Posted by JLx on April 6, 2003, at 13:52:29
In reply to cortisol is the source of my problems, posted by linkadge on April 4, 2003, at 15:49:11
I suggest the new book "The Cortisol Connection" by Shawn Talbott, for a lot of practical suggestions other than drugs, such as phytosterols, epimedium, and magnolia bark to lower cortisol levels. I got mine from the library but I can see it's a good book to own. Here's his website:
http://www.cortisolconnection.com/index.php
One of the other things he recommends is sleep, especially before midnight, and explains why in terms of the diurnal cortisol fluctuations. I've always been a nightowl, but am now trying very hard to get to sleep at 10 PM.
Here's a good, succinct article on stress, cortisol, and diet from a UK newspaper with commentary from a nutrition center in London:
http://www.thefooddoctor.com/displayarticle_HV.htm?ArticleID=149
Are you getting enough Vit C, B's, and magnesium? Is your diet too acidic? Are you eating sugar, caffeine, too much salt?
This is another interesting article, this time more specifically on hypoglycemia and the cortisol connection:
http://www.hyperemesis.org/misc_reference_info.htm
I recently started supplementing with magnesium glycinate and felt so much better in one day that I quit my meds (Zoloft,Provigil) and since then have made changes to my diet that I could never have imagined making so painlessly before. And I now feel better than I have since I was a kid. :)
As hard as it would have been for me to admit in the past, I think now that many if not all of our mental problems are diet related.
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