1)Pace Yourself
Rather than depending on big meals, which divert blood flow to the digestive tract and, in turn, make you feel sleepy, eat several smaller meals throughout the day. Especially avoid large meals at bedtime. Your body will spend the night processing food rather than healing and repairing tissue.
Eating meals too fast can also send the body into a stress response. Our bodies are not designed to take in a lot of food quickly. So the food just sits there in your stomach, the enzymatic activity in your entire gut stalls, and you lose more energy.
2)Focus on Digestion
When you look at a juicy mango and feel your mouth start to water, it’s a reminder that your digestive system works more efficiently when you’re focusing on your meal rather than on the TV or the newspaper.Our awareness of the meal increases our metabolism of the meal.
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3)Ditch the Caffeine
Relying on caffeine to fill the energy gap just makes matters worse. Caffeine produces energy by stimulating your central nervous system. Not only can excessive caffeine intake overwork your glandular system, it can also quickly deplete vitamins B and C, magnesium, and several microminerals.
4)Respect Your Endocrine System
Eating a balanced diet supports your entire endocrine (glandular) system by keeping your hormones balanced. Your hormones are directly connected to what you put in your mouth, and they profoundly impact your metabolism and available energy. Eating sugary, starchy, processed foods drains your energy by increasing insulin and cortisol, he notes. Eating unhealthy fats and drinking too much alcohol can destabilize your energy by creating excess estrogen and other hormones.
Along with insulin and cortisol, your thyroid hormone is one of the big-three hormones that control metabolism and weight.
5)Supplement Wisely
While experts disagree about the role of supplements in supporting energy metabolism, most agree that getting inadequate nutrition is a surefire way to compromise energy and vitality. If you’re low on energy because you have a vitamin or mineral deficiency, you may benefit from taking a multivitamin, B vitamins, essential fatty acids, supergreens supplements, digestive enzymes, amino acids, or other supplements recommended by your nutrition or healthcare adviser. But for maintaining balanced energy and overall health, nothing can beat the effectiveness of eating whole foods that are as close to nature as possible.
