Water retention in the tissues is another result. All your habits are to be brought under the control of a mind that is itself under the control of God. In the strength which trust in Christ imparts, we can fulfill God's will for our lives. The skin seems to get thinner, and produces stretch marks and bruising. Body hair grows faster, and women may grow mustaches and beards.
Healing is more difficult and illnesses more frequent.
There are two adrenal glands in your body. One is on top of each kidney. Each one is remarkably small, and weighs only about one-fifth of an ounce. It produces cortisone. The objective is to live better so the adrenals, whether working too fast or too slow, can be helped to normalize.