Facts and Myths about Adrenal Fatigue

Reed Davis of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition provides insight on the facts and myths surrounding adrenal fatigue. Reed is an expert in functional lab testing and holistic lifestyle medicine. As founder of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition and the accompanying FDN certification course, Reed has taught over 2500 students in 50 countries. He served for over 10 years as the health director and case manager at a wellness center in Southern California, Reed is known as one of the most successful and experienced clinicians in the world, having provided functional lab assessments for over 10,000 clients.

In this podcast, Reed explains to Angela Atkins how the construct of adrenal fatigue provides only a glimpse into the array of symptoms associated with the series of debilitating condition, but is not recognized as an actual medical condition. What underlies this colloquial terminology are multifactored pathologic processes involving other hormones and glands, most notably, the HPA axis (hypothalamus, pituitary gland and adrenal glands). With over 18 million people reporting the symptoms of “adrenal fatigue” to their physician, it is now being recognized as HPA axis dysregulation (HPA-D). Reed provides tips on how to address this condition that impacts the lives of more than 20% of primary care patients.

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