1. Dehydration- the number one symptom associated with dehydration is not thirst it’s fatigue! Drink your water! One qt. of water for every 50lbs of body weight in an excellent measuring stick.
2. Balance Blood Sugar- eliminate processed foods and simple carbohydrates like breads, pastas, and cereals. Eat only fruits, vegetables, raw nuts, fish and lean meats. Eat some protein every 2 hours of your waking day to prevent an afternoon crash that has you looking for coffee, sugar, or a nap.
3. Increase your greens! Although it was mentioned above it needs to be emphasized! Increase your consumption of fresh green vegetables to at least 8 servings per day. For those having difficulties consuming that much supplement with green drinks and superfoods like chlorella. Stay away from frozen and canned vegetables as they frequently contain preservatives and they have usually lost their nutritional value with all the processing.
4. Skip the latte! Using caffeine to jump start your day or as a way of keeping you going through the day is a dangerous path to take. The highly acid nature of coffee causes your body to dump its mineral reserves which is part of the cause of the fatigue in the first place. The stimulation also causes the inevitable crash once the caffeine wears off. Choose green tea which has small amounts of caffeine (about 1/3 of a cup of coffee) but it is high in antioxidants that are important for healing, and the alkaline nature of green tea builds your mineral reserves.
5. Exercise- Research performed at the University of Georgia and printed in the February 2008 issue of the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics showed that patients with profound fatigue, in the absence of disease states like cancer, improved greatly with low-intensity exercise. 65% of the patients studied had positive improvement in their fatigue symptoms with exercise. Get off the couch!
If you are following these guidelines and you still suffer from fatigue, and you physician has ruled out all disease processes then you suffer from one of two forms of fatigue:
1. Stress Fatigue- your life has become too much for your body to handle! Lack of sleep due to child rearing, injuries such as car accidents or falls, and emotional stress such as poor relationships, ill family members, or just the day to day stress can push your body over the edge. First you need to be impeccable with the 5 rules above. Next you need to get to bed before 10pm, and if possible you need to sleep for 30 minutes during the day. Sleep is when the body heals and if you are experiencing stress fatigue you have a lot of healing to do. Adaptogenic herbs work great in these situations (Ginseng, Maca, and Rhodiola).
2. Toxic Fatigue-your lifestyle has become too much for you to handle and all the alcohol, prescription meds, environmental toxins, household toxins, and whatever else in your life that you come in contact with has intoxicated your liver and you have lost the ability to detoxify your body. In addition to following the 5 rules above and getting to bed earlier these types of people need to clean up their lives. Use natural cleaning and gardening supplies. Remove all chemicals from your home and begin to support your liver. Cruciferous vegetables need to be eaten in large amounts and liver cleansing products are of great benefit.
You are not alone! The number of people suffering from daily fatigue is incredible and the numbers seem to go up every year. If fatigue has you in its grasp then take control of your life and get back on track to feeling energetic again.
First of all it’s important that there are no vitamin or mineral deficiencies as these can impact on performance and cause fatigue. For example, even marginal deficiencies in potassium, calcium, magnesium and zinc can cause fatigue, as can deficiencies of various vitamins including the B vitamins, folate, vitamins A, C and E.
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