Adrenal Fatigue Diet Plan

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When it comes to adrenal fatigue, one of the very best ways to help manage it, minimise the effects, and regain energy is through a great diet plan.

Diet is often a key stressor on the body, particularly because we don’t eat well most of the time. Just because we can’t physically see what’s occuring when we eat a poor diet, doesn’t mean that major things aren’t going on. Our diet is a key modulator of our immune system and the state of our diet and nutrition will influence our hormones too.

Being that adrenal fatigue is a state of hormonal imbalance, that’s obviously not a good thing.

The great thing is we can control this by eating the right kind of foods and following a plan that will nurture adrenal health.

Need help with an adrenal fatigue diet plan?

The Basic Food Plan

The plan works off a pretty simple philosophy that gets you eating the way your body was designed to eat.

• Plenty of fresh vegetables
• Moderate fruit intake
• Quality protein
• Gluten free wholegrains, beans & legumes
• Eat your healthy fats
• Eat celtic salt
• Herbal teas
• Water

There’s obviously a little bit more to it than that, but that’s the most basic food plan. In the book there are extensive food lists to show you the ins and outs of it all.

Adrenal Fatigue Diet Tips

Here’s a few other tips that are included in the guide.

• Start the day with a lemon and apple cider alkalising, detoxifying drink – add a little celtic salt as it helps to sooth and slightly stimulate the adrenals.
• Eat breakfast within 1 hour of waking – don’t leave it too long to get your cortisol levels into gear, the morning is the best time to do that.
• Don’t skip meals especially breakfast – you need to get your blood sugars up at the beginning of the day so skipping a meal is not a good idea. It may also lead to binge eating and carvings later in the day.
• Don’t wait too long to eat meals so that you are really hungry – with adrenal fatigue, the body has a difficult time storing energy, so often it’s best to eat smaller meals at more regular intervals.
• Have a carb, a protein and a fat at every meal – this is a good balanced approach and will give you more sustained energy. If you do eat wholegrains, beans and legumes, limit those to 1 cup per day and make sure you eat loads of vegetables as your primary carbohydrate source.
• Don’t overeat – this places additional load on every digestive process and your adrenals too.
• Don’t get overly hungry – Eat an early lunch because the body utilises the morning energy quickly, or at least have a good mid morning snack that will get you through. It’s important not to let yourself get too hungry because the body starts freaking out and having those extra snacks or meals helps to level out cortisol levels. 
• Use healthy fats on every meal – drizzle your veggies, salad or dish with olive oil, walnut oil, flax, butter or coconut oil. Yes, fats are good for the adrenals as they help manufacture hormones.
• Have a snack 1 hour before bed – snack on a piece of fruit and some nut butter or yoghurt, chicken strips with avocado dip, cheese or sweet potato, or anything of your choosing – as long as it’s healthy of course

There are loads more details, tips, resources, and an entire adrenal fatigue meal plan in my guides.

Jedha

Nutrition & Health Coach

P.S. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions at all

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