wat are good simply energy foods im 29 and always tired in the afternoon and evening?

Question

i work during the day do football training tuesday and thursday and play saturday but always find myself tired mayb i aint eating the right foods

Answer 1

If you go to the article about low blood sugar at www.hufa.com, it may help you to understand why you are always tired. You may not be eating the right foods, or you may just be needing in between meal healthy snacks to keep your blood sugar at the right level for your level of activities.

Answer 2

Diets normally the key to this, if your eating much in the way of ready-meals change to more real foods. Lightly salted fresh chicken breast is a fantastic choice meat-wise, I used to work out 6 hours a day fanatically and lived off this stuff. A lemon sauce over the top if necessary, a few boiled new potatoes, and some peas, carrots or runner beans as a side and your doing well. This ALL has to be fresh though, as the preservatives chemically react with the natural goodness in the foods, and being preservatives they do just that so cannot be digested properly. Obviously you want a couple of bits of fruit in the day too, and don't completly deprive yourself of anything, just use common sense. Within a week you'll really notice the difference in your energy levels. Remember this is the sort of diet that used to allow cavemen to outrun the sabretooth tiger.

Answer 3

Hi start the day with porridge oats semi skimmed milk a banana cut up on top & some honey all these are energy boosters
Stay off caffiene as it gives you a quick fix , the longer you stay of tea coffee cola choc etc the better!!
Drink plenty of water as this is good for you to ger rid of toxins in the blood!
Try drinking fresh orange with some glucose added when you are going to play sports this will give you some energy too!!
Don't eat stodgy foods such as pies or fried foods eat healthy wholemeal bread or granary and have salads , jacket potato , lean meats such as turkey or chicken also fresh fish .
I hope this helps even if only a little , good luck

Answer 4

Physically a human does not need 8-9 hours sleep it is too Much This is the beginning of the cycle you have started for being lazy it is not a medical problem it is your drive of lack of self motivation. Don't worry I went through it myself. You can not look for external answers to make your own decisions. Your cells will go into over drive when you over sleep and you will feel lazy and lethargic as a result so stop. You will need to have a focus, let's say on your nursing interview. Start to get up at a reasonably early time in the mornings and no matter what do it consistently. Go to bed at the same time each day. Use the time to have to keep practically active. You can get a lot more stuff done when you effectively manage your time. Drink 500ml/1 Pint water every time before you sleep and when you get up 20 minutes before you clean your teeth. This is a medical proven fact to help assist you. After 7 days at least you will have a routine and start to feel better but you must force yourself to get into the routine.

Answer 5

It sounds like you get a steady supply of exercise, so you could try a cat nap every afternoon... rest is very important, and since you feel the worst in the afternoons & evenings, try cat naps at lunch time after eating a healthy lunch. (hope you have an hour lunch break) Or rest upon arriving at home for an hour.

It woudln't hurt to learn the values of food...lots of good books on this issue alone.

And drink lots of water since you are so active, because dehydration causes fatigue.

Rest and water will keep you young longer too.

You really don't need expensive substitutes for rest and water.

Answer 6

There's a lot of reasons you could be feeling tired, so i wouldn't go jumping to diabetic conclusions just yet. Many people find they have this problem and there are many different potential causes such as, lack of sleep, dehydration, sugar lows (not helped at all by high carb lunches) poor posture, amongst many others, so by all means get checked over by your GP but try not to pay too much attention to the doom and gloom mongers on here that would put you into an early grave with their conclusion jumping diagnosis!

Answer 7

Could be lack of iron, if so try eating more meat and lentils, pate spread, liver, raisins. Also good for energy is honey on toast, banana, nuts, pasta, Henz baked bean in tomato (dander's eat them all the time!) Good luck!

Answer 8

You could be lack of iron too, I used to feel tired all the time when I read of iron I took some just for a month and felt much better

Answer 9

First of all from British Chemists, you can get Pro Plus for energy, they contain caffeine. Energy foods include dates, apricots, prunes.cereals, fruit and vegetables

Answer 10

Hemp seeds (toasted or in snack bars) are fantastic for natural energy boosts. They will not make you high as they are treated to remove the T.H.C.

Also Pumpkin Seeds, Sunflower Seeds, and Spirulina are fantastic.