Overcame Chronic Fatigue & You Can To
My name is Jennifer Marks and twenty plus years ago I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue. My journey of healing the extreme fatigue and being tired all the time has been an extensive and very informative adventure in which I studied health and nutrition by becoming a Registered Nurse, Registered Holistic Nutritionist, and Yoga Teacher.
It brought me to the alternative therapy world where I practiced Reiki, Esoteric Healing, and Meditation. All this knowledge I received from these courses I would like to share with you!
Before it became so tired that it was hard for me to even get out of bed, I never concerned myself with nutrition. This all changed when I took a theory class in nursing and I saw the word tiredness and poor nutrition appearing as symptoms of diseases that we were studying.
It was then that it clicked and I realized that my health problems of always tired and extreme tiredness were a symptom of something else and not a disease at all. Right at that moment I became passionate about having proper nutrition in my life and I started to read all the articles and books that I could get my hands on about the subject.
Extreme Fatigue Help: Using Proper Nutrition
Upon reaching my ultimate goal of overcoming Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, the first thing I needed to do was to change my nutritional habits.
Everyday foods are rich in natural energy and extremely useful for alleviating fatigue. The first step in changing my nutritional habits was to drink more water, between six to eight glasses a day. I started doing this after learning that water keeps the cells healthy by flushing out toxins from the body while fighting off viral attacks.
Another big change in my diet was eating less sugary foods. In previous years I thought that sugar in my diet would help increase my energy “sugar high”, but instead created a “post sugar fatigue,” and found I had more energy when sugar was eliminated from my diet. The reason for this is that sugar robs the body and brain of all water-soluble vitamins and minerals that gives the cells their energy. This also held true for coffee and I felt energy more so after drinking a cup of green tea.
I slowly tested and introduced new foods into my diet. Here’s a list of energy rich foods:
1. Fresh fruits and herbs
2. Easily digestible vegetables: the ones that grow above the earth because they are closer to the sun and are considered to be more energizing than those foods that grow below the ground, except for carrots and beets.
3. Yogurt, fresh milk, and butter
4. Beans, grains, and nuts (breads, pastas, rice, barley, and almonds).
5. Honey, raisons, dates, olive oil, and figs.
You need to decrease gradually the number of meals you make with foods that deplete your energy like:
· Red meat, including beef, pork, and veal
· Vegetables that grow under ground like onions and potatoes, except for carrots and beets.
· Pickled or smoked foods
· Aged or sour cheeses (swiss and cheddar)
Do this gradually, one food at a time, so you can keep track of how you are feeling after meal times. This was when I found journal writing to be extremely beneficial for me, which helped me to observe and take note of how foods affected my energy.
Keep in mind, as well, that raw vegetables tend to be harder to digest and are better eaten at lunch time, so the body’s digestive system has a chance to digest the foods and keep dinner time for more cooked vegetables. By making these simple changes in my diet my energy started to increase and gradually I didn’t feel tired after eating and require as many naps after lunch time.
Nutrition Is One Key To Fight Extreme Fatigue
Nutrition is just one of the twelve ingredients that I did to fight fatigue which I talk about in my book Better Than A Double Espresso: 12 Things You Can Do To Relieve Stress & Feeling Tired, which will be published soon. And I Talk a lot more on Nutrition in my first book called Waking Up The Dead: Healing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
“Every day in every way things are getting better and better.” Emile Coue
