Ways to Stay Healthy: How to Manage Caregivers Stress

There are ways to stay healthy and manage a caregivers stress. Learning how to keep healthy is not as complicated as the media and food industry would like it to be. In fact, it is actually quite simple.
It is possible that you are feeling overwhelmed or anxious about all that needs to get done and that is creating more stress in your life.

You may have some knowledge about how to maintain your health but when you are suddenly confronted with an overload of caregiving tasks, coupled with work. Where do you find the energy or the time to learn more?

Unfortunately, 49% of all caregivers in the U.S. are also employed full time which leaves very little time to care for yourself. Working full time and caring for someone else can throw you off balance and leave you feeling fatigued. You may find yourself reaching for a quick fix just to increase your energy temporarily.
What causes low energy? What is energy? Energy is defines as the ability to do work and work is defined as moving something against a force like gravity...

There are many different kinds of energy in the universe but here we will be talking about metabolic energy - energy that comes from our food.

Modern nutrition does not consider or preserve the quality of our food. In fact, what it does do is divides food into parts and disregards the food as a whole.

Nutrition is not complicated. In fact, it is simple, quick and easy to understand. Here are 4 helpful tips you should know to increase energy when you, the caregiver needs it the most.

First, drink a full glass of room temperature water every morning. Many people take their last drink at dinner. For most, 12 hours or more could have passed. Your body is thirsty - hydrate it.

Second, eat more vegetables. Vegetables are the food missing most from the average American diet but contains the most energy. Especially, leafy greens.

Third, eat less or no fast food. The most commonly consumed vegetable products in America are French fries, potato chips and ketchup.

Fourth, stop eating sugar all day. Soda will actually rob you of energy, not give you more. If you are craving sugar try substituting white processed sugar with natural sugars such as a sweet potatoes or honey.

People need to simply eat more vegetables, eat more whole foods, drink more water, eat less or no fast food, drink less or no soda and stop eating sugar all day. If you follow these guidelines you will feel lighter and more energized throughout the day.

My mission in life is to help caregivers understand that fatigue is optional and there are ways to overcome it. You are in the midst of a major crisis and need as much energy as possible. You must learn what to eat and where to find the energy so you stay as healthy as possible.

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