Do you reach out for a caffeine fix and sugary dose way too often, and blame the feeling of sluggishness on professional stress? Well, there are a host of other energy stealers that could be responsible for your perpetually tired syndrome. For all you know, your weariness is a symptom of a more serious health concern that you need to fix.
Lack of iron
Iron is important for building muscle, repairing damaged tissues and producing cellular energy. Lack of it results in weakness. Research shows, people with low iron stores can grapple along for years feeling tired and weak, yet their iron levels haven’t dipped low enough to affect their red blood cell count. Therefore, standard blood tests can miss the underlying problem entirely.
Remedy: The iron in animal products — poultry, eggs and fish — is absorbed twice as effectively as the type found in plant foods. Citrus fruits, tomatoes, or cruciferous veggies (cabbage and broccoli) can also boost absorption.
Adrenal fatigue
Chronic stress takes a toll on your adrenals — triangular shaped glands at the top of your kidneys that produce hormone, which help the body respond to the daily chaos — delaying the production of energising hormones such as adrenaline.
Remedy: To bring down your symptoms to half, treat yourself to two ten-minute foot massages daily. Your feet hold hundreds of pressure-sensitive nerve endings, and massaging them daily increases energy levels by relaxing the central nervous system.
Facing the blues
The major sign of mild to moderate depression isn’t blue moods it is fatigue. Frequent bouts of irritability or anxiety often leads to one feeling wearisome and is the most misdiagnosed and under-treated illness.
Remedy: Do things that make you happy. Spend time with yourself and understand what is that’s making you feel all down and out. However, research shows, catching up with trusted friends, is enough to increase your brain’s production of the powerful antidepressant hormones, serotonin and oxytocin.
Mild dehydration
A recently published study at Canadian university suggested, when people lost about two per cent of the water stored in their tissues, their energy levels fell up to 30 per cent. The condition also makes it hard for brain cells to communicate properly, your blood volume and blood pressure also dips, which slows the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the tissues. The result is grogginess.
Remedy: Sipping on water constantly can help greatly. However, if your work involves indulging in strenuous activities, consider pouring a tall glass of whole milk instead as it rehydrates better than water. Milk replaces the sodium, calcium and other electrolytes lost in sweat.
Vitamin B12 drop
Anyone can be encumbered with this deficiency, but you are at a higher risk if you take absorption-stalling medicines like those used to treat acidity, or diabetes, or if you follow a vegetarian diet (since meat is a good source of B12).
Remedy: Milk again (minus the additives) helps boost B12. Most doctors recommend 1,000 micrograms of sublingual B12 daily. These underthe-tongue tablets pass right through the mucous membrane of the mouth and into the bloodstream. This can help triple your B12 levels, and restore your waning energy.
Sinus infection
Sinus infections that just won’t go are a common chronic health problem. Dealing with a sinus problem is like fighting the flu; it causes a lot of strain on the immune system, and can trigger a weariness that drags on for months at a stretch.
Remedy: Doctors advise to rinse your sinuses. Flushing out infected sinuses with salt water reduces inflammation and kickstarts healing. Mix two cups of warm water with a teaspoon of salt and baking soda. Gently flush one cup of the saline into each nostril, bend over the sink and tilt your head so the solution flows easily out the other nostril. Repeat this twice daily until the symptoms ease.
Source: Are You Ms. Dog-Tired?
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