Fatigue is the one of the top complaints in the U.K.
Fast lifestyles, stress and relatively poor nutrition
compound to make daily life a tiring business.
After
consulting your GP to ensure there is no underlying
cause for your tiredness, try the following nutritional
tips to perk yourself up:
1. Eat
plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables: increase to 6
– 7 servings per day.
2. Cut
out refined foods, e.g. sugar & white bread and
increase wholemeal foods. The latter are complex
carbohydrates that give off their energy slowly
throughout the day and maintain regular blood glucose
levels.
3.
Graze – eating small frequent meals – 6–8 small
meals throughout the day rather than the typical 3
main ones.
Cut out
artificial stimulants – coffee, tea, alcohol, and
cigarettes. These give you an energy surge and then drop
you quickly back to an even lower level of fatigue. They
also deprive your body of vital vitamins and minerals.
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Dr. Sims is the Medical Director of FitStop, the
UK's foremost group of health and fitness centers, and
an expert on matters relating to fitness of body and
mind. Having trained as a GP, he now works full-time in
health promotion and has written extensively on the
subject, including a monthly medical column in Mensa
magazine. Dr. Sims was the original Virgin.Net online
doctor.
Article courtesy of MediaPeak, http://mediapeak.com
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