Fatigue and nutrition (part I)

Fatigue can correspond to many pathologies, so it is important to talk to your doctor, but in many cases people suffer from fatigue because they eat poorly. Food balance is fundamental, especially when you are subject to daily stress.

Proteins such as meat, fish, eggs, dairy products must be ingested in well-balanced proportions. Carbohydrates such as bread, foods rich in starch, farinaceous and lipids. If these three components are not ingested in a balanced way, they can lead to serious problems over time.

The nutritional imbalance can be the origin of several fatiguing diseases such as: diarrhea or constipation, swelling of the abdomen, feeling of heaviness and abdominal pain, lumbar pain, chest pain that disturb the physical and nervous balance.

fatigue may be due to poor distribution of meals throughout the day. A non-existent breakfast prepares for hypoglycaemia. A meal that is too heavy at lunch makes you sleepy and if you eat it at night it makes you sleepy. You have to eat smart.

It is necessary not to fall into either excesses or shortages. Excess protein disturbs digestion and causes fatigue, but a lack also causes fatigue as the body weakens. The same happens with sugars when there is excess or deficiency.

A prolonged lack of vitamin B1 can cause digestive problems such as diarrhea or nervous problems such as depression. Important sources are wheat germ, whole grains, nuts, egg yolk, milk and its derivatives, pork. This vitamin is destroyed by coffee, alcohol and the contraceptive pill.

If a person is subject to stress, vitamin B2 is essential, its lack causes fatigue. You can find this vitamin in yeast, animal livers, cheese, fatty fish, oleaginous fruits, egg yolk. This vitamin is destroyed by alcohol and the contraceptive pill.

Vitamin B5 is essential in metabolism. transforms lipids and carbohydrates into energy. Develops all immune defenses, participating in the synthesis of antibodies. Participates in the formation of adrenal hormones. Found in cabbage, honey, milk, egg, soybean, tomato, sunflower, beef, poultry, cereals, spinach, brewer’s yeast.

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