"This is the missing book in health. It describes what every doctor sees almost every day but is being missed or misdiagnosed in almost every case."

-Ward Dean, M.D.,
Co-author of Smart Drugs & Nutrients

"When I read this book, I started crying because someone described what I had been experiencing for the past several years but was unable to get help for. It answered so many questions about my health and, for the first time, I also understood my teenage daughter's health patterns and behavior."

-Tania Vasquez

• Eat a wide variety of whole, natural foods.
  
  
• Combine fat, protein, and starchy carbohydrates (such as whole grains) at every meal and every snack. This combination provides a steady source of energy over a longer period of time because they are converted into glucose at different rates. Also, these three as energy sources put less strain on every part of your body—including your adrenals.
  
  
• Eat lots of brightly colored veggies, which are especially rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.
  
  
• Salt food to your taste.
  
  
• Eat mainly whole grains as starchy carbohydrate sources.
  
  
• Combine grains with beans, seeds or nuts to form a complete protein.
  
  
• Avoid fruit in the morning.
  
  
• Mix 1-2 tablespoons of essential oils into grains, vegetables, and meats daily.
  
  
• Eat only the highest quality foods. Stay away from junk and processed foods and you'll begin to feel better in no time.
  
  
• Increase your intake of Vitamin C, magnesium, and pantothenic acid during times of stress. Food sources of calcium include: dairy products, sesame seeds (unhulled), and products made from them such as tahini and humus, deep green vegetables such as kale, collard, Swiss chard, parsley, and broccoli; beans; nuts; and sea vegetables such as kelp. Food sources of magnesium include: brown rice, beans, nuts, seeds, and sea vegetables such as kelp (the highest source). Food sources of pantothenic acid include: brewer's yeast, organ meats, legumes, and eggs.
  
  
• Include plenty of fiber. When you are experiencing adrenal fatigue, mild constipation is present. Increasing the amount of fiber in your diet not only improves bowel motion and re-establishes normal bowel function, but it also helps strengthen your adrenal function.

• Sugar and white flour products are ironically the foods that many people suffering from adrenal fatigue love to eat. Unfortunately, eating them in excess leads to hypoglycemic symptoms which only aggravates the adrenal glands even more.
  
  
• Chocolate is rich in magnesium and caffeine. If you find yourself craving it, do yourself a favor and supplement your diet with 400 mg of magnesium citrate instead.
  
  
• Hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils (found in vegetable shortening, margarine and commercial peanut butters) use up the enzymes your body normally uses to metabolize the good fats and oils that help form cell membranes and nerve sheaths.
  
  
• Deep fried foods produce a double whammy: you get the problems associated with eating unhealthy fats (see above) plus the ingestion of free radicals which are produced when oils break down in heat.
  
  
• Coffee, other caffeine drinks, and alcohol which stimulate over-stimulated adrenals.