Vitamin C Forum

Graze Every One and a Half to Two Hours

Most of us eat three relatively heavy meals a day with long stretches in between. This is tough on the adrenal glands, because one and a half to two hours after a meal your bloodstream runs low in glucose, which means you've run out of the sugars you've consumed. Once your blood sugar drops, your adrenal glands are forced to produce hormones such as cortisol to keep you "running." This means that if you frequently go without eating for long stretches, you're putting your adrenals under a steady strain and not giving them a chance to recuperate.

Therefore, the best way to heal your adrenal glands is to eat a light, balanced every every 90 minutes to two hours.

In other words, us a grazing approach to food. This is critical to know -- because diet trends right now are sending people in the opposite direction. Following the fashion on this will rob you of the opportunity to heal your adrenal fatigue.

The grazing technique works because the frequent meals keep your blood sugar steady throughout the day; and as long as your glucose isn't dropping, your adrenal glands don't have to interfere. Giving your adrenal glands a lot of rest allows them to devote energy to healing and restoring themselves.

Each of your meals should ideally contain a balance of potassium, sodium, and sugar. Understand that we're talking about natural sugars from fruit here, the type that contains critical minerals and nutrients, unlike table sugar or lactose, the sugar present in dairy. Some examples of great meals for healing your adrenals include:

o A date (potassium), two celery sticks (sodium), and an apple (sugar)

o Half an avocado (potassium), spinach (sodium), and an orange (sugar)

o A sweet potato (potassium), parsley (sodium), and a lemon squeezed on kale (sugar)

To be clear, you can also have larger meals. The examples above needn't be substitutes for your breakfast, lunch, and dinner; rather, they can server to keep your blood sugar levels steady in between those bigger meals.