete by recent developments in ancestral health and the so-called “paleo diet”.







