Just watched this very interesting lecture by Nora Gedgaudas of Primal Body Primal Mind fame in which she explains that much of what the paleo community considers ‘adrenal fatigue’ is actually the result of central nervous system fatigue. There are quite a few moving parts before we get to the point where the adrenals secrete cortisol:
- Hypothalamus secretes corticotropin releasing hormone which stimulates the pituitary
- Pituitary secretes adrenocorticotropic hormone which then stimulates the adrenal glands to release cortisol.
And a whole bunch of inflammatory cascades and feedback loops act on these parts of the brain, which then determine what the adrenals do!… Read More
