Are you exhausted from excessive demands at work? Be careful... You could be hurtling towards a burnout without even knowing it. This is a two-part post. Once you're finished with this one, be sure to click here for part 2! Much like adrenal fatigue, burnout and chronic fatigue syndrome have a lot of overlap. And the symptoms you experience in … [Read more...]
Do you find yourself feeling fatigued, flat, or irritable? Or, maybe you feel that any time you have to focus, concentrate, or remember something it's like your brain is moving through molasses? Welcome to the world of brain fog. In medical literature, brain fog is referred to as a clouding of consciousness. (1) Brain fog is almost always … [Read more...]
Fat is where it's at. Or so say the keto diet adherents. But are fats really healthy for you? And if they are, which fats should you be eating? If you're part of the baby boomer generation, then you will have grown up with the adage that fat is bad. Avoid eggs and butter because they'll clog your arteries and give you a heart attack. But if … [Read more...]
Are your chronically low levels of energy due to adrenal fatigue or chronic fatigue? How can you tell the difference? Aren't they the same condition? Think of adrenal fatigue (AF) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) as two separate but overlapping circles - like the ones found in a Venn diagram. CFS and AF may be two separate conditions. But … [Read more...]
Could your chronic fatigue and other strange symptoms be caused by old dental fillings made from mercury amalgam? In conventional medical settings, mercury toxicity is underdiagnosed and rarely (if ever) treated. In alternative medicine circles, mercury toxicity is diagnosed for just about every strange cluster of symptoms. The truth about mercury … [Read more...]
Some days it feels like you have the energy to conquer the world. Other days you can hardly get yourself out of bed. What's going on? Why does your body come equipped with fatigue? Your body creates energy from its environment. It's a rather remarkable process. Just like plants absorb sunlight and turn it into energy through photosynthesis, … [Read more...]
One of the more insidious causes of fatigue could be the prescription medication you're taking! That prescription your doctor wrote to you, to help improve symptom ABC, could actually be a sneaky cause of fatigue. While the effect of most medications is overwhelmingly positive, there are unwanted side-effects - like fatigue - found in some of the … [Read more...]
Is it possible to lose weight without losing energy? Not if you're following a traditional diet. Diets that tell you to eat less and move more not only result in fatigue, but they don't help you lose weight! The reason you can't lose weight without fatigue is that there's more to the story than calories... Cutting calories won't help you lose … [Read more...]