Speaker 1: Hi, welcome back to Bounce Forward with me, Tiphoul. I'd
Speaker 1: like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on
Speaker 1: which I'm recording this podcast, the wrendry people of the
Speaker 1: cooler Nation. I pay my respects for elders past and present.
Speaker 1: Lee contacted me with a great question. So I think
Speaker 1: there's another fake TikTok trend going around, Tiff, but I'd
Speaker 1: love your take on it, the adrenal mocktail. It's supposed
Speaker 1: to help boost your cortisol levels and balance your hormones.
Speaker 1: But do you think it'll actually work? Okay, So there's
Speaker 1: always a trend at the moment. It's ballet bodies and
Speaker 1: yoga boobs, you know. And I just hate these trends,
Speaker 1: the fashion of bodies and physicality and all of these
Speaker 1: nutrition trends as well, and these weird drinks. I mean,
Speaker 1: we were just at the point where people were snorting
Speaker 1: and drinking raw protein powder without any liquid. I mean, seriously,
Speaker 1: we've got to stop. We've got to stop, and we've
Speaker 1: got to really look look at what is it that
Speaker 1: this trend is telling us to do, and what are
Speaker 1: the benefits, and is it coming from a credible source.
Speaker 1: So what's in the mocktail? I had to look into
Speaker 1: this fresh citrus juice, coconut water, sea salt, and you
Speaker 1: can opt to add in cream of tatar or coconut
Speaker 1: cream or milk. Now, how does it work? The adrenal
Speaker 1: cocktail focuses on three nutrients your vitamin C, sodium, and potassium,
Speaker 1: and these are key to maintaining your adrenal health. And
Speaker 1: this trio also helps maintain hormone stability, proper hydration, and
Speaker 1: electrote electrolyte balance. Okay, but I don't know. The ingredients
Speaker 1: in the cocktail have a lot of glucose in them,
Speaker 1: so or sugar, So it's going to give you a
Speaker 1: lot of calories and as much as it's definitely going
Speaker 1: to give you some you know, hydration and boosts of electrolytes.
Speaker 1: You got to think, am I really out of whack
Speaker 1: with my cortzolt? Okay? So I had to look at
Speaker 1: each ingredient here. The orange juice adds glucose and vitamin
Speaker 1: C to support immune system and acts as an antioxidant
Speaker 1: to help protect your adrenals against oxidative stress, which is great.
Speaker 1: That alone orange juice is fantastic. You can put aluvira
Speaker 1: in there for its anti inflammatory properties and the sea salt.
Speaker 1: You know, your body needs electrolytes and salts to stay balanced,
Speaker 1: so definitely, if you're stressed out of your brain, having
Speaker 1: more electrolytes is going to help balance things out. And
Speaker 1: basically this cocktail aims to replenish the body's adrenal glands
Speaker 1: and because of this, it's going to counter fatigue and
Speaker 1: help you have more energy. But you've got to first
Speaker 1: look at whether you're whether your adrenal glands are out
Speaker 1: of whack. Okay, what are the signs? So the signs
Speaker 1: that they're out of whack are extreme fatigue, weight loss
Speaker 1: or decrease, appetite, darkening of your skin in, low blood pressure,
Speaker 1: even fainting, salt cravings, low blood sugar, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting,
Speaker 1: abdominal pain. Okay, Now these are pretty hard core, So
Speaker 1: I don't think anyone's really got these symptoms having the
Speaker 1: Cortisolt cocktail. And I think that you really have to say, well,
Speaker 1: what's the point. Like I see, there's a huge trend
Speaker 1: at the moment of taking electrolytes and people aren't actually
Speaker 1: even training hard enough to even need the electrolytes, right,
Speaker 1: So they're just putting stuff in their bodies that their
Speaker 1: bodies don't need. And one of the best things was
Speaker 1: ever said to me was by a dietitian I was
Speaker 1: seeing and I was wanting to take a lot of supplements,
Speaker 1: and they're like, everything you put in your body, your
Speaker 1: body has to work hard to process and deal with.
Speaker 1: So the more supplements you put in your body, the
Speaker 1: harder your body is actually working, and that will contribute
Speaker 1: to your fatigue rather than boosting your energy levels. So
Speaker 1: pull back on the supplements, pull back on anything unnecessary
Speaker 1: in your body, and your body will actually work to
Speaker 1: have energy more efficiently. And that just made a whole
Speaker 1: lot of sense to me. So I always ask yourself,
Speaker 1: am I actually in a deficit? Or like, am I
Speaker 1: missing vitamin B? Before I go get vitamin B shots?
Speaker 1: Am my adrenals really out of whack? Before I go
Speaker 1: taking a cortisol mocktail? You know, I think you need
Speaker 1: to ask yourself that question and then look at ways
Speaker 1: you can manage stress more effectively, because chronic stress is
Speaker 1: the primary cause of adrenal dysfunction. So for me, that's meditation.
Speaker 1: Bit of mindfulness, deep breathing exercises I love and you've
Speaker 1: heard me doing this podcasts, yoga, and then you know,
Speaker 1: little things like setting boundaries, say no to excessive commitments,
Speaker 1: or prioritizing self care super important, and spending time in nature.
Speaker 1: Walking in green spaces is proven to lower stress hormones
Speaker 1: and improve your mood. After you do all of those
Speaker 1: things to manage stress, you can look at at optimizing
Speaker 1: your nutrition to deal with and support the adrenal recovery.
Speaker 1: And those things are healthy fats of avocados, nuts, seeds,
Speaker 1: olive oils, complex carbohydrates, sweet potato and quinoa and oats.
Speaker 1: And then your protein you fish, your poultry, your eggs,
Speaker 1: your beans, your legumes, and those things are going to
Speaker 1: really increase your vitamin C, your magnesium, B, vitamins and zinc.
Speaker 1: I'm a girl that's not about the supplements, but I'm
Speaker 1: about eating the food to get the goods, okay. And
Speaker 1: so you're going to get zinc found in pumpkin seeds,
Speaker 1: in beef, in chickpeas, right, You're going to get magnesium
Speaker 1: found in spinach and almonds and dark chocolate, you know,
Speaker 1: and vitamin C in all of your oranges, Kiwi strawberries.
Speaker 1: You know you're naturally going to get it and it's
Speaker 1: going to reduce that qurtisol production. And then if you
Speaker 1: stay hydrated, which is really important for the adrenal glands,
Speaker 1: and you can put a pinch of salt in your water,
Speaker 1: you really set in my opinion, there are but other
Speaker 1: things that you can do to stress out your adrenal glands.
Speaker 1: I'll just mention quickly, not getting enough sleep, all right,
Speaker 1: not limiting blue light exposure one to two hours before bed,
Speaker 1: caffeine excessive caffeines and stimulants not good. But if you
Speaker 1: do the things that balance your blood sugar and I've
Speaker 1: talked about this on this podcast from you know, things
Speaker 1: that naturally boost GLP one production. You eat those balanced
Speaker 1: meals that include protein, healthy fats and fiber in each meal,
Speaker 1: and you eat regularly, you're going to really look after
Speaker 1: your adrenal glands anyway. And there's one more thing that
Speaker 1: I do that I really love incorporating adaptogens. Okay, so
Speaker 1: adaptogenic herbs can balance out the stress hormones and they're fantastic.
Speaker 1: So ASHWAGANDHA reduces stress and balances cortisol levels really good
Speaker 1: holy basil and licorice root helps maintain quarters levels too,
Speaker 1: and liquorice root is really easy to get in a tea,
Speaker 1: so it's really beautiful. And of course, being a personal trainer,
Speaker 1: I'm going to come back and say engaging in physical
Speaker 1: activity it's going to help with the adrenals. So yoga, walking,
Speaker 1: light swimming, you know, any kind of lists, low intensity,
Speaker 1: steady state cardio, it's going to really help with those
Speaker 1: adrenal glands and help them to recover if they're stressed out.
Speaker 1: And of course gut health probotics, prebotics, reducing inflammatory foods
Speaker 1: like processed foods, sugar and transfats, that's really going to help.
Speaker 1: So there's so much you can do to look after
Speaker 1: your adrenal glands without going on a trend drinking a
Speaker 1: high calorie mocktail. And I think trends are just dangerous,
Speaker 1: so you always have to go back to a holistic approach.
Speaker 1: So looking at your nutrition, looking at your movement, looking
Speaker 1: at your sleep, looking at what can you do the
Speaker 1: little one percenters that will just really boost your adrenal
Speaker 1: gland health, and then you've got something that is going
Speaker 1: to be give you so much more longevity than just
Speaker 1: taking a cocktail mocktail once because you saw it on TikTok.
Speaker 1: It's just like the yoga boobs, it's just like the
Speaker 1: ballet bodies. These are trends that come and go, but
Speaker 1: looking after your adrenal glands long term is something that
Speaker 1: you should be doing all the time. Thank you so
Speaker 1: much for listening to Bounce Forward. I love having your company,
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