WHAT CAUSES HORMONE CHAOS?

You know that demanding job you once had? You pushed yourself all day, went out drinking after work to relax and followed it up with a morning gym session before hitting repeat.

You weren’t the only one working overtime – so were your adrenal glands. They responded to your pedal-to-the-metal lifestyle by sending out the adrenal hormones cortisol and adrenaline. Here’s the clincher. Your body can handle toxic overload for many years before you see and feel the ramifications of too much alcohol, processed foods, excess calories, toxic cleaning products, sugars and prescription drugs. And then – bam! You notice you don’t bounce back from a big night out like you used to. And you just don’t feel as good as you once did.

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