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  • Are Your Adrenal Glands Overworked?

    (Reprinted with permission from The Key West Citizen’s Health File, April 2010)

    Are your adrenal glands overworked?

    By Ashley Hoyt

    Special to The Citizen

    Do you often feel “wired and tired”? Do you drag yourself through the day, getting by on caffeine or soda, then find yourself unable to sleep at night? No energy to exercise, and yet no ability to fully rest?

    If this describes your state, you could be suffering from adrenal fatigue. It affects up to 80 percent of adults at some point in their lives.

    The adrenal glands sit on top of the kidneys and are responsible for our “fight or flight” response, pumping adrenalin into our system to deal with emergency situations. Physical and emotional stress, chronic illness and disease can activate this response as well. The result is overworked adrenal glands that cause the body to react as if it’s constantly under threat. (more…)

  • Holistic Approach to Diabetes

    Holistic Approach to Diabetes

    Most Americans are not aware of a very powerful threat hanging over our heads. It’s not terrorism, oil shortages or some other political issue. The clearest and most pressing danger lies in the fact that almost 50% of Americans have at least one chronic condition, while 60 million people suffer from multiple chronic conditions. Examples of chronic conditions are diabetes, cancer, glaucoma and heart disease. The number of people with chronic conditions is growing at an alarming rate.

    In the U.S. alone, 6000 new cases of type 2 diabetes, which is caused mostly by environmental factors, are diagnosed every year. But because the Chinese have been studying diabetes for so long, they have a deep understanding of the condition. Even in 100 B.C., “xiaoke,” which was once the term to describe diabetes, is mentioned in medical writings.

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