Making healthy lifestyle changes can significantly boost your energy in time for the shorter days of fall ahead. Here are some tips to boost your energy: 

 

1. Eat Regular, Balanced Meals – Skipping meals or consuming drinks high in easily absorbed sugars can lead to energy crashes. Regular meals that include vegetables/fruit, protein, and complex carbohydrates (whole grains) offer your body more consistent energy.

2. Add A Salad or Foods Rich in Vitamin C to Your Meal – The iron found in protein sources like steak or chicken is easily absorbed by your body, but the iron in plants like spinach, legumes and soybean is not as easily absorbed. The solution is easy - add vitamin C to your meal. Vitamin C helps your body absorb iron. Salads can be a great source of vitamin C. Tomatoes, bell peppers, and even the lemon juice in a homemade salad dressing are sources of vitamin C. For those with low iron levels, we’re here to supplement you with gentle NBTY Iron Plus.

3. Drink More Water – Dehydration can make you feel fatigued. Keep a water bottle on hand and drink plenty of water throughout the day.

4. Take Movement Breaks – A brisk walk or some stretching can be great ways to make you feel more awake, particularly if you have a sedentary job.

5. Optimize Sleep Time – Create a relaxing bedtime routine and a dark, quiet bedroom. Establishing a consistent sleep schedule can help you get the sleep you need to feel energized.

6. Fuel Up – Your body needs B vitamins to create energy. Beans, lentils, fish, meat, spinach, kale, nuts, and seeds are sources of B vitamins. If you need a little help getting enough B vitamins into your day, there’s Nature’s Bounty B Complex or Nature’s Bounty Vitamin B12 Gummies.