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Adrenal Fatigue Protocol

Here it is, Ladies.

The Adrenal Fatigue Protocol:

1000 mg Magnesium Oxide in the AM
20 mg Manganese in the AM
5-6 drops 2% Lugol's Iodine per day
100 mg Potassium 2X per day
1/4 tsp Sea Salt in warm water 2X per day

I have sort of started doing bits and pieces of this adrenal support protocol for years. I'd buy sea salt and take that. I'd experiment with different types of magnesium to see what kind wouldn't give me diarrhea. I'd get some kelp pills. They'd smell weird. 

I never really committed to it. I still hardly want to. But in the interest of committing to things, I thought I would share this nugget with the rest of all ya'll in case you wanted to join me! (I totally DID buy my ketone meter, if anyone was wondering :) And you can join me in the Keto diet too!  Pretty proud of myself over here...)

For some reason I think that I know that I don't have adrenal issues. It's silly. My POF was spontaneous and remains totally unexplained. If I do have adrenal issues, I'm shooting myself in the foot by ignoring this protocol of support, and if I don't, how bad can support be for my adrenals? My Mom the other day said "Wouldn't it just be kind of terrible if all your body needed to get your period back was a little bit of iodine and salt?" or something to that effect. I think she meant it in a "wouldn't it be wonderful" way. Regardless, I was thinking IT WOULD BE PRETTY FREAKING AMAZING!

Who else has an adrenal support protocol that they follow? Does it look anything like this one?

n.b.
Great books on the subjects of Iodine and Salt:
Salt Your Way to Health https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Your-Way-Health-2nd/dp/B000R8ZTGK

Iodine, Why You Need It Why You Can't Live Without It https://www.amazon.com/Iodine-Need-Cant-Live-Without/dp/0966088239/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_img_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=10VZTGPRT9GNCT06KPT1

both by David Brownstein MD


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