Stress Management Program

Program Description

Stress is very powerful at influencing hormones and neurotransmitters. An imbalance causes disease and compromised conditions. The endocrine system, including the thyroid, adrenal glands and reproductive organs are all addressed in this program as stress effects these organs directly.

Chronic (on-going) physical or emotional stress (for example, due to a demanding job or raising a family) causes the body to alter its hormonal balance. Adrenals become exhausted, run out of steam and fail to produce the necessary volume of hormones required.

As a result you may be inflicted with the following symptoms: low energy and fatigue, blood sugar imbalances, depression, low metabolism, lack of concentration/brain fog, insomnia, unrefreshed sleep, feeling run down or overwhelmed, craving salty and sweet foods, low immune function, poor digestion, food and environmental allergies, water retention, weight gain, muscle wasting and more …

If your energy lags during the day, you feel emotionally unbalanced much of the time, you sleep poorly or less than seven hours a night, can’t lose excess weight even while dieting, use caffeine or carbohydrates as “pick-me-ups” — these are all red flags indicating adrenal insufficiency.

Stress also plays an important role in weight gain. Either by its effect on down regulating the thyroid, the body’s furnace, or by its effect on increasing hunger. Stress also increases insulin resistance, triglycerides in the blood, muscle breakdown (therefore metabolic capacity) and increases fat gain in the abdominal region.

As part of your weight loss or wellness program, Body Balancing Nutrition addresses these imbalances and prescribes a diet and supplement regime to counteract the forces of stress and repair the damage that it has already done.