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wakela's review
4.0
Adrenal Fatigue was already something that my doctor had told me that I had. So when I found myself with the opportunity to review this book, I snatched it up.
Many of the things in this book were exactly what my doctor had gone over with me. However, you know how it is during doctor’s visits. I know that I usually walk out of there only remembering about half of what he tells me.
So this book helped to hone in on what Dr. Abrams had said. Plus it gave me the added benefit of working through things one day at a time. I know that when you try to make too many changes all at one time, it can be rather daunting. However, reading each chapter slowly, taking the quizzes, and making the changes as they come up in the book was much more easy to handle.
I definitely suggest this book for anyone who is feeling run down and can’t figure out why. Just following the simple suggestions, can make a big difference in your health and well-being.
Too often we are looking for that quick fix. It does take work to get what we want in life. And putting the time and energy into following this plan will help tremendously.
In conjunction with the Wakela's World Disclosure Statement, I received a product in order to enable my review. No other compensation has been received. My statements are an honest account of my experience with the brand. The opinions stated here are mine alone.
Many of the things in this book were exactly what my doctor had gone over with me. However, you know how it is during doctor’s visits. I know that I usually walk out of there only remembering about half of what he tells me.
So this book helped to hone in on what Dr. Abrams had said. Plus it gave me the added benefit of working through things one day at a time. I know that when you try to make too many changes all at one time, it can be rather daunting. However, reading each chapter slowly, taking the quizzes, and making the changes as they come up in the book was much more easy to handle.
I definitely suggest this book for anyone who is feeling run down and can’t figure out why. Just following the simple suggestions, can make a big difference in your health and well-being.
Too often we are looking for that quick fix. It does take work to get what we want in life. And putting the time and energy into following this plan will help tremendously.
In conjunction with the Wakela's World Disclosure Statement, I received a product in order to enable my review. No other compensation has been received. My statements are an honest account of my experience with the brand. The opinions stated here are mine alone.
migrex's review against another edition
4.0
A useful book which gets 4 stars instead of 3 because I think the fact that the author included an entire 30-day menu with the shopping lists and recipes bumps it up. If you wanted to take her 30-day eating program and follow it, you'd be able to do it really easily (assuming, of course, you like the things she suggests). The diet is very general and won't appeal to vegans, vegetarians, lactose-intolerant or those wanting to avoid soy but you could easily substitute some of those things out. An interesting question in and of itself would be if people in those diet categories are subject to adrenal fatigue and does the lack of protein contribute to this problem? I myself try to eat a wide range of foods and don't have a problem eating meat although dairy is an issue but I'm trying to eat more yogurt and see how that goes. The main points I got out the diet section of her book are that you should eat some protein throughout the day and you should have a mid-morning and mid-afternoon snack. Well, and you shouldn't eat dinner too late in the evening.
The main thing, though, is that I think a lot of the reviews of this book try to boil it down into, oh, it's really simple, just eat right and sleep more or just eat right and exercise or just take care of yourself. Well, let's look at that because that isn't really a fair characterization of what the author says. In fact, while she does talk about taking care of yourself and being nice to yourself, etc., she in fact says a lot of people should not be exercising the way they have in the past. For instance, you may think it's okay to go out and run 10 miles a day because you've always done it but if you're suffering from adrenal fatigue, you might actually need to stop running and start doing something else (like hatha yoga), at least until you feel better. And it's not a question of saying "sleep more" or "eat better." It's really about sleeping more but at certain times of the night and eating better but doing so at times that are appropriate for our body clocks.
I very rarely drank coffee but I did drink a lot of tea although I didn't think it was that much of a problem (I was wrong about that). I decided to cut out the tea (and also chocolate, a weak point for me) and try to get to bed earlier. It took a few nights of getting adjusted on the sleep side and took a little longer for the cravings to go away on the caffeine. But the amazing thing is that I started feeling GREAT in the morning, even when I had to get up at 6 a.m. I wasn't tired and I didn't feel tired throughout the day. Okay, I have to go to bed around 10 p.m. but I get a lot of things done early in the morning. And it actually works out with my work schedule because I have to get up early. The part that's difficult is not eating dinner too late. I'm trying to compromise by not eating such a heavy dinner and trying not to eat for at least two hours before I go to bed (the author suggests three hours). I should add that I was always a confirmed NON-morning person -- I absolutely hated getting up early in the mornings. I was convinced my normal time schedule was going to bed around midnight and getting up around 8 or 9 a.m. but since I always felt terrible, I knew something wasn't working.
Two things people should probably remember which the author says (maybe she didn't spell out the first point so clearly): first, between your dinner and breakfast, you should have about 12 hours in between. Second, you should be getting up and eating breakfast by between 7 and 8 at the latest. Another thing which isn't in the book but which I know from my cycling training is that you shouldn't spend more than 10% of your training time in an anaerobic state. Your heart isn't made to run at high speeds and under stress for long periods of time, and that means long in terms of total training time. The whole "work hard, play hard" attitude doesn't really work out in the long run since sooner or later something has to give. If you're working really hard now, you should play easy. :>)
I have had very good results just by changing the two things I mentioned above and adding the mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks. I haven't added supplements and haven't done anything in particular with an exercise routine (but I'm not doing much exercise right now).
I guess like a lot of things, it's all in the execution, and you shouldn't knock it until you try it.
One small negative: she mentions her other book Core Balance Diet (or something like that) several times. It felt slightly like a sales pitch.
The main thing, though, is that I think a lot of the reviews of this book try to boil it down into, oh, it's really simple, just eat right and sleep more or just eat right and exercise or just take care of yourself. Well, let's look at that because that isn't really a fair characterization of what the author says. In fact, while she does talk about taking care of yourself and being nice to yourself, etc., she in fact says a lot of people should not be exercising the way they have in the past. For instance, you may think it's okay to go out and run 10 miles a day because you've always done it but if you're suffering from adrenal fatigue, you might actually need to stop running and start doing something else (like hatha yoga), at least until you feel better. And it's not a question of saying "sleep more" or "eat better." It's really about sleeping more but at certain times of the night and eating better but doing so at times that are appropriate for our body clocks.
I very rarely drank coffee but I did drink a lot of tea although I didn't think it was that much of a problem (I was wrong about that). I decided to cut out the tea (and also chocolate, a weak point for me) and try to get to bed earlier. It took a few nights of getting adjusted on the sleep side and took a little longer for the cravings to go away on the caffeine. But the amazing thing is that I started feeling GREAT in the morning, even when I had to get up at 6 a.m. I wasn't tired and I didn't feel tired throughout the day. Okay, I have to go to bed around 10 p.m. but I get a lot of things done early in the morning. And it actually works out with my work schedule because I have to get up early. The part that's difficult is not eating dinner too late. I'm trying to compromise by not eating such a heavy dinner and trying not to eat for at least two hours before I go to bed (the author suggests three hours). I should add that I was always a confirmed NON-morning person -- I absolutely hated getting up early in the mornings. I was convinced my normal time schedule was going to bed around midnight and getting up around 8 or 9 a.m. but since I always felt terrible, I knew something wasn't working.
Two things people should probably remember which the author says (maybe she didn't spell out the first point so clearly): first, between your dinner and breakfast, you should have about 12 hours in between. Second, you should be getting up and eating breakfast by between 7 and 8 at the latest. Another thing which isn't in the book but which I know from my cycling training is that you shouldn't spend more than 10% of your training time in an anaerobic state. Your heart isn't made to run at high speeds and under stress for long periods of time, and that means long in terms of total training time. The whole "work hard, play hard" attitude doesn't really work out in the long run since sooner or later something has to give. If you're working really hard now, you should play easy. :>)
I have had very good results just by changing the two things I mentioned above and adding the mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks. I haven't added supplements and haven't done anything in particular with an exercise routine (but I'm not doing much exercise right now).
I guess like a lot of things, it's all in the execution, and you shouldn't knock it until you try it.
One small negative: she mentions her other book Core Balance Diet (or something like that) several times. It felt slightly like a sales pitch.
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