Stress is a major factor that is constantly overlooked by traditional medicine. Stress can affect your hormones, weight, mood, fatigue, immune system and overall health by depleting your cortisol, adrenaline and DHEA levels. This will than throw off many of the other hormones that regulate your body. The Adrenal Stress Profile is the best way to accurately measure how well your body is responding to stress and the impact it is having on your overall heatlh.
Testing your metabolism will help determine if your body is burn carbohydrates, proteins (lean muscle) or fats for energy. Those who are successful in losing weight and keeping it off are burning fats...those who struggle with fatigue, weight gain, cravings, mood swings, ADD, diabetes etc...are usually burning carbs and proteins. Your Metabolism and the abiltiy to burn fat is greatly affected by your stress hormones and blood sugar. The constant rise and fall of your blood sugar will affect your ability to burn fat, as well as, the constant production of your stress hormones.
If your digestive system is not functioing properly, how do you expect to nourish and strengthen your body to overcome the health challenge you are dealing with? Bloating, indigestion, heartburn and other irritable bowel problems are a common cause to many of today's health problems and need to be addressed in order to overcome any health challenge.
The primary cause of hormone and chemical imbalances are due to stress and diet. Too much stress, the wrong diet, or the combination of them both will trigger your body to produce more of one type of hormone or neurotransmitter than an other. Some hormones and neurotransmitters tell your body to relax, calm down, feel good, feel excited, etc...and some tell your body just the opposite. Learn what you can and should do to help get these brain messengers on track. There are some great tests to help with this.
The abiltiy for your body to eliminate toxins from your body is critical to your health. Internal pollution, due to constipation, diarrhea, a sluggish liver and lymphatic system causes a build-up of toxins that sit inside your body. The environment your cells and tissues live in are just as important as you wanting to live in an environment that has clean air and water. Poor elimination is a major contributor to ill health.
Use the tests to chart your current health situation and take them every other week as you follow the ARS Healthy Steps Program for the next 30, 60 and 90 days.
