Re: Cortisol

[Guest guest]

Wholly cow, he wants $46.95 for his book! That's incredible! Have

you read it? At Amazon you can get Dr. Jefferies book along with Dr.

's for $57.42. I may just have to get Dr. 's book. I

get his newletter, but its mostly testimonials.

Zina

> Hi EveryOne,

>

> There are two books that I have read on Adrenal Fatigue and the use

of

> Cortisol. The best is Dr. Jefferies: " The Safe Uses of Cortisol "

the most

> practical and good for daily suggestions of what you can do to help

your

> Adrenals is " Adrenal Fatigue " by . 's book is

also a lot

> cheaper:-)) There are links to both books on our Thyroid Adrenal

Connection

> site.

> http://www.bestweb.net/~om/thyroid

>

> Either or both books are very helpful if you are trying to recover

from

> Adrenal Fatigue. Most folks with long term hypothyroid will also

have

> adrenal fatigue because the adrenals try to compensate for the lack

of

> thyroid hormone which in itself is a stress.

>

> Basically Cortef or Isocort contain Cortisol which when taken in

high doses

> can have very negative side effects well known for Steroids.

However when

> taken in small physiologic doses, what your body would produce if

it could,

> the Cortisol helps the adrenals heal, helps every cell in your

body, but

> does no harm. Normally we would make around 35 to 40 mg of

Cortisol. Much

> more in emergencies. If we take 20 mg or less as in Cortef (comes

in 5mg

> tablets) or Isocort (evidently 2.5 mg. Cortisol per tab) then we

give our

> adrenals a chance to rest and recover. Not to mention that Cortisol

is used

> by every cell in the body so to live without enough is just as bad

as to

> live without enough thyroid hormone.

>

> I also think it is important to take herbs and nutrients to support

the

> adrenals but like with the thyroid for many of us the herbs and

nutritional

> supplements just don't do enough. Then there is nothing like the

natural

> hormone replacement.........ie Armour, Cortisol etc.

>

> Peace, Love and Harmony,

> Bev

> Adrenal - Thyroid Connection

> http://www.bestweb.net/~om/thyroid