Vitamin C and Your Adrenal Glands

The adrenal glands themselves have a very high content of ascorbic acid (vitamin C). Since we know that vitamin C is used in large doses to help fight infection, the conclusion now is that this vitamin helps stimulate the adrenal glands to produce more cortina, the disease-fighting hormone. Because this pair of glands was designed by nature to spill adrenaline in times of physical danger or emotional crisis, continued mental or emotional stress overloads your “emergency glands” to the point where your nerves and vital organs are constantly holding up. activated. fever from too many false “emergency” messages from the brain, sending the powerful hormone adrenaline into the bloodstream when it’s not really needed. In times of stress, the adrenal glands also release into the bloodstream a substance called cholesterol (the waxy substance now blamed for causing hardening of the arteries. See Chapter 9). For this reason, many doctors believe that arteriosclerosis and other “diseases of age” such as coronary thrombosis and cerebral hemorrhage can develop as a result of this constant overstimulation of the adrenal glands by high-stress, day-to-day life. day. -Out mental or emotional tension.

This emergency function of the adrenal glands to act as a powerful stimulant on the body’s organs is a holdover from the days when man needed instant physical and mental reserves to save himself from animal or human enemies. But today, when most of our emergencies are primarily emotional or mental, this continuous rush of high-powered adrenaline into the bloodstream causes the heart and blood vessels to pound terribly. And because adrenaline is continuously injected into the blood under the stress and strain of our highly emotional civilization, the cortina is also constantly needed in large doses to bring the body’s machine back on track. Since we know that vitamin C is used by the adrenal glands to make the cortical hormone, it is not difficult to understand that a life of continuous high stress (be it physical, mental or emotional) consumes a lot of vitamin C and releases a lot of cholesterol in the blood. The result is the depletion of vitamin C stores, unless special attention is paid to replenishing this vitamin through the diet; a greater tendency to infection (note how easily an influenza epidemic brings down its victims in times of local or national crisis); and high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries: that excess amount of cholesterol from the overstimulated adrenals has to land somewhere, and where it’s more convenient than in the walls of the arteries where it obstructs the free flow of blood, causing the arteries ‘harden’? If you want to feel and look younger than you are, you’d better stop setting off those mental and emotional ‘false alarms’ that keep your body taut like a mainspring. The old adage that “worry kills more people than cannons” was unconsciously aimed squarely at the adrenal glands, since reckless use of their powerful hormone by an emotionally unstable mind is tantamount to killing your youth, so do you, by inches. One last piece of advice on caring for your adrenal glands: feed them plenty of high-grade protein; provide them with plenty of vitamin C (the best sources are citrus fruits, melons, apricots, strawberries, green vegetables and particularly tomatoes); make sure that foods rich in vitamins A and B complex are eaten at least twice a day; and provide them with the minerals magnesium and silicon (the richest sources are citrus and other fruits, leafy greens, yellow vegetables, nuts, and egg yolks).

The pancreas, your insulin factory

To impress you with the importance of this endocrine gland, I need only mention the word ‘diabetes’. Although for years diabetes was blamed on the kidneys, medical science has discovered that this stealthy disease actually begins in the pancreas, that is, after the pancreas fails to secrete insulin, one of its hormones. When not enough insulin is produced, the bloodstream becomes overloaded with sugar. Insulin helps the body ‘burn’ its sugar, turning it into energy. When not enough insulin is produced due to an inactive or diseased pancreas, unused sugar remains in the bloodstream like unburned coal in a stove. The quickest way to put your pancreas out of commission is to continually gorge yourself on sweet and starchy foods. After years of committing this dietary crime, the pancreas gets discouraged and stops trying to produce enough insulin to burn off all the sugar that builds up in the bloodstream. So, my friend, you have diabetes, a controllable but definitely not a curable disease, and a potential killer at any moment of neglect. As if the job of burning sugar wasn’t enough, the pancreas must also dump enough enzymes (substances that speed up digestion in the body) into the upper intestine to help digest starches and sugars before they can be turned into sugar. in the blood. From this, you can easily appreciate the never-ending task that ultimately becomes for the heavy sugar and starch eater’s pancreas: working hard to produce enough enzymes and insulin to handle a carbohydrate-rich meal, and then being forced to do it. the same thing again in a few hours, not just today or tomorrow, but year after year. Any organ or gland in the body is destined to wear out under the load of more work than nature designed it to perform. If you want to show some consideration for your hard-working pancreas, give it plenty of protein-rich foods, as protein is needed in the body to ensure normal production of the hormone insulin. The minerals sulfur and chlorine (found in green vegetables, all berries, fresh coconut, egg yolk, cheese, particularly Roquefort, dairy products, lean meats, saltwater fish, lobster , crabs, mussels and shrimp) stimulate the pancreas. .

Three other members of its family of glands

The four tiny parathyroid glands (two on each side of the thyroid gland) are primarily concerned with regulating the body’s supply of calcium. For this reason, the parathyroids are an important quartet, as calcium is so vital for a healthy heart, nerves, muscles, teeth and bones, all of which are the foundation for a youthful mind and body. Parathyroid hormone is needed to unlock calcium stores in your bones before this essential mineral can be delivered into your bloodstream for distribution to your ‘regular customers’. All the calcium in food, calcium tablets, or mineral concentrates in the world is of no use to your health if your four tiny parathyroid glands cannot secrete enough of your hormone to move the calcium out of your bones and into the body. bloodstream where it can be used It is worth remembering that while they control the body’s calcium supplies, the parathyroids themselves need calcium to stay healthy. So a low-calcium diet is a double-edged sword: not enough calcium for the parathyroids, which then retaliate by failing to produce the hormone that releases bone calcium into the bloodstream for the nerves, muscles, heart , teeth and bones. Besides meat and eggs, the best sources of calcium in food are in dairy products, such as skim milk, buttermilk, yogurt, and cheese. The thymus gland is located in the chest, not far below the thyroid. When you are born, the thymus weighs about half an ounce, then it increases to almost triple its weight until the time of adolescence, after which it begins to shrink again, until when you are fifty years old, the thymus returns to its original state. original size. The full functioning of this endocrine gland is not yet fully understood by medical science, although it is suspected that it helps control the body’s use of phosphorus and calcium, and that it participates in the production of white blood cells, one of the guards against infection. Also, we know that any failure in the proper behavior of the thymus is caused by improper development of the frontal lobe of the pituitary gland. The main precautions for the normal behavior of this gland are to keep the pituitary gland healthy and well nourished with foods rich in protein. The most mysterious of all your endocrine glands is the pineal. This is a small cone-shaped organ, no larger than a grain of wheat, suspended by a stalk just behind the midbrain. It is known that there is some connection between the pineal gland and your brain, as well as your sexual organs. Sometimes the pineal gland will shrink and fill with salt deposits known as “brain sand.” This abnormal condition is caused by faulty nutrition, and recent scientific experiments have shown that a degenerated pineal gland will respond to a high-protein diet in a remarkably short time. The minerals potassium and sodium are also known to feed the pineal gland. The richest sources of these minerals are potato peels (especially potassium), eggplant, celery, corn, green vegetables, berries, melons, black olives, citrus and other fresh fruits, lean meat of beef and lamb, cottage cheese and others, buttermilk and skim milk powder. , Lobsters and Oysters.

Your Sex Glands (Gonads)

I leave for last the tassels that perhaps should take first place in your effort to preserve the looks and feel of youth, since staying young is the same as saying ‘stay sexually attractive and sexually capable’.

What qualities or attributes make people say of a certain man or woman: ‘He (or she) is very young for his age’? My first answer would be sexual vitality, because contained within these two words are confidence, inner feeling of power, energy, vitality, enthusiasm, mental alertness, attractiveness, security, stamina, and desire. radiant shine that are gifts for the young of years. , and that can also be found in people of any age whose sexual glands are healthy.