| In the Western world, one in four people suffer | | | | causes of chronic fatigue syndrome. |
| from prolonged tiredness in one form or another, | | | | (3) Drink an Energy Drink |
| with 25% of women suffering clinically diagnosed | | | | Like with coffee, energy drinks are a quick pick |
| day time tiredness. Is it any wonder tiredness is | | | | me up. But energy drinks often have an |
| gaining a reputation as the modern plague? | | | | extremely high amount of caffeine in them, so |
| When we do suffer from tiredness, we can do a | | | | you should think carefully what you are putting |
| number of things to try and reduce the | | | | into your system and the long term effects of |
| symptoms. Things like sleep more, drink a lot of | | | | doing this. And you feel worse after the short |
| coffee, have an energy drink, take energy pills, or | | | | buzz anywhere (yes been there too). |
| other forms of stimulant. These five things aren't | | | | (4) Taking Energy Pills |
| doing anything good for us in the long term. | | | | Caffeine is not a healthy stimulant, every time |
| (1) Sleeping more | | | | you take a high dose of caffeine, you are making |
| When I used to sleep 10 to 12 hours, I'd find | | | | your heart beat faster than it should you are |
| myself waking up and feeling really groggy, like I'd | | | | sending a surge of blood to your brain. Once again |
| only had a couple of hours sleep. I used to | | | | you will feel the effects of energy pills for a little |
| wonder how people like Jay Leno could be so full | | | | while, but when your catches up you will be even |
| of energy and only have 4 hours sleep. Thomas | | | | more tired. I remember taking about 6 caffeine |
| Edison explains this quite succinctly: "Most people | | | | pills for all night study session, and going to lie |
| overeat 100% and over sleep 100% because | | | | down the following afternoon just for a little rest |
| they like it. That extra 100% makes them | | | | and then waking up 6 hours later! |
| unhealthy and inefficient. The person who sleeps | | | | (5) Other Stimulants |
| eight to ten hours a night is never fully asleep and | | | | The stimulants already mentioned and other |
| never fully awake - they only have different | | | | stimulants (both legal and not) only have the |
| degrees of doze through the twenty four hours." | | | | effect of mastering the symptoms of tiredness. |
| (2) Drink a lot of coffee | | | | They do absolutely nothing, absolutely nada for |
| A cup of coffee is just a stimulant. It will pick you | | | | excessive tiredness and chronic fatigue syndrome. |
| up for a short amount of time, then you'll feel | | | | Instead by consistently using these stimulants you |
| tired again and need another one. Next time you | | | | can end up pushing your body to its limits and |
| reach for that coffee pot, think about the fact | | | | burnout resulting in even more tiredness. It |
| that coffee can actually make you more tired, by | | | | becomes a Catch 22 situation. |
| causing iron and Vitamin D deficiency - both | | | | |