HealthChat's Healthy Nutrition
Nutrition and Fatigue
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:
- Eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables: increase to
6 - 7 servings per day.
- 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.
- 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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