Is It Me or My Adrenals?: Your Proven 30-Day Program for Overcoming Adrenal Fatigue and Feeling Fantastic

by Marcelle Pick MSN, OBGYN

Overview

Do you wake up every morning feeling tired, overwhelmed, and stressed? Are you constantly reaching for coffee, soda, or some other promise of energy just to keep yourself going? Do you struggle through the day—sluggish, irritable, forgetful, depressed, and craving sweets—only to have trouble sleeping at night? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, you’re not alone. In fact, hundreds of thousands of women are fighting these same feelings as they strive to live the lives they want. In Is It Me Or My Adrenals?, Marcelle Pick gives you the knowledge and tools to overcome this epidemic of fatigue. She uncovers the root cause of these symptoms: adrenal dysfunction. In our modern lives, the adrenal glands, which provide the fight-or-flight hormones in response to stress, are triggered much more often than they should be. Everything from challenges at home and at work, to environmental toxins, to chronic health problems cause the adrenal glands to produce a constant flood of stress hormones that can ultimately lead to multiple health issues, especially severe fatigue. The good news is that through diet, lifestyle adjustments, and reprogramming of stressful emotional patterns, this can all be fixed! Pick helps you identify which of the three adrenal profiles you fit—Racehorse, Workhorse, or Flatliner—and then lays out an easy-to-follow, scientifically based program to help you restore adrenal balance, regear your metabolism, and regain your natural energy to live a happier and less-stressed life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401942878
Publisher:	Hay House Inc.
Publication date:	03/04/2013
Pages:	312
Sales rank:	324,733
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Marcelle Pick, MSN, OB/GYN NP, author of The Core Balance Diet, co-founded Women to Women with a vision to change women’s health care. The clinic pioneered the combination of alternative and conventional medicine, and continues to use functional medicine to treat illness and help women make life choices to prevent disease. Women to Women treats thousands of women from around the world each year.Marcelle earned a B.S. in Nursing and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of New Hampshire, and an M.S. in Nursing from Boston College–Harvard Medical School. Certified as a nurse practitioner for both OB/GYN and pediatrics, Pick has served as a medical advisor to Healthy Living Magazine, lectures on a variety of topics, and appears regularly on radio and television to discuss women’s health. Her radio show, Core Balance for Women’s Health, airs weekly on Hay House Radio, and she writes a bimonthly newsletter that is featured on WomentoWomen.com. Pick is also a member of the advisory board for the renowned Hoffman Institute.Website: www.WomentoWomen.com

Table of Contents

Introduction: A New Diagnosis xi

Part I Why Are You Tired and Wired?

Chapter 1 Recognizing Adrenal Dysfunction 3

Chapter 2 Chronic Stress and Adrenal Dysfunction 17

Chapter 3 What's Your Adrenal Profile? 37

Chapter 4 The Three Degrees of Adrenal Dysfunction 55

Part II Your Solution to Adrenal Dysfunction: 30 Days to Feel Like Yourself Again

Chapter 5 Diet and Supplements 75

Chapter 6 Your 30-Day Adrenal-Friendly Eating Plan 101

Chapter 7 Exercise and Lifestyle 169

Chapter 8 Healing Yourself 193

Chapter 9 Emotional Work 205

Conclusion: Life Without Adrenal Dysfunction 227

Appendix A Addison's Disease and Cushing's Syndrome 231

Appendix B Allostatic Load 235

Appendix C Glycemic Index (GI) and Glycemic Load (GL) 237

Resources 241

References and Further Reading 269

Index 276

Acknowledgments 287

About the Author 289

Editorial Reviews

"So many of us are addicted to a fast-paced, hectic life supported by coffee, sugar, and adrenaline. Unfortunately this is a prescription for burnout and disease, but thankfully, in Is It Me or My Adrenals?, Marcelle Pick explains why our sleep-deprived, over- caffeinated, stress-driven habits are depleting us and provides a practical, step-by-step plan for finding our pause buttons and restoring our health and vitality. If you are exhausted, drained, and heading toward burnout, read this book, and save yourself.”
— Mark Hyman, M.D., New York Times best-selling author of The UltraMind Solution and UltraMetabolism

“Marcelle Pick has written a book that is relevant, personal, and provides practical solutions to recognizing and understanding adrenal fatigue. Her descriptions will resonate with those who are wired and tired. It’s a great validation to understand what’s happening to you. This book blends the best of the scientific and clinical to provide a personal guide with specific action steps to help you find the road to recovery.”
— Liz Lipski, Ph.D., CCN, author of Digestive Wellness and Digestive Wellness for Children, Director of Doctoral Studies, Hawthorn University

“Marcelle Pick continues to be at the leading edge of women’s health care by listening to her patients and responding to their pain. Is It Me or My Adrenals? is exactly what the many women suffering from undiagnosed adrenal fatigue need. I’ll be recommending it to my patients.”
— Frank Lipman, M.D., author of Spent and Total Renewal

“Marcelle Pick is a compassionate and insightful clinician who has taken her understanding of healing to a new level. Her synthesis of the functional medicine/systems- biology approach gives practical hands-on tools for patients to apply in their lives. I have worked with these tools in practice and find them to be invaluable in the nearly 40 percent of patients I see, across all medical conditions, who are tired and wired.”
— Patrick J. Hanaway, M.D., President, American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine

"From working with thousands of patients, Marcelle understands the crucial linkage between stress and illness and she also knows what to do about it. She gives each of us the power to heal ourselves. While based on impeccable research and science, her recommendations are surprisingly easy to follow. Marcelle is a healer and through her work you’ll discover that you are too.”
— Raz Ingrasci, President and CEO, Hoffman Institute Foundation

“Marcelle’s new book is amazing. She has taken complicated hormonal processes and made them simple for everyone to understand. I love her list of ‘adrenal-friendly activities.’ They are quick, easy, and portable. The many case studies illustrate that adrenal stress and fatigue comes in a broad number of varieties. Most women will see themselves—and be inspired to take action to restore their adrenals . . . and their life. Thank you for this much-needed book.”
— Dr. Sherri Tenpenny, President, Tenpenny Integrative Medical Center and author of Saying No to Vaccines

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