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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | Natural Ways to Get Back Your Energy
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | Natural Ways to Get Back Your Energy
Recently someone asked me for advice about dealing with chronic fatigue syndrome. Their doctor had told them to avoid most fruits and vegetables and they were feeling confused as their body was craving these foods.
Now I don’t mean to offend anyone’s beliefs but I will say that a lot of times the doctor’s advice is the exact OPPOSITE of you should be doing. I don’t think avoiding fruits and vegetables is going to help at all!
Maximise Energy Efficiency in the Body
Let’s take a look at energy in the body.
Fresh fruits and vegetables have high amounts of phytonutrients, vitamins, minerals and electrical force that actually give the body energy. The digestive process uses a lot of energy – so eating things like fruit that is easy to digest and high in nutrition is a great way to conserve energy.
Think about how it makes you feel when you eat something heavy. I can work out hard for 45 minutes and still have energy, but after I eat a big, heavy meal I feel absolutely exhausted.
Troubleshooting Chronic Fatigue
Something that’s worth ruling out first is that maybe you have a caloric issue rather than chronic fatigue. Maybe you’re not meeting your daily caloric needs with the right kind of foods that are going to supply you with energy.
Bananas, strawberries, papayas, mangoes… fruit is what you really need to start eating to clean the digestive system. Fruits are one of the greatest detoxifiers! They will help detox your kidneys and potentially even the adrenal glands and that will start to get you back to a place of health.
Vegetables are also really beneficial. They are very alkalising. Being too acidic affects the adrenal glands and pretty much everything in the body. Having lots of vegetables like cucumber, celery and spinach in the form of juices, smoothies or big salads are absolutely fantastic to give you energy and alkalise your body.
So I would definitely recommend a high fruit and vegetable diet to get you back to having lots of energy and feeling good. But my biggest tip is to make sure you are calorically satiating yourself.
A lot of people will eat a couple of bananas and a salad then they’re full because their stomach is a little bit full (for a minute!) but calorically they’re highly deficient. As you transition to this kind of nutrient dense, low calorie food you will need to train yourself to start eating more volume to get the calories in.
I promise you, in 3 to 4 weeks or it might even be a couple of months (depending on the level of detox you need) you WILL start having incredible levels of energy that you’ve never had before.
Reset Your System and Say Good-bye to Adrenal Fatigue
Now, if the low energy is due to something happening in your neuroendocrine system and you are suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome then I recommend an extended fast.
You can fast on either water or juices. Water will be more effective, but it will be tough. On juices you’ll feel better and can do a lot more of your normal daily things and the process is still quite effective. Either way you will need to fast typically from 10 to 14 days.
If your condition is super chronic – as in almost degenerative – I would say you need to do 21 to 30 days on juices or water. (Water fasts should always be supervised if you are doing longer than 7 days.)
When you’re juice fasting, you may get to a point where you don’t feel like having anymore juice and just prefer water. If this happens then go with that until you start wanting to have juices again. Learn to tune in and listen to your body!
Plato, Socrates, Pythagoras, Hippocrates and Paracelsus were all proponents for extended fasting. They knew that in a 10 to 14 day period, the body resets itself. Your entire neuroendocrine system is reset! As a result the glands begin to work the way they should, digestion starts to function properly, energy comes back… all these systems have time to detox and you come out of it literally like you’re reborn.
A Healthy Diet to Give You Energy
After the fast I’d recommend you begin a high caloric intake of fresh fruits (first), then vegetables, nuts, and seeds. With all your systems reset after the fast you’ll really be able to process these foods properly and as a result you’ll feel absolutely fantastic.
Focus more on fruit and vegetables, but having a variety of nuts and seeds and even grains (sprouted is best) is important because these foods have other nutrients that our body requires. Grains soaked, sprouted or germinated are one of the healthiest foods on the planet.
A lot of diseases and problems with digestion are coming from the things that are sprayed onto grains like pesticides. By soaking, rinsing and germinating grains you remove any toxicity and get access to the life force and amazing array of nutrients that they contain.
From experience, I know that if someone is suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, then the absolutely best thing for them to do is a fast (and rest). It’s the ultimate way to reset your system and start getting your energy back.
Thanks for reading!
