>Hi Kristina

>I ate one meal a day for years, and during that time my symptoms of  
>adrenal damage have improved.  Someone with a more  serious disorder  
>may not have so much luck.  Lately (last few months) I've been eating  
>every other day, with great results.  I was worried about causing my  
>adrenal function to regress, but actually I feel better.  I'm still in  
>the process of moving to strict ADF, right now I manage it for a bit,  
>then eat a on few fasting days.  But over time it's getting better and  
>better.

>I think what it comes down to is (a) whether the stress of fasting is  
>greater that the stress that was previously caused by food intolerance  
>and (b) whether you have enough reserves to cope with fasting.  I  
>suspect (a) is highly unlikely, and (b) is not a risk unless you are  
>quite close to Addison's disease anyway.  In other words, my own  
>experience is that fasting isn't as stressful as you might think.   
>It's more mental than physical (I call it the  
>OHMYGODIFIDONTHAVETHREEMEALSADAYIWILLSTARVEANDDIE panic syndrome.)

That's funny but that's not it for me. I actually enjoy fasting from time to
time but am genuinely concerned about my adrenals. I have many signs such as
fatigue, trouble getting going in the morning, hormonal imbalance, hit a
low/tired point around 7 PM then perk back up around 9 PM, sweaty smell
and/or sweat after drinking caffeine (I don't drink much only things like
green tea or decaf organic coffee but even small amounts cause the sweaty
smell), poor stress response, etc. I am definitely a type A person and use
to multi-task, work overtime, do volunteer work at night, etc. Now I work 25
hours a week from home and that seems overwhelming. Monday nights I am
helping teach an ESL class and going to that tonight and then having to work
another 5 hours tomorrow seems even more overwhelming. A few years ago 25
hours a week would have been a snap for me.

All that to say that I do think there are some relatively significant
adrenal issues. I would like to give my body a rest from digesting and
having only one meal a day would minimize my exposure to food and getting
more intolerances, but I am worried I will stress my adrenals even more.
Everything I have read says with adrenal fatigue it's important to eat
several times a day and the first meal no later than 10 AM. While health
care practitioners seem to disagree on various things, this is actually one
they seem to agree on when it comes to adrenal issues.


Kristina