Coffee, tea and energy drinks are so prevelant in society today, its acceptable to fill your
body with these - I would say not so natural - compounds. Although they are natural in
the sense they do exist in nature, they are never designed to be in our body that many
people put them in. Now this is Dr Lam founder of Dr Lam.com.
Now we talk about these compounds in relation to adrenal fatigue and how they can actually
sustain the body when energy is low, and they can crash the body if there is too much.
Now in adrenal fatigue the body is in the weakest point and the body wants to be nurtured.
Its like a horse that is tired, the body is not feeling so well. You need rest, the body
needs rest, and that is why the body slows down.
Oftentimes we don't recognize that, we don't want to accept that and we keeps the body
going and the way we do it is with coffee that has caffeine and tea that has 15% caffeine
unless decaffeinated, and energy drinks can have up to two times the amount of caffeine
as coffee. So if you do this over a period of time, several things will happen. The body
will get stimulated. Number two, the heart gets stimulated. Number three, the adrenal
glands get stimulated.
If you stimulate the body enough its like stretching a rubber band; the more you stretch
at first - rebounds if you stretch it - after enough times the rubber band will break. This
is what happens then, people start with one energy drink, two and then three, they keep
going until they can't stop; after awhile they become "wired." They cannot sleep at
night but they cannot stop either because they are already having a dependency issue,
and if you try and get out of those you can get headaches. That's not the worst though
actually, after a while you are not only wired in the day but you are tired at night and
cannot fall asleep. Then the body starts crashing.
In other words the body will force the system to slow down to conserve energy. It doesn't
matter what you do, you take more coffee, you think that the body will be more energized
but actually the body will overrule the coffee and overrule the caffeine and forces you to
lay down in an almost vegetative state.
Many will become bedridden, couchbound, housebound; they cannot stand up. The moment they stand
up they have so much caffeine in the system they can get rapid heartrate, they can get
even more dehydrated, they can get more fatigue, they have dizziness. All these can be associated.
The important lesson to learn is this: energy drinks should be taken only with great great
care.
If you need it from time to time and you are in a healthy state, chances are your body
will do well. If you're in adrenal fatigue, you should avoid it, and if you're already
on these items do not stop abruptly because your body may overreact; and also an important
thing to remember is these items can give you a short term energy boost, but long term
you'll have a lot of collateral damage, and part of that collateral damage is in the adrenal
glands because most people don't see that; it's often taken for granted, but it is not
as simple.
Especially as you get older, some people now are very sensitive to caffeine and caffeinated
products for a reason. The reason is often because the body is already overstimulated,
so having caffeinated drinks and having a letdown in energy as what we call an adrenal
crash is very significant and an important indicator as an adrenal fatigue symptom.
I hope you've enjoyed this video. For more information on this topic, head over to DrLam.com
where I have written over a thousand articles to help educate people. You can also call
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