Many people have heard about the adrenal glands but may not realize how many metabolic processes they're involved with and how important they are in maintaining good health.

These little hard-working glands are located directly above each kidney. Their main purpose is to help the body respond to stress, usually caused by emotional distress, exercise, or even environmental factors like pollution.

For our purposes, the most important hormones secreted by the adrenals are norepinephrine and epinephrine (also called adrenaline). When stress levels causes your body to start a response to help lower it, the hormonal effects allow the body to

• increase heart rate
• constrict blood vessels to increase blood pressure
• dilate the bronchioles to increase oxygen intake
• increase metabolic rate
• stimulate the metabolism of fat for energy usage
• dilate the pupils which improves sight in low light
• suppress non-essential processes in the body that are not needed at the time (like the digestive system during cardio exercises)

With today’s stressful lifestyle, it is important to help your adrenal system not get too overworked.  JBN's Adrenal Support  is rich in B-vitamins, which helps in the regular formation adrenal hormones along with herbal compounds Rhodiola rosea, gotu kola, ginger root and many others to help relieve external stresses..

To help further reduce the risk of low adrenal functionality and production, you should avoid high concentrations of stimulants like caffeine, ephedra and high-glycemic foods just to name a few.