Tired of Being Tired: Overcoming Chronic Fatigue and Low VitalityFrog Books, 1995 - 333 Seiten In Tired of Being Tired, Dr. Michael A. Schmidt describes in short, succinct chapters the many factors that contribute to fatigue and factors that affect mental clarity. This book will help you assemble the pieces of your own puzzle and develop a strategy to achieve peak energy that is unique to you. With this knowledge in hand, you can proceed to the basic strategies at the end of the book that boost energy and restore balance. Some of the diverse issues that are raised in this book include: - vitamin and mineral deficiencies that cause low energy - prescription drugs that cause fatigue - psychological triggers of fatigue and poor mental clarity - digestive problems that may point the body's energy system - environmental toxins and how to protect against them - laboratory tests to help solve the riddle of poor energy |
Inhalt
The Many Faces of Fatigue | 3 |
| 11 | |
Food and Fatigue | 25 |
| 39 | |
| 73 | |
Elevated Blood Fats | 81 |
How Those Extra Pounds May Cause Fatigue | 87 |
Thyroid and Adrenal Problems | 95 |
| 191 | |
Too Little or the Wrong Kind May Make You Tired | 197 |
Sleep and Rest | 203 |
Circumstantial Fatigue | 211 |
Depression Stress Beliefs and Optimism | 217 |
Motherhood and Fatigue | 233 |
Steps to Improved Energy | 239 |
Boosting Energy and Restoring Balance | 241 |
| 105 | |
| 111 | |
Posture and Body Mechanics | 125 |
| 135 | |
| 145 | |
| 161 | |
Cancer Heart Disease Lung Disease and Other Chronic Conditions | 169 |
Prescription Drugs That Make You Tired | 173 |
Tired or Toxic? | 179 |
| 251 | |
Breath and Energy | 257 |
Tests That Help Unravel the Mystery | 263 |
Questions You Might Ask | 277 |
| 287 | |
Appendix A | 291 |
Appendix B | 293 |
References | 295 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 305 - Primary fibromyalgia (fibrositis): Clinical study of 50 patients with matched normal controls.
Seite 306 - Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi DNA by polymerase chain reaction in synovial fluid from patients with Lyme arthritis.
Seite 162 - In this article, he points out that in 1941, only 40,000 units of penicillin per day for four days were required to cure pneumococcal pneumonia. "Today," says Neu, "a patient could receive 24 million units of penicillin a day and die of pneumococcal meningitis.
Seite 106 - Physical activity is one of the most important things you can do to improve your energy.
Seite 304 - Steere AC, Taylor E, McHugh GL, Logigian EL. The overdiagnosis of Lyme disease. JAMA 1993; 269:1812-1816.
Seite 306 - Steere AC, Taylor E, McHugh GL, Logigian EL: The overdiagnosis of Lyme disease. JAMA 269: 1812-1816, 1993.
Seite 42 - The eight essential amino acids are: isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan...