Today I want to talk to you about something that can benefit every part of your body from your heart to your brain – and even your sex hormones.
Most doctors won’t tell you about it. But when this system is working right, you’ll:
- feel more energized
- have a positive frame of mind
- have better concentration
- sleep soundly
- eliminate mood swings
- think more clearly
- have fewer food cravings
- maintain a healthy weight
The problem is, the modern world causes you to overuse it. Your ancestors had only brief periods of stress, lasting a few minutes at a time. Today, you are constantly being assaulted by stressors that can last for days, or years.
But your body wasn’t built for that. The system your body uses to deal with stress – your adrenal system – didn’t evolve to be in a constant state of activity.
And that’s why we have the modern problem of what I call “adrenal burnout.”
The solution to adrenal burnout involves two simple steps I’ll show you in a minute.
But first let me reassure you… it’s healthy for your body to go through the occasional ups and downs of daily stress responses. They’re normal and you may not even know they’re happening.
What’s not always healthy is that our brains can be too powerful for our own good. We worry, we try to plan… we have stressors that can last for weeks, months, even years. A good example is a 30-year mortgage. That’s 30 years of anxiety right there.
What’s worse is that if you go to your doctor with symptoms of adrenal burnout, chances are they won’t know what’s causing it.
In medical school, they are only taught to look for extreme adrenal malfunction. Either Addison’s Disease, which is when the adrenal glands don’t produce enough of the hormone cortisol, or Cushing’s Syndrome, which is when they make too much cortisol.
And only these extremes are considered abnormal. Everything else is considered “normal.” Yet adrenal burnout happens to 15 percent of people on either end of the testing.
That means your adrenal glands could be working far from normally, but most mainstream doctors won’t even recognize that you have a problem.
The good news is, you can completely reverse adrenal burnout in two easy steps, and have all the energy, enthusiasm and relaxed, confident happiness you were built for.
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Reprogram your metabolism to re-energize you from the inside. |
Step 1) Turn back the clock: In a groundbreaking study, researchers took muscle samples from young adults and older adults. The older group exerted themselves intensely three times per week.
Here’s what happened …
Before exercise training, the older adults were 59 percent weaker than the younger adults. After several weeks, the older individuals were able to improve muscle strength by around 50 percent.
But here’s something even more remarkable: After exercise training, their muscle tissue was re-energized from a cellular level. In fact, most of the genes that express aging were reversed back to younger levels!1
This study gives us new insight into the role of exertion and keeping the vitality of youth. Because strong muscles maintain adrenal production.
But there’s a catch: Long, drawn-out endurance exercise like marathon running or aerobics will only drain your energy and further wear out your adrenal glands.
That’s why I recommend P.A.C.E. workouts. P.A.C.E. is the opposite of aerobics because it reprograms your metabolism to re-energize you from the inside, just like the people in the study.
In fact, my new P.A.C.E. Express program shows you what and when to eat, and how to work out to rebuild the lean, energetic body you were meant to have.
P.A.C.E. Express gives you specific workouts that are easy to follow along so you can get back to living stress-free like your body was designed for. Click here to see more.
Step 2) Take time out for yourself. Participate in a meditative practice like yoga or tai chi to release any pent up stress and emotions.
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Simple yoga breathing can help effectively deal with stress. |
These were the tools the ancients used to slow their brain waves and feel a sense of calm and joy.
In fact, simple yoga breathing can help. It’s a technique I learned from a yoga master when I was in India. It balances your adrenal hormones and makes you relax and recuperate.
Before you begin, sit in a comfortable spot, and control your breathing. Concentrate on taking deep breaths, in and out.
- Empty your lungs until there’s no more air. Exhale completely. Force out every drop.
- Inhale deeply for at least a slow count of 4. Fill your lungs until you can’t inhale any more.
- Hold your breath for at least a slow count of 7. Anticipating the exhalation like this creates a calming and rebalancing effect.
- Now exhale for at least a slow count of 8. Empty your lungs fully, then push out any remaining air. This is the part we usually forget, but it’s the most crucial. As you exhale, you will feel yourself relax.
By adding this exercise to your daily routine you’ll not only boost your immune system, you’ll also effectively deal with problems like stress, anxiety and isolation that cause adrenal burnout.
To Your Good Health,
Al Sears, MD
1 Melov, S., Tarnopolsky, M.A., Beckman, K., et al, “Resistance exercise reverses aging in human skeletal muscle,” PLoS ONE. 2007;2:e465