Suzanne Somers

Our modern, deadline-a-day lifestyle overtaxes our adrenal glands, which end up overproducing cortisol, which in turn makes it nearly impossible to sleep and can put you at risk for a heart attack. Raised cortisol also boosts your insulin levels, which can cause you to pack on the pounds, especially around the midsection.

American Actress

Donald McCaig

Since dogs could hear and smell better than men, we could concentrate on sight. Since courage is commonplace in dogs, men's adrenal glands could shrink. Dogs, by making us more efficient predators, gave us time to think. In short, dogs civilized us.

American Novelist

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

So I set out to study the oxidation system in the potato, which, if damaged, causes the plant to turn brown. I did this in the hope of discovering, through these studies, the key to the understanding of adrenal function.

Hungarian Scientist

Greg Davies

I have no desire to work my adrenal glands any harder than necessary. I like lazing around; it's pretty important to my well-being. But I also get bored, so that's when my culture-vulturing kicks in.

British Comedian

H. L. Mencken

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.

American Writer

Understand that 'adrenal' pertains to physical aspects of the body's stress response.

Physical Connection

'Adrenal' also relates to normal bodily regulation, not just emergency stress responses.

Not Just Stress

Avoid confusing 'adrenal' with 'adrenaline.' 'Adrenal' is broader, covering all gland-related aspects.

Misuse Avoidance

The noun form of 'adrenal' is used in medical contexts to discuss treatments involving gland stimulation.

Treatment Context

Knowing 'adrenal' can relate to general gland health, not just disorders, is useful for understanding broader usage.

Gland Health

When 'adrenal' is used, it's not solely referring to adrenaline but any treatment for the adrenals.

Not Just Adrenaline

 And they do some tests and figure out that, instead of having ovaries inside and a uterus, she has testes inside, and she has a Y chromosome. Now what's important to understand is you may think of this person as really being male, but they're really not. Females, like males, have in our bodies something called the adrenal glands.

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 a pea-sized gland found at the base of the brain, to release adrenocorticotropic hormone which then stimulates the adrenal gland sitting on top of the kidneys to release cortisol, the major stress hormone. These natural chemicals are a great help when you need to run away quickly, or do superhuman feats of courage,

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 work together to send signals to the autonomic nervous system. That’s the network that communicates with adrenal glands and internal organs to help regulate functions like heart rate, digestion, and respiration. These signals start a chemical cascade that floods the body with several different stress hormones,

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 making your adrenal gland shoot adrenaline into your blood. Your neck and back tense up, you slouch. Your legs and hand shake as your muscles prepare for attack. You sweat. Your blood pressure jumps. Your digestion shuts down to maximize the delivery of nutrients and oxygen to muscles and vital organs,

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 the brain's and body's stress response system that governs our fight-or-flight response. How does it work? Well, imagine you're walking in the forest and you see a bear. Immediately, your hypothalamus sends a signal to your pituitary, which sends a signal to your adrenal gland that says,

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 and how it functions, right down to the level of your genes. Stress begins with something called the hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis, a series of interactions between endocrine glands in the brain and on the kidney, which controls your body's reaction to stress.

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 Your adrenal gland releases the stress hormones cortisol, epinephrine, also known as adrenaline, and norepinephrine. As these hormones travel through your blood stream, they easily reach your blood vessels and heart. Adrenaline causes your heart to beat faster

 a Lions growl doesn't travel through their chest and they're lying to you it does and it has a kick start straight to your adrenal gland whether or not you want to admit it lots of people have been in the bush for many years and will

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 The adrenal glands produce cortisol, and release some constantly. But when they receive the signal from the pituitary gland, they release a burst of cortisol, which spurs the body to generate more glucose for energy,

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 but for today, this is epinephrine. This is also called adrenaline. They're one and the same. It's made by your adrenal glands. You have this molecule swimming through your body right now. It's a natural molecule.