Have you ever felt like your body is in a constant “fight or flight” mode? With our culture of tech overload, road rage, and overprogrammed, double-booked lives, it’s no wonder our bodies feel drained, burned out, and just plain tired.

Basically, what you face on a daily basis is a symptom called adrenal exhaustion. Is it severe? It depends. Is it chronic? More often, yes. From the moment your alarm wakes you up to the daily commute home; your body is internalizing its surroundings and produces adrenaline to combat the stressors that it faces on a daily basis.

Our world now does not allow or have time for us to slow down and relax from a very stressful situation. Your body is on record to read that deadline or sales pitch as a threat to your survival and releases hormones so you can run or fight.

And now that? How can you combat the high level of adrenaline pumping through your body?

There are a host of great supplements and tonics that are effective in lowering these levels, as well as targeting and strengthening the endocrine system (the glands most affected by stress).

What you need are adaptogens in your daily diet / supplement regimen.

To keep me healthy, slim, happy, energized, and stress-free, here are some exercises, food options, supplements, tonics, and teas that I use on a daily basis. These elements help cool my body from all these stressful events that release adrenaline:

5 minute DEEP yoga breaths: inhale (through the nose) for 7 counts and exhale for 10 counts.

Turkey, cheese, chocolate, and bananas are great items to eat for lunch and dinner. Tryptophan helps increase your levels of serotonin (your happiness hormones) which is produced from these products and serves as a release from the anxiety and stress you face on a daily basis.

Siberian ginseng

Rhodiola

Sports tea

Adrenal Support Tonic (Elethuro, Licorice Root, “Milky” Oat Seed, Saparilla Root, Prickly Ash Bark)

In 4 days you will feel the effects of stimulating and feeding your adrenal glands. Treat them well, and in turn, they’ll keep you healthy, young, and less stressed.