| Fatigue refers to a feeling of tiredness or | | | | raw vegetables or small sandwich of whole |
| weariness. It can be temporary or chronic. | | | | grainbread. The mid-meal should be small and less |
| Almostevery person has to work overtime on | | | | food should be consumed at regular meals. |
| certain occasions, sacrificing rest and sleep, which | | | | Theyshould be taken at specified time such as 11 |
| maycause temporary fatigue. This condition can | | | | a.m. , 4 p.m. and before retiring to bed. |
| be remedied by adequate rest. Chronic | | | | The patient should eat health foods which supply |
| orcontinuous fatigue is, however, a serious | | | | energy to the body. Charles De Coti Marsh of |
| problem which requires a comprehensive plan | | | | London in his book 'Prescription for Energy' |
| oftreatment. | | | | prescribes foods to relieve fatigue and gain |
| Chronic fatigue can result from a variety of | | | | energy. |
| factors. A specific character trait, | | | | He says, " Regenerating must begin with foods..... |
| compulsiveness,can lead to continuous fatigue. | | | | They must be taken in their natural state. |
| Many persons constantly feel that they cannot | | | | These cereals are corn seeds, wheat seeds, rye |
| take rest until theyfinish everything that needs to | | | | seeds, maize seeds, barley seeds and oatseeds. |
| be done at one time. These persons are usually | | | | They must be freshly milled. In uncooked cereals, |
| perfectionists,tense and cannot relax unless they | | | | we do have one perfect food forperfect health |
| complete the whole job, no matter how tired | | | | which contains essential vitamins and energy |
| they may be. | | | | creators." In addition to cerealseeds, Marsh |
| Causes | | | | recommends fresh raw nuts taken directly from |
| The chief cause of fatigue is lowered vitality or | | | | the shell and root vegetables. Hesays, "Any seed |
| lack of energy due to wrong feeding habits. | | | | or root vegetable that will grow again will renew |
| Fatigue is an indication that the cells of the body | | | | human vitality." |
| are not getting sufficient live atoms in the foodto | | | | The patient should take an optimum diet made up |
| furnish them with a constant flow of needed | | | | of (i) seeds, nuts and grains, (ii) vegetables,and (iii) |
| energy. The habitual use of refined foods such | | | | fruits. Roughly, each food group should supply the |
| aswhite sugar, refined cereals and white four | | | | bulk of one of the three meals. |
| products as well as processed, tinned and | | | | Sprouting is an excellent way to eat seeds, beans |
| preservedfoods have a very bad effect on the | | | | and grains in raw form. Sprouting increasesthe |
| system in general. Foods 'denatured' in this way | | | | nutritional value of foods and many new vitamins |
| aredeprived, to a very great extent, of their | | | | are created or multiplied in seeds duringsprouting. |
| invaluable vitamins and minerals. Such foods lead | | | | The patient should supplement the three |
| tonervousness, tiredness, obesity and a host of | | | | health-building food groups with specialprotective |
| other complaints prevalent today. | | | | foods such as milk, high quality cold-pressed |
| Certain physical conditions can cause fatigue. | | | | unrefined vegetable oil and honey. |
| Anaemia is a very common ailment leading | | | | The patient should also take natural vitamin and |
| totiredness. It is known as 'tired blood' disturbance. | | | | mineral supplements as an effective |
| In anaemia, very little oxygen reaches thetissues | | | | assuranceagainst nutritional deficiencies, as such |
| with the result energy cannot be produced | | | | deficiencies have been found to be a factor in |
| normally. This causes constant tiredness | | | | fatigue. |
| andmental depression. Anaemia usually results | | | | Lack of pantothenic acid, B vitamin in particular, |
| from deficiencies of iron and vitamin B12. | | | | leads to extreme fatigue as deficiency of |
| Sometime deficiencies of vitamin B6 and folic acid | | | | thisvitamin is associated with exhaustion of the |
| are also involved. | | | | adrenal glands. |
| Insomnia or lack of sleep can be a cause of | | | | In fact the entire B-complex protect nerves and |
| torturing fatigue. Sleep induced by sleeping pills | | | | increases energy by helping to nourish andregulate |
| andother drugs does not banish fatigue. Intestinal | | | | glands. The vegetarian foods rich in vitamin B are |
| parasites can also lead to fatigue as they rob | | | | wheat and other whole grain cereals,green leafy |
| thebody of good nourishment and gorge | | | | vegetables, rice polishing, milk, nuts, banana, yeast, |
| themselves on rich red blood. Other ailments | | | | pulses and peas. |
| which cancause fatigue are low blood pressure, | | | | Minerals are also important. Potassium is especially |
| low blood sugar, any kind of infection in the body, | | | | needed for protection against fatigue. Rawgreen |
| liverdamage, a sluggish thyroid and allergy in foods | | | | vegetables are rich in this mineral. Calcium is |
| and drugs caused by additives including | | | | essential for relaxation and is beneficial incases of |
| artificialflavours, colours and preservatives. | | | | insomnia and tension both of which can lead to |
| Mental tension is one of the major causes of | | | | fatigue. Sodium and zinc are alsobeneficial in the |
| fatigue. A person who is tense and cannot | | | | treatment of fatigue. |
| relaxhas all the muscles of his body more or less | | | | Raw vegetable juices, especially carrot juice, |
| contracted. This leads to needless waste | | | | taken seperately or in combination with juices |
| ofunusually large amounts of energy. Food is | | | | ofbeets and cucumbers, is highly valuable in |
| continuously burnt, lactic acid accumulates | | | | overcoming fatigue. The formula |
| morerapidly than it can be carried to liver for | | | | proportionsconsidered helpful in the combination |
| conversion to body starch. Persons who are | | | | juice of 500 ml. are carrot 300 ml. and beet and |
| high-strung,nervous and irritable usually suffer | | | | cucumber |
| from this type of fatigue. | | | | 100 ml. each. |
| Treatment | | | | The patient should avoid depending for an energy |
| Nutritional measures are most vital in the | | | | lift, on crutches such as taking aspirin,tranquilizers |
| treatment of fatigue. Studies reveal that people | | | | and other drugs, drinking coffee or alcohol, |
| whoeat small mid-meals suffer less from fatigue | | | | smoking , eating some sugar or sweets. |
| and nervousness, think more clearly and are | | | | They give only a temporary boost and this is |
| moreefficient than those who eat only three | | | | soon followed by a downward plunge of |
| meals daily. These mid-meals should consist of | | | | energy,leaving a person worse than before. |
| fresh ordried fruits, fresh fruit or vegetable juices, | | | | |