Adrenal Stress Test
Salivary test – Adrenocortex Stress Profile
Adrenocortex Stress Profile is a powerful and precise noninvasive salivary hormone test that evaluates bioactive levels of the body’s important stress hormones, cortisol and DHEA. This hormone test (stress test) serves as a critical tool for uncovering biochemical imbalances underlying anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, obesity, dysglycemia, and a host of other clinical conditions. This hormone test examines 4 saliva samples over a 24-hour period for levels of cortisol and DHEA.
The adrenal hormones cortisol and DHEA function to influence:
- Metabolism
- Anti-inflammatory response
- Thyroid function
- Resistance to stress
Diseases and conditions associated with adrenocortex stress:
- Anxiety
- Back pain
- Cardiovascular disease
- Celiac disease
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Depression
- Hypoglycemia
- High blood pressure
- Insomnia
- Migraine headaches
- Obesity
- Thyroid dysfunction
- Ulcers
- Weak immune system
Changing the amounts of cortisol and DHEA can profoundly affect:
- Energy levels
- Emotional states
- Resistance to disease
- General sense of well-being
Although both DHEA and cortisol are hormones produced by the adrenal cortex, they exhibit many opposing actions.
Cortisol: Many of cortisol’s physiological actions are geared toward the mobilization of reserves. Cortisol is released in large amounts in response to physical, physiological, and/or psychological stress. When stressors persist, the secretion of glucocorticoids can be prolonged, leading to maladaptation of the adrenal cortex and adrenal hyperplasia.
Excess cortisol can adversely affect:
- Bone and muscle tissue
- Cardiovascular function
- Sleep
- Thyroid function
- Weight control
- Glucose regulation
- Immune defense
- Aging
Over time, cortisol secretion can become impaired, resulting in the inability to respond to stress as demonstrated in conditions as:
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Allergies
- Menstrual problems
- Arthritis
DHEA, in contrast to cortisol, exerts mostly anabolic actions and balances the body’s stress response.
DHEA functions to:
- Provide substrate for the synthesis of sex hormones
- Guard against degenerative conditions associated with aging
- Influence immune function and energy production
- Affect insulin sensitivity, thyroid function, protein synthesis and others
Imbalances of DHEA have been associated with:
- Impaired immunity
- Depression
- Insulin resistance
- Cancer
- Panic disorder
- Obesity
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Cardiovascular disease
NOTE: All of the above statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Dr. Conners graduated with his doctorate from Northwestern Health Sciences University in 1986. He holds AMA Fellowships in Regenerative & Functional Medicine and Integrative Cancer Therapy.
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