Dear Future Formulations Friends,

I wanted to write to you because individually and collectively we are experiencing one of the most stressful
periods in history. During these stressful times it is vitally important that you look after your health and the
health of those around you. Stress intensifies the demands on your body – nutrients are used up faster than
they can be replaced by food, toxic by-products rapidly build up, and every organ and gland (including your
brain) is asked to work harder. During stress your body is in a race. Just imagine the difference between the
requirements of driving of your car around town at 30 miles an hour and around a racetrack at 180 miles an
hour. In a race, your vehicle needs better fuel along with better and more frequent care. Our bodies are the
same. During stress your body is in a race, and to finish the race in good shape it is essential to pay attention
to what your body needs and to step up your level of self care.
Because I have dealt successfully with the impact of stress on the human body for many years, please let me
share with you some of the most valuable information I have learned in the hope that this will help you remain
healthy and handle these stressful times more easily. In my book, Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress
Syndrome, I wrote in detail about how to minimize the impact of stress on health because the onset of adrenal
fatigue is usually preceded by periods of stress. Please read or, if you have already read the book, reread
Chapter 12 on Lifestyle and Chapter 13 on Food. In the time since the book was published, I have learned
more and developed better tools to combat stress’s destructive effects and avoid adrenal fatigue and other
health problems related to stress. I’d like to offer you some of this expanded knowledge here. Keep in mind
that, as a general rule, the better your overall health, the better you handles stress. I’m confident that when you
follow my D E S T R E S S guidelines (below) for protecting your health from stress, you will notice a real
difference in how you feel and function.

D efine who and what are important in your life and Decide to live accordingly.
E nergize yourself with foods that nourish, and Exercise to increase circulation, optimize function and
eliminate toxins.
S upport your body with dietary Supplements designed specifically to help compensate for the effects
of stress on your body and supply nutrients used up during stress.
T ake Time to breathe deeply and fully, to find a moment of calm, and to enjoy something each day.
R eframe events that stress you in order to Release yourself from paralysis so you can discover what
you can do, and how you can benefit from these events or turn them to your advantage.
E liminate energy robbers and health drains, and Establish clear boundaries.
S leep to give your body a chance to recharge and heal, and your mind a few moments of Silent Solace
each day so you are refreshed and ready to take effective action.
S mile and See the Soul-fullness in your life. The physical action changes how you feel inside, which
changes how you behave and how your body reacts.

Define What’s Important
In times of less, we often have to do without many of the material things we took for granted. It gives us a
chance to re-evaluate who and what are important to our happiness and to focus on them. Imagine that today
is the last day you’ll see the people in your life. How would you treat them differently? Imagine that everything
is taken away from you – your health, your home, your work, your status, your possessions, and your faith.
Which ones would you miss most. Which ones would you work hardest to regain? Decide to live in a way that
corresponds to the answers you gave to these questions.

Energize
Sometimes instituting simple changes into your life, like eliminating caffeine because it makes you more
nervous or sugar because it burns up nutrients, can have a huge payoff. Stress uses up nutrients at an
extremely high rate. You can quickly become semi-malnourished from even moderately high stress, so it is
important to eat as well as you can to provide the most nutrients to your body. Your body responds best when
you eat regular, nourishing meals. It often helps to plan nutritious meals and snacks ahead of time and then
grocery shop once a week so you have healthy foods available for meals and snacks. Then it’s less likely you’ll
grab junk food on the run because it’s fast. Instead, you’ll give your body the nourishment it needs to meet the
demands you’re placing on it – without taking up too much time and probably for less money. In addition to
good nutrition, enjoyable exercise (think making love, dancing, wrestling with your kids, playing a sport with
friends – not just working out at the gym) reduces the detrimental impact of stress on your body. It not only
helps normalize many bodily functions, but also eliminates toxins, increases energy, decreases depression and
just makes you feel better about everything, especially yourself.

Support
Taking dietary supplements specifically designed to support and strengthen your body during stress, such as
Super Adrenal Stress Formula™, is very important to help you have better energy, and remain calm, clearheaded,
focused and steady throughout the day. If you are having difficulty staying balanced during the day
and tend to feel anxious with some mild depression, Herbal Adrenal Support Formula™ is formulated with
organically grown herbs specifically to help you stay in balance during the day and to sleep well at night.
During stress your body burns up many times the daily requirement of vitamin C. Our Adrenal C Formula™ is
the optimum vitamin C for stress. It is a true sustained release supplement that provides a steady supply of
vitamin C, plus bioflavonoids for increased vitamin C activity, antioxidants to protect your tissues from the
damaging effects of stress, and trace minerals to balance the vitamin C’s acidity so it’s easier on your stomach.

Take Time
Change little things in the day to help you decrease stress – for example if you are always hurrying to work,
leave 5 minutes earlier or however much time you need to get there without stressing about it. If you have to
get up 15 minutes ahead of time, do it so that you can relax your way through the early hours rather than
rushing and working yourself into a tizzy. On the way to work, forget the news. You can’t do anything about
most things you hear except perhaps the traffic report. Play something you enjoy instead. Also, remember to
breathe more deeply when at work. Breathing slowly in and out through your nose from your abdomen is
automatically relaxing.

Reframe
Most of our stress is due to our internal interpretation of the things that happen to us. Reframing how we view
things helps tremendously in decreasing the stress we are experiencing. If, for example, you are afraid of
losing your job, your nervousness may actually cause you to behave in ways that lead to losing your job.
However, if you become proactive instead of reacting in fear, it’s more likely you will experience a better
outcome. You could try to find out if the company is actually going to lay people off, and if you are likely to be
one of them. You can look at the company and see if there is something you can do to improve company
performance or increase your value at work, get your resume up to date, trim your household expenses, look
at other employment opportunities, investigate ways to supplement your income (like selling things on e-Bay),
and encourage your family to join together in an economizing mode. To release yourself from the paralysis and
destructive emotional reactions that often arise from unpleasant events or the anticipation of those events, it is
necessary to open yourself to possibility. When you look back on how your life has gone, you will probably find
that sometimes a difficult event or disappointment lead to something unexpectedly good. Reframing allows you
to invite the possibility of something good into your life, of seeing opportunity rather than disaster looming
ahead. Your body will react accordingly and alter the level of stress you experience, both physically and
mentally.

Eliminate Energy Robbers
It’s very important to distinguish between things in your life that are contributing to your health and things that
are detracting from it. It can be certain people, situations or environments that drain your energy or stress you.
Take some time to notice each day what makes you feel energized and what makes you feel tired, depressed,
angry or helpless. Once you become aware of them, take definite steps to eliminate the energy robbers in your
life. Make a commitment to yourself to establish clear boundaries that curtail their ability to take up your time,
energy and emotional space. This means both outer boundaries, like limits on the amount of contact you have
with someone or avoidance of certain situations, and inner boundaries, like switching your focus from negative
thoughts about yourself and others to something useful or positive. Take every opportunity to bring into your
life more of what makes you happy, gives you energy and helps you feel good.

Sleep
Getting a good night’s sleep is an essential part of reducing the effects of stress on your body. During sleep is
when your body does most of its healing, repairing and replenishing. You may be surprised at what a
difference 8 to 9 hours of good quality, restful sleep a night can make to your health and sense of well-being.
Herbal Adrenal Support Formula™ taken ½ hour before bedtime along with 400 mgs of magnesium citrate
helps your body relax and get good restful sleep. If you find you need even more help, adding 3 to 5 milligrams
of melatonin will often allow you to sleep more deeply. As sleep is a renewing time for your body, so periods of
silent solace – whether they are in the form of prayer, meditation, peaceful contemplation of nature, or quiet
concentration on music, art or a physical activity like sports or dance – become a source of renewal for your
heart and mind. Every aspect of you needs rest and respite in order to become refreshed and ready to carry
on.

Smile
In a recent study subjects who made the physical action of smiling – even though it was just from holding a
pencil in their mouths without any emotional content – reported feeling happier than those who didn’t make this
facial gesture under the same conditions. Take the opportunity to smile, even when you don’t think you have
anything to smile about. The physical action changes how you feel inside, and that changes how you behave
and how your body reacts. Look a little deeper at the people, places and events around you, and try to see
their soulful qualities enriching your life. Feel a smile growing inside you in as you become aware of the soulfullness
of life with all its ups and downs, struggles and triumphs, absurdities and beauty. Allow yourself a
soulful smile and your body and mind will respond.

In the following weeks I will send other emails giving tips on how to better deal with stress, simple changes you
can personally make to reduce and control stress at home and at work, and some dietary supplements that
help minimize the negative effects of stress on your body. This crisis will end but the stresses of life will
continue. It is important that you take care of yourself now to not just survive, but to strengthen your health
during this time so you will always be ready for whatever lies ahead.

Yours in Health,
Dr. James Wilson

(Article provided by Future Formulation Company)