Feeling sluggish? Can’t think straight? You’re in good company. More than 50% of American women ages 18 to 49 complain of tiredness and a lack of energy, according to a recent survey.
Stress saps your energy, and who isn’t feeling stress these days?
The good news: these natural remedies can help you get your physical and mental energy levels back—in spades!
Try these:
Rhodiolafor stamina: This Russian wonder is getting huge attention these days for its abilities combat depression, promote weight loss and even kill cancer cells.
Now Armenian research on night-duty doctors proves rhodiola rosea reduces by 50% the mental fatigue that goes hand-in-hand with long work hours. In one Russian study, rhodiola relieved fatigue, lethargy, headaches and memory and concentration problems in 64% of the people who took 50 mg three times a day for as little as ten days.
Another team of Russian scientists found that athletes performed 28% better with rhodiola.
Rhodiola apparently works on key nervous system chemicals called monoamines, like dopamine and serotonin. Imbalances of monoamines is thought to be involved in chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and seasonal affective disorder.
Your energy boosting dosage: 100-300 mg. daily taken on an empty stomach. Look for a product standardized to at least 2% rosavin.
NADH for full-tilt energy: Georgetown University researchers found that subjects who took found that 31 percent of the patients who took a stabilized form of the coenzyme NADH (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), supplement achieved improvement for the symptoms of CFS, compared to only 8 percent of the subjects who took a placebo. Other research suggests it helps repair damaged DNA, slowing the aging process.
This coenzyme helps make several brain chemicals including norepinephrine and epinephrine, which are involved in making making more energy at the cellular level.
Your doctor-approved dosage: Take up to 5 mg. in the morning on an empty stomach. Consider alternating NADH with another energy booster every couple of weeks, since your body can become tolerant to its effects.
Ginseng to rev you up: Ginseng can be confusing since there are two main types—eleuthero or Siberian ginseng and panax or Korean ginseng. The good news: Both are excellent pick-me-ups!
Eleuthero ginseng has several compounds that certainly have anti-stress benefits and panax ginseng has been shown to enhance glucose metabolism, increasing energy production in the cells.
The scientific world is just beginning to investigate Siberian ginseng—since Russian research shows how well it works to combat both physical and mental fatigue. University of Iowa research confirms that supercharging power, helping people with moderate fatigue of unknown cause to pep up in lose the eight weeks or less.
This wonder herb has been shown to improve the function of the central nervous and neuroendocrine systems, metabolism of carbohydrates and fats and improve cardiovascular and immune system efficiency.
Supercharge your system with: Up to 750 mg. of panax and up to 650 mg. of Siberian ginseng daily. Like rhodiola, ginseng seems to lose its effect if you take it for too long, so alternate it with something else, like rhodiola, every couple of weeks.
Feeling sluggish? Can’t think straight? You’re in good company. More than 50% of American women ages 18 to 49 complain of tiredness and a lack of energy, according to a recent survey.
