ADRENAL BLEND

Where is your adrenal gland and can Adrenal Blend help you?

When it’s time to fight or flee, to rant or run, where does the adrenaline come from? Attached to and just above your kidneys, behind your stomach, liver, and lungs are the adrenal glands; normal people have two. These two-part glands make and store remarkable chemical compounds ready to release into your blood stream if they are required to do so.

The lower part of the gland, called the adrenal medulla, will respond automatically to imminent danger or exercise by releasing into the blood stream two important stimulants: epinephrin (70%-80%) and norepinephrin (30%-20%), commonly known as adrenaline and noradrenaline. Effects of these adrenaline hormones include increased heart rate, blood vessel constriction, bronchial dilation, and increased metabolism–the fight or flight response.

If you don’t need it today, maybe tonight.

The release of adrenaline and noradrenaline can be quite rapid due to the way the nervous system is connected with the adrenal gland. This rapid release is necessary when fear, anger, and other violent emotions are stirred.

These hormones are not necessary for ordinary life situations, so this part of the gland is in a quiescent state under most conditions.

The upper part of the adrenal gland, called the adrenal cortex, is a little factory for steroids. It’s here that cholesterol (Yes, your body really needs cholesterol!) gets transformed into important steroids such as progesterone, which in turn, is converted into aldosterone and cortisol. These are just a few of the important transformations that take place in the adrenal cortex.

Aldosterone regulates the body’s balance of sodium and potassium. This balance is vital in all sorts of body functions.

Cortisol has several functions:

Cortisol stimulates release of amino acids in various situations.

Cortisol stimulates the breakdown of fat.

Cortisol stimulates the production of glucose from newly released fats and amino acids.

Cortisol conserves glucose by inhibiting its uptake into muscle and fat cells.

Cortisol provides resistance to stress.

Cortisol gives anti-inflammatory effects

The adrenal cortex also produces male sex hormones called androgens, a secondary source for males and a primary source for females. These are needed for all people and their production in the adrenal cortex provides for a constant balanced supply.

We have indicated that the adrenal glands manufacture a number of special chemical products, some of which find use on a constant daily basis, others which are vital in emergencies. Chemical factories require the proper flow of raw materials and the proper production equipment.

In the human body the raw materials are often available in the normal food eaten each day. The "production equipment" is a different matter. The body uses a wide variety of proteins to shape and fashion the many hormonal products it turns out each day. In turn these proteins require the substances we call vitamins for their production and maintenance. That is why, for the nourishment of the adrenal gland, Healthy Herbal Nutrition includes in its Adrenal Blend these vital vitamins:

Vitamin B2

Vitamin B3

Vitamin B5

Vitamin B6

Vitamin C as Calcium Ascorbate

Adrenal Blend, a proprietary blend of herbal ingredients known to support good adrenal health include:

Kelp

Adrenal Concentrate

Licorice Root

Chickweed

Saw Palmetto

Mexican Saffron

Capsicum Annum

Tomato Powder

Spinach Powder

At this time the exact mechanisms by which each of these ingredients enhances the production of adrenaline and necessary steroid products haven’t been spelled out. Numerous indications of the value of each of these components have been observed.

A good balance of minerals is included, with special emphasis on potassium, to support the activity of aldosterone in the tissues of the body. In addition, cell salt and a full array of trace minerals are included.