Stress and Adrenal Fatigue

Normal Adrenal Stress Response

When you are under increased demands of any type (emotional stress, injury, illness, physical demands, exercise, etc.), your body must increase energy production. To do this, your adrenal glands send signals to your liver to break down more calories and release them for immediate use. This energy production process creates added wear and tear on your body and this stress on the body needs to be managed.

This is where the hormone cortisol is needed. It acts like oil in a car engine, provides anti-inflammatory lubrication and reduces wear and tear on your body. When stress increases, a healthy adrenal system releases cortisol to help protect your body. When the specific stress ends, the added demand on the body is reduced and your cortisol level returns to its normal baseline level within an hour.

Feeling Stressed, Fatigued, Irritable?

If you are under ongoing pressure and stress, your adrenals work overtime to produce cortisol and protect your body from this stress. If your body can't keep up, or if you don't have proper nutrients to maintain adrenal health, the beginning of adrenal fatigue and exhaustion can show. The first signs of this problem are poor stress tolerance, easy fatigue, irritability, and unstable mood.

Over time, adrenal stress becomes more of an issue and it takes more and more for your body to return to normal. It is more difficult for your body to adapt to a stressful situation and it takes longer for you to come back to your baseline. This is the general pattern which leads to adrenal fatigue. Longer term symptoms associated with adrenal fatigue can be: increased aches and pains, allergies, immune related issues, and significant mood issues.

How Can I Reduce Adrenal Stress and Fatigue?

To manage stress on an ongoing basis and help prevent the onset of adrenal fatigue, various adrenal nutrients can help. Pantethine, Stress Helper, Vitamin C, Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin, and Super Coenzyme B-Complex are the basic supplements needed to help stabilize your adrenals, improve stress tolerance, and protect you from longer-term adrenal fatigue.

Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin™

Designed to energize and boost mood, every day.*

Stress Helper®

Boost mental clarity and mood.*

B, Super Coenzyme B Complex™

Boost your energy, mood, and vitality with highly absorbable B vitamins.*

C, Vitamin C Capsules

Give your immune system a boost with the highest purity vitamin C capsules.*

Morning Energy

Low Morning Energy & Trouble Getting Going

Support healthy adrenal function, cortisol rhythm, and sustained energy when mornings feel especially difficult.

Adrenal Helper™ →

Stress + Focus

Stressed, Mentally Drained & Overwhelmed

Support stress tolerance, mental clarity, mood, and cellular energy during demanding periods.

Stress Helper® →

Relaxation

Tense, Wired or Having Trouble Relaxing

Nourish the nervous system with magnesium to help relaxation, stress tolerance, and restful sleep.

RelaxaMag™ →

Nutrient Foundation

Running on Empty / Nutrient Depletion

Replenish essential B vitamins used heavily for energy metabolism and the stress response.

B, Super Coenzyme B Complex™ →

Health Basics

Stress and Adrenal Fatigue Basics

Cortisol Should Follow a Daily Rhythm

Cortisol normally rises in the morning to support wakefulness and gradually declines throughout the day. Chronic stress, irregular schedules, poor sleep, and other demands can disrupt that rhythm.

Your Adrenals Have High Nutrient Demands

Producing and regulating stress hormones requires energy and creates oxidative stress. Antioxidants and key nutrients help nourish and protect normal adrenal function.

Stress Uses More Cellular Energy

The adrenal glands, nervous system, thyroid, and mitochondria work together to help the body respond to increased demands. Long-term stress can make maintaining steady energy more difficult.

Recovery Matters as Much as the Stress Response

Healthy stress tolerance means not only responding to a challenge, but also returning toward baseline afterward. Consistent sleep, meals, appropriate exercise, and nutritional support all contribute.

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Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin™

Daily Energy Multiple Vitamin™ is the top energy-producing and mood-boosting multiple vitamin available anywhere. Only the finest quality pre-energized coenzyme forms of B vitamins are used. These are easy to absorb and readily cross your blood brain barrier. Special Krebs cycle bioactive cofactors facilitate energy production to offset fatigue. Take 2-6 per day, use enough to help keep your energy sustained.*

$28.00 ~~$35.00~~

Stress Helper®

Stress Helper® provides 150 mg of Pantethine per capsule along with Acetyl-l-Carnitine and Carnosine, a critical boost of specialty stress-busting nutrients that not only helps the adrenals but also helps calm emotional stress and boost nerve function, mental performance, and overall mood.*

$36.00 ~~$48.00~~

B, Super Coenzyme B Complex™

Under prolonged adrenal drain extra B vitamins may really help. This is especially true if there is hair loss and/or digestive problems associated with prolonged strain. Use 3-6 capsules per day.*

$24.75 ~~$33.00~~

C, Vitamin C Capsules

The highest concentration of vitamin C in your body is in your adrenal glands. Upon stress stimulation your adrenals release vitamin C prior to the release of cortisol, essential for a normal stress response. Adrenals simply must have vitamin C or they cannot perform up to par. We use highly purified vitamin C, in unbuffered capsules or buffered tablets.

$16.80 ~~$21.00~~

Pantethine

The nickname given to pantethine is "runner's high in a bottle" and it is also very good for brain fog. Pantethine is the immediate precursor to Co-enzyme A (CoA). CoA is a pivotal nutrient in at least 70 energy-related metabolic pathways, including those that make adrenal hormones.

$42.40 ~~$53.00~~