A few months ago, I bought a super-fancy bathroom scale that records your profile and tells you your BMI and hydration level. Knowing anything less than 50% shows dehydration, I was confused when mine registered as 45%. I drink a lot of water and assumed it must be out of calibration. To compare, I had my husband try it. He drinks an inordinate amount of coffee, so I was shocked when his read 50%. I decided it must be broken and decided to take it back.
In my typical distracted fashion, I forgot to take it back for several weeks. During that time I began to piece together new information about adrenal fatigue and hydration levels. Basically, the body doesn't process water properly when the adrenals are stressed. This is a key reason patients are encouraged to eat lost of salt. It really didn't matter how much water I drank, I could NOT get the scale to read above 46%. It's no surprise that brain fog is a primary symptom of adrenal fatigue; patients are constantly dehydrated!
After a few months of eating primarily a ketogenic diet, taking natural progesterone at night, and adrenal supplements each morning, It now reads 48% hydration. Considering the fact that most of the material I've read says it will take at least a year to heal the adrenals, I'm very encouraged by this improvement. My metabolism is also waking up. Over the last few months, I've lost 15 lbs!
In my typical distracted fashion, I forgot to take it back for several weeks. During that time I began to piece together new information about adrenal fatigue and hydration levels. Basically, the body doesn't process water properly when the adrenals are stressed. This is a key reason patients are encouraged to eat lost of salt. It really didn't matter how much water I drank, I could NOT get the scale to read above 46%. It's no surprise that brain fog is a primary symptom of adrenal fatigue; patients are constantly dehydrated!
After a few months of eating primarily a ketogenic diet, taking natural progesterone at night, and adrenal supplements each morning, It now reads 48% hydration. Considering the fact that most of the material I've read says it will take at least a year to heal the adrenals, I'm very encouraged by this improvement. My metabolism is also waking up. Over the last few months, I've lost 15 lbs!
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