Stress stored and fought by the body is possibly the number one health danger. It is truly a danger to so many pieces of your health and life puzzle, so making sure we have tools to help our bodies physically and emotionally deal with stress is one of the biggest positive changes we can make.
Why is stress so dangerous? Let’s take a look at what happens when you’re stressed.
Your adrenal glands go into overdrive and your cortisol levels go up. High levels of cortisol cause the body to scavenge for protein to convert into glucose to provide energy for the brain to deal with the perceived stress (this also severely depresses the immune system).
So, adrenaline kicks in. Your adrenals can spike creating a feeling of energy then crash with extreme fatigue when they run out of materials to work with. (This looks like feeling fine in the morning, but getting tired or overwhelmed when contemplating work.)
This cycle is fine in the very short term. In fact it keeps you safe in dangerous situations. But it was never meant to be turned on as much as it is in our modern world.
When cortisol is produced too frequently, it can cause feelings of fatigue, difficulty maintaining healthy weight, and difficulty maintaining optimal health of cardiovascular systems.
When cortisol levels are chronically high, it affects the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, basically affecting all your hormones and disrupting the natural feedback loop. This causes the body to be less sensitive to the ‘Stop Signal,’ and creates a vicious cycle of elevated stress signals.
This is not what we want.
Enter our favorite stress supplement – CortiStop.
CortiStop is an herb and essential oil supplement that is designed to address the way women’s bodies react to the cortisol produced when under stress. CortiStop helps to naturally balance the stress response by calming the body and lowering cortisol levels. As cortisol declines, strength and energy return, and the body moves back to a state of equilibrium.
CortiStop contains pregnenolone and DHEA, precursors that all hormones are made from, which help decrease the production of cortisol. It also contains essential oils and good, plant-based estrogens to help the body return to balance.
Another great, more targeted option here is PD 80/20. This supplement contains pregnenolone and DHEA in an 80/20 ration.
Pregnenolone is the key precursor for the body’s production of estrogen, DHEA, and progesterone, and it has an impact on mental acuity and memory.
“Pregnenolone is a prohormone that serves as a precursor for numerous steroid hormones, including cortisol, progesterone, and DHEA. It has an impact on mental acuity, energy levels and memory as well as many other body processes such as sleep/wake cycles and reproduction. Pregnenolone may also have a role in regulating mood and emotions.” – [Supplement Field Guide](www.growinghealthyhomes.com/supplementfieldguide)
DHEA is involved in maintaining the health of the cardiovascular and immune systems. “DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) is often used by athletes to promote muscle growth and strength, but this pro-hormone is also involved in maintaining the health of the cardiovascular and immune systems, improving bone density and cholesterol levels and producing sex hormones. DHEA is one of the most abundant hormones in the human body and is required for more than 150 metabolic functions. The adrenal glands naturally produce DHEA for the body to convert into other hormones. DHEA levels naturally start to decline after the age of 30 which can lead to weight gain, low energy, low libido and higher levels of inflammation.” – [Supplement Field Guide](www.growinghealthyhomes.com/supplementfieldguide)
Happy Hormones Habits
- Add CortiStop to your routine during or after times of stress. Take 2 capsules in the morning before breakfast. If desired, for extra benefits, take another 2 capsules before bed. Use daily for 8 weeks. Discontinue use for 2-4 weeks before once more resuming.
- Start with 1 capsule per day, then increase to 2 capsules per day as needed.
- Pair one of these supplements with Super B tablets and NingXia Red with Mineral Essence to nourish the entire endocrine system.