[tweetmeme source=”your_twitter_name” only_single=false http://www.URL.com] It’s 2:30 in the afternoon and your eyelids are trying to slam shut. You’re yawning, stretching and falling asleep at your desk. Repeat at 3:30, 4:30 etc… You dread waking up the next day because you know it’ll be hard to get out of bed and you know you’ll go through the same thing. So you drink an energy drink first thing, maybe right after breakfast. It peps you up for a little bit but soon you’re just as tired, if not more so, than the day before. How are you supposed to function like that?
Fatugue is one of the most common medical complaints. Every day millions of people suffer from this affliction and they don’t know how to fix it. They don’t know where it comes from. They get fed up and go to the doctor who prescribes them some uppers or anti-depressants in the hopes that the fatigue might magically dissapear. But it never does. As soon as a person stops using the drugs or energy drinks, the fatigue returns like a creepy stalker. Too bad there’s no such thing as a restraining order for medical maladies!
When we get super stressed out, eat the wrong foods, don’t get the right amount of sleep etc, etc… our bodies use up our B vitamins that keep us going. After a little while it can feel like you’re running on empty. This is called Adrenal Fatigue.
The main purpose of your adrenals is to enable your body to deal with stress from every possible source, ranging from injury and disease to work and relationship problems. They largely determine the energy of your body’s responses to every change in your internal and external environment. Whether they signal attack, retreat or surrender, every cell responds accordingly, and you feel the results. It is through the actions of the adrenal hormones that your body is able to mobilize its resources to escape or fight off danger (stress) and survive. In a more primitive society that would mean being able to run away quickly, fight or pursue an enemy or game, endure long periods of physical challenge and deprivation, and store up physical reserves when they are available. In modern society, these same responses are triggered by such circumstances as a difficult boss, air pollution, family quarrels, financial problems, too little sleep (see Related Health Conditions – Sleep Disruptions)*, illness (see Related Health Conditions – Chronic Infections)* and overindulgence in or sensitivities to food (see Related Health Conditions – Allergies)* or drugs (see Related Health Conditions – Alcoholism and Addictions).* If your adrenal function is low, as it is in adrenal fatigue, your body has difficulty responding and adapting properly to these stresses.* This can lead to a variety of physical and psychological health problems that are themselves a further source of stress.*
via: adrenalfatigue.org
B vitamins are your stress vitamins, they feed everything in your body from your liver to your brain, adrenals to your skin.
According to Wiki:
The B vitamins may be necessary in order to:
- Support and increase the rate of metabolism
- Maintain healthy skin and muscle tone
- Enhance immune and nervous system function
- Promote cell growth and division, including that of the red blood cells that help prevent anemia
- Reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer, one of the most lethal forms of cancer[1], when consumed in food, but not when ingested in vitamin tablet form.[2][3]
All B vitamins are water-soluble, and are dispersed throughout the body. Most of the B vitamins must be replenished regularly, since any excess is excreted in the urine.[4]
The sad part is that we don’t get enough B’s out of our western diets. B’s are mostly found in whole grains, yeasts and meat products like liver, turkey, and tuna. Since many of us tend to eat processed flours and sugars, we really don’t get enough B’s to keep us going. So what on earth are we going to do about it? Usually when a customer comes in to the store and asks me, “If you could only sell one product what would it be?” or “If you were stuck on a desert island with one vitamin, what would it be?”
Every single time I have the same answer: a B-complex 50 or higher. My number 1 favorite? Our very own DC brand B-Complex 100. It’s allergen free so those of us with food allergies can eat ’em up too!
You know what to do: 208-522-6964 or 159 S. Corner Ave, Idaho Falls.
❤ Sarah
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*Note: I’m not a doctor. This is not medical advice, nor is it a prescription. If you’re sick or starting a new vitamin regimine, talk to your doctor.
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