{"id":3119,"date":"2006-05-12T09:42:28","date_gmt":"2006-05-12T14:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wholehealthchicago.com\/?p=3119"},"modified":"2021-05-17T16:19:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:19:36","slug":"stress-and-brain-fog-three-steps-to-clear-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wholehealthchicago.com\/blog\/2006\/05\/12\/stress-and-brain-fog-three-steps-to-clear-thinking","title":{"rendered":"Stress and Brain Fog: Three Steps to Clear Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Your brain will simply not function efficiently when you\u2019re stressed out. You\u2019ll forget why you walked into a room, miss important appointments and birthdays, and find that balancing your checkbook is an exercise in advanced mathematics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s happening to your brain is described in detail in my book, <em>The Triple Whammy Cure<\/em>. In a nutshell, your low levels of stress-buffering serotonin cannot protect your brain against the fight-or-flight response that\u2019s triggered when stress flogs your adrenal glands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main hormone released by the adrenals during <a href=\"https:\/\/wholehealthchicago.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/18\/the-chemistry-of-stress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stress<\/a> is cortisol, which, along with adrenalin, puts your body and brain into a temporary but extreme overdrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, the effect of cortisol on your brain is similar to the \u201cdelete\u201d button on your computer. Here are three steps you can take to reduce stress and lift brain fog:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Start a Stress Journal as described on page 198 of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.triplewhammycure.com\/boohttps:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Triple-Whammy-Cure-Breakthrough-Program\/dp\/074326908Xk\/book\/prod_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Triple Whammy Cure<\/span><\/em><\/a>.<\/li><li>Get Belleruth Naparstek\u2019s guided imagery CD \u201cStress\u201d and use it regularly. It\u2019s available at book stores or from our apothecary by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Triple-Whammy-Cure-Breakthrough-Program\/dp\/074326908X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/li><li>Begin taking the Indian herb ashwagandha, which seems to act like another stress-buffering herb, ginseng, though recent animal studies have shown that ashwagandha actually helps repair brain cells. Better yet, use ashwagandha as part of a larger nutritional program for brain fog, which\u00a0 should include fish oil and B complex. These supplements and also our Brain Fog Lifter (which contains ashwagandha) are available in our apothecary by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Triple-Whammy-Cure-Breakthrough-Program\/dp\/074326908X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your brain will simply not function efficiently when you\u2019re stressed out. You\u2019ll forget why you walked into a room, miss important appointments and birthdays, and find that balancing your checkbook is an exercise in advanced mathematics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2087,"featured_media":26889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,34],"tags":[205,206,36,207,188],"class_list":["post-3119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knowledge-base","category-mental-health","tag-guided-imagery","tag-serotonin","tag-stress","tag-stress-journal","tag-the-triple-whammy-cure"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Stress and Brain Fog: Three Steps to Clear Thinking<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Your low levels of stress-buffering serotonin cannot protect your brain against the 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