How To Increase Your Energy Levels Naturally

We all need energy to accomplish tasks at work and the activities that we enjoy. There are plenty of pills and potions that tout an ability to increase your energy levels, but they may not be natural. This can cause drastic health problems. There are ways to increase your energy levels naturally!

1. Drink Water

When your body gets dehydrated, it can leave you feeling drained. Don’t worry about following the “eight glasses a day” recommendation. However, you do want to drink enough to keep you body hydrated. A good indicator of dehydration is dark colored urine. If your urine is light-colored, it is unlikely that you are dehydrated.

Drink water when you are thirsty. Aim to have a drink of water every few hours.

2. Get Moving

Exercise invigorates the body. It is a natural energy booster. As you exercise, oxygen-rich blood circulates to your heart, muscles and brain. Schedule regular exercise into your day even if it is only 10 minutes at a time. This will keep your energy levels high.

Stand up and move around whenever you have the chance. Find an excuse to leave your desk and run an errand or use the restroom. You’ll come back to work a bit more energized and focused.

3. Get Sunshine

The sun provides us with vitamin D. It has been shown to enhance your mood, memory and your own ability to absorb new information. Sunshine also has been known to improve self-esteem.

Get outside on your lunch break and walk around a bit. You’ll feel better in the natural environment, your body will create the much-needed vitamin D, and you’ll get energized.

4. Reduce Stress

Stress can result from busy lifestyles. It typically manifests in anxious thoughts, overwhelmed feelings and an inability to concentrate. Feeling stressed is also linked to tiredness.

You may not be able to completely remove sources of stress, but you can minimize lifestyle stress. Take some time for yourself to relax, read or go for a walk.

Mindfulness and meditation techniques also help to combat stress. Many people report feeling more energized after yoga or meditation.

5. Eat a Nutritious Diet

Foods will deplete your energy levels. While your body does need fuel to keep going, many of our modern foods deplete the nutrients in our bodies because they are deficient in nutrition.

Select whole, nutritious foods, such as meat, vegetables and fruits. Avoid eating processed foods and foods high in sugar. These will affect your energy levels.

Try not to skip meals as this may cause you to miss out on necessary nutrients.

6. Avoid Sugar

It is always tempting to indulge in the donuts that your co-worker brought as a treat. However, that treat will deplete your magnesium levels and zap your energy. The short-term energy boost wears off fast.

Foods high in sugar spike your blood sugar. The body then needs to release large amounts of insulin to bring the blood sugar back down.

The blood sugar spike is what creates the rush of energy. It is followed by a slump of energy because your body needs to use its magnesium reserves to process the sugar.

Large amounts of sugar also put you at risk for diabetes, heart disease and obesity. Therefore, it is good for everyone to avoid too much sugar.

 

7. Supplement with Magnesium

Modern agriculture has depleted soils of the essential element, magnesium. Most Americans are magnesium deficient. When you have a magnesium deficiency, your heart beats faster. It requires more energy to get things done.

A deficiency in magnesium will leave you feeling physically exhausted most of the time. One natural source of magnesium is fish. Eating more fish can help you address your magnesium deficiency.

Other methods of countering a magnesium deficiency include taking Epsom salt baths, supplementing with 350 milligrams per day, and eating organic vegetables.

8.

Meditate

Yoga is a great way to reduce fatigue. The Savasana pose (also known as the corpse pose) is highly beneficial in eliminating fatigue. Savasana pose is usually done at the end of a yoga session. It looks like a quiet nap on the floor. However, you are conscious and restoring your energy.

As you lay awake and conscious, focus on slowing down your breathing. Make sure that you are allowing the air to flow in and out of your nasal passages. (See Buteyko Breathing technique)

These methods of increasing your energy levels can be incorporated throughout the day to ensure that you have high energy levels. None of them take up too much time or money, so you can start incorporating these energy boosters today!

19 thoughts on “How To Increase Your Energy Levels Naturally”

  1. Hello Melinda, you are spot on again on this article concerning how to increase energy levels naturally. Exercising by running is a good way to maintain the muscles and to keep fit. Eating healthily is also spot on because one call only get fit and agile when there is the right supply of nutrients that are of benefits to the body. I never knew that meditating too can also be of great help to. Coupled with my foregrounded knowledge and the ones I was able to cop from this post, I’m very sure I’d do well to incorporate these into my daily routines. Cheers

  2. Hello Melinda, thank you for a very good post here on how to increase energy levels. I think that I should try your tips here though I take exercise at regular intervals, I think i should meditate but that’ll mean I have to join a class. Also I think I should learn to go out in the sun too but I have to ask, there’s something I hear about the sun causing skin cancer, what’s your take on that in relation to giving is vitamin d.

  3. A great article emphasizing the fact that the best solution to low energy levels is definitely not so-called energy drinks which are full of sugar and worse. I find that if I’m feeling lethargic the one best thing I can do is to do some exercise: just ten minutes of walking is enough to make me feel a hundred times more energetic and focussed. Keeping hydrated is also really important. I’ve recently added a mix of milled flax seeds, hemp seeds and chia seeds to my morning cereal to boost my magnesium levels and I think that’s been beneficial too, as it is also a great natural source of omega-3. Thanks for an informative article.

  4. The importance of water for our energy levels cannot be ignored. I tend to drink water when I am only thirsty, but I am learning to take it even when I am not. It is very interesting to learn that sunshine enhances the mood. I have never thought of this.

    I like the idea of minimizing stress by doing simple things like taking a break and relaxing or just going for a walk. You have summarized very practical activities that can be done and the good thing is that they are all natural.

    Thank you for this insightful article.

  5. Oh I think this is everything I would need to lead a healthy life here. I like the fact that you can give out this information because a lot of people suddenly feel so weak for no good reason. I also do have that feeling sometimes but I take some energy drinks and pain relief too.  This are very good natural ways to deal with this problem. I do not take that supplement but I will try to get it too. Thanks!

  6. Hello Melinda, thanks for sharing such useful post. I love these tips you have given here as to how one can increase their level of energy. I’ll love to talk about the feeding aspect. Most people don’t understand the importance of eating, not just eating  this time, but eating good food. The body system require so particular diet to keep it functioning very well. If they do not get these substance they produce energy on their own and when this continues, the body begins to weaken.

  7. Thank you for sharing the tips on how to naturally increase my energy. I am trying to cut down on coffee because it is making me jittery and a lot of caffeine is not good for me anyway. 

    Get sunshine is a good tip, I often forget that the sun naturally wake me up. I guess starting tomorrow I am gonna take a walk in the sun 🙂

    Sugar is the hard one for me, I do not think I can cut it completely but I think I can cut it down. 

    1. You definitely can do it if you put your mind to it. Start with a walk in the sun. You’ll discover it is very invigorating. Our weather is cloudy tomorrow, but I can’t wait until the end of the week to get some good sunshine. 

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  9. Hey, I enjoy a lot while reading your guide to increase our energy level. Now I know that the sun provides us with vitamin D. It has been shown to enhance your mood, memory and your own ability to absorb new information. Get sunshine is a good tip, I often forget that the sun naturally wake me up. I guess starting tomorrow I am gonna take a walk in the sun. Thanks for sharing such useful suggestions.

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  11. Hello,thank you for a very good post here on how to increase energy levels. The importance of water for our energy levels cannot be ignored. I tend to drink water when I am only thirsty, but I am learning even when I am not. It is very interesting to learn that sunshine enhances the mood. I hear about the sun causing skin cancer, what’s your take on that in relation to giving is vitamin d. Thanks for shairng.

  12. Your tips and suggestion are very helpful for me. I’ve recently added a mix of milled flax seeds, hemp seeds and chia seeds to my morning cereal to boost my magnesium levels and I think that’s been beneficial too. I like the idea of minimizing stress by doing simple things like taking a break and relaxing or just going for a walk. You are doing a grate work for everyone to remain with full of energy.

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