Monday, April 03, 2006

Do you have a high adrenaline lifestyle?

I've been reading a very interesting book titled The Schwarzbein Principle II by Diana Schwarzbein MD. She offers a perspective I haven't seen before on wellness and aging.
One of the issues she discusses is living a high adrenaline lifestyle. When we are addicted to living on our adrenaline we start using ourselves up which cna be the basis for ill health down the road. Some of the symptoms of intermittent high adreneline levels are interrupted sleep, anxiety, emotional intensity, fatigue ... low level symptoms allergies, short-term fatigue, insomnia, weepiness, headaches...

Here are some questions she asks, if you answer yes to any of these you are most likely creating higher than normal adrenaline levels in your body.
1. Do you skip meals on a regular basis?
2. Are you constantly on the go?
3. Do you drink more than one caffeinated beverage a day?
4. Do you only do cardiovascular exercises such as high-impact aerobics or running?
5. Do you take low-dose estrogen birth control pills?

If you aren't feeling 100% and you answered yes to any of these questions, you might want to explore this book.

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