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The key to successfully utilizing nutritional supplements to improve the physical and emotional complaints of Veterans with PTSD is to focus on the same fight-or-fight pathway. The fight-or-flight pathway is an ancient biochemical pathway that was designed to give humans a short burst of adrenaline to deal with an imminent danger. The problem is that today’s stressors are not short lived but long and drawn out which burnout the fight-or-flight pathway leading to PTSD. This is even more evident in the military where warriors are doing more with less and for a lot longer. Basically, we are wearing out our fight-or-flight mechanism which causes us to be unable to deal everyday stressors. This pathway is controlled by the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal axis or HPA-axis which links the mind to the body. If we want to help rebuild the pathway we need to give nutritional support to the HPA-axis.
“I think it’s a great program with an innovative approach to Veteran Care. For the first time, I am sleeping better, feeling less anxious and calmer. Through a combination of supplements and NET, I found that I could be myself again.” – Belinda
What does the HPA-axis control:
The HPA-axis is the link between the endocrine and nervous systems and the mind and body. Every physical and emotional event involves the HPA-axis so even a small imbalance can have a large effect on our health. HPA-axis systems help us protect ourselves from danger and stress. The problem is that this system was designed for short term use and today’s stressors are nearly constant and often excessive.
While, in the past, our ancestors may have had to run from a tiger, today we have a lot of constant low-grade stressors; phones, emails, TV, etc, that wear us down and leave us venerable to any major events. The simplest way to understand the system is that when
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