5 Common Causes of Fatigue: 1. Not eating enough or often enough The concept is simple: we eat food, and our body absorbs the nutrients and converts them to energy. No food = no energy. Little food = little energy. More food = more energy. When you’re busy, you don’t realize sometimes how little food you are eating. Mealtimes often become “picking sessions.” You pick at this and pick at that and think you have eaten enough. Eat breakfast within an hour of waking up and don’t go more than four hours between meals. 2. Not drinking enough water Dehydration is another common contributor to fatigue. You should be drinking at least half your body weight in water each day. If you are not consuming this amount, the chances that you are dehydrated are very high. Not only will your energy levels drop, but constant dehydration leads to a host of other health issues as well. 3. Eating too much sugar You may feel like you need a sugar-laden snack to keep you going during the day, but in actuality you are setting yourself up to become even more tired. Eating sugar in between meals will cause your blood sugar to spike, giving you a temporary sense of energy. But what goes up must come down, and when it does you will feel exhausted and groggy. If you feel you must have something sweet, eat it along with your meal. Be sure to use an unrefined sweetener like molasses, honey, or pure cane sugar. Along with avoiding sugar, be sure to stay away from other refined carbohydrates which quickly turn to sugar in the body. 4. Not exercising Exercising may be the last thing you feel like doing when you’re tired, but it is one of the most important things you can do to increase your energy. Exercising will strengthen your heart and lungs, optimize your circulation, and help your body carry oxygen and nutrients to your muscle tissues, which in turn will help your body produce energy. Aim for thirty minutes of exercise five times a week and see how much better you feel. You don’t have to do anything complicated; walking is just as good an exercise as anything. 5 Common Causes of Fatigue: 1. Not eating enough or often enough The concept is simple: we eat food, and our body absorbs the nutrients and converts them to energy. No food = no energy. Little food = little energy. More food = more energy. When you’re busy, you don’t realize sometimes how little food you are eating. Mealtimes often become “picking sessions.” You pick at this and pick at that and think you have eaten enough. Eat breakfast within an hour of waking up and don’t go more than four hours between meals. 2. Not drinking enough water Dehydration is another common contributor to fatigue. You should be drinking at least half your body weight in water each day. If you are not consuming this amount, the chances that you are dehydrated are very high. Not only will your energy levels drop, but constant dehydration leads to a host of other health issues as well. 3. Eating too much sugar You may feel like you need a sugar-laden snack to keep you going during the day, but in actuality you are setting yourself up to become even more tired. Eating sugar in between meals will cause your blood sugar to spike, giving you a temporary sense of energy. But what goes up must come down, and when it does you will feel exhausted and groggy. If you feel you must have something sweet, eat it along with your meal. Be sure to use an unrefined sweetener like molasses, honey, or pure cane sugar. Along with avoiding sugar, be sure to stay away from other refined carbohydrates which quickly turn to sugar in the body. 4. Not exercising Exercising may be the last thing you feel like doing when you’re tired, but it is one of the most important things you can do to increase your energy. Exercising will strengthen your heart and lungs, optimize your circulation, and help your body carry oxygen and nutrients to your muscle tissues, which in turn will help your body produce energy. Aim for thirty minutes of exercise five times a week and see how much better you feel. You don’t have to do anything complicated; walking is just as good an exercise as anything. 5. Not sleeping enough Create an atmosphere for sleep. Darken the room and make sure the temperature is comfortable. Turn off electronic devices well before bedtime since the backlight inhibits the production of melatonin, which helps tell your body that it’s time to sleep. Avoid caffeine (preferably all the time, but especially by lunchtime and after). If you do have a hard time getting enough sleep at night, take a fifteen minute nap in the afternoon. Fifteen minutes is enough to give you a little boost while not inhibiting your ability to go back to sleep at night. You can see that all five of these contributors to fatigue are quite basic, yet with all our responsibilities as busy homemakers we still tend to place the care of ourselves low on our priorities list. If you will focus on giving your body the attention it needs in these areas, you will find yourself even more energized, and consequently more efficient as a homemaker and caretaker for your family!
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 07:33:48 +0000
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