The Adrenal Stress Saliva Test Helps You Determine Whether Your Body Is Exhausted By The Accumulation of Stress and Can Help You Recover From Your Stress Symptoms Quickly & Inexpensively.
Are You Experiencing Chronic Stress?
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Chronic Stress happens when your body is under a state of constant “arousal” (not sexual arousal, by the way!) This happens when the body gets overwhelmed with “stressors” over time and doesn’t ever get a chance to switch into its rest and relaxation mode.
Many of you reading this are under chronic stress because it’s sometimes hard to avoid in our modern way of life.
Sources of stress are given in the sidebar on the right hand side of this page
All these sources of stress keep your body in a state of perceived stress or threat and this leads to many changes in the way that your body functions. These changes can eventually lead to chronic symptoms and even disease.
Diseases & Conditions Associated With Chronic Stress
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How Can Stress Cause All These Problems?
A stressful lifestyle, eating gluten, sugar and other poor foods, digestive infections and toxins can lead to high levels of a hormone called cortisol, which is made in your adrenal glands. Over time, the adrenal glands can get tired and eventually the cortisol can drop too low.
At the same time, another hormone – DHEA – tends to drop too low as well and because it is a precursor to estrogens and testosterone, sex hormone levels can also change.
Because these hormones “talk to” pretty much every cell in your body, high and low imbalances can literally affect any and every tissue, which is why people experience so many different symptoms when they are constantly stressed!
Stress Lowers Immune Function & Allows Digestive Infections to Prosper!
The hormone alterations associated with stress can cause decreases in immune system function, especially in the gut.
This is one of the reasons why people develop digestive problems, as bacteria such as H pylori, parasites and yeast/fungal organisms find it much easier to settle in the stomach and intestines when the immune system is depleted.
These organisms then create more stress on the body, reduce nutrient delivery from the gut and cause more hormonal imbalances!
A Simple Saliva Test to Assess Stress Hormone Levels
Thankfully it is simple, convenient and inexpensive to assess stress hormone levels and adrenal gland function.
You simply spit into four test tubes at different times of the day and send the samples to the lab!
The lab analyses the saliva samples for cortisol, DHEA (and other optional hormones) and the results tell us whether the adrenals need to be supported and give clues on how to support them.
Completely different protocols are recommended, depending on whether cortisol levels are too high or too low and we can customise an approach that fits your individual needs.
Add the Sex Hormone Markers
It’s possible to add on markers for estrogens, progesterone, testosterone and melatonin if sexual dysfunction such as infertility, PMS, PMDD, menstrual cramps, low libido, erectile dysfunction and breast tenderness are present.
How to Order an Adrenal Stress Test
The adrenal stress profile is ideal for you if you are experiencing mood, sleep, energy, digestive, menstrual and sexual symptoms.
Because the interpretation of Adrenal Stress testing can be quite complex, we only run these tests with clients who are under the care of our team of Nutrition and functional Medicine practitioners.
You’ll find a full information pack on how to register at the link below.
If you would like to register under our care and run an Initial Consultation, please click here.
