By daniel meinke
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November 8, 2024
Top 10 reasons your Body may feel Weak and Heavy,, And What to Do About It! 1. Sleep Deprivation Based on the American Academy of Sleep Medicine: Healthy adults need 7 to 9 hours of rest each night. Most Americans get 7 or less hours of sleep, increasing the risk of developing chronic disease. TIP: If you get less than seven hours per night of sleep and your fatigued, try optimizing your sleep: go to bed earlier, avoid screens 1 to 2 hours before bed, and have a cool and dark bedroom without electronics/phones. To invest in your sleep environment for the rest of your life, we recommend and use ourselves and for our children the magnetico sleep pad system, which detoxifies the body of heavy metals while immersing you in a protective magnetic field just like the Earth's field. Use Coupon Code HEALTH15 for 15% off your Magnetico System. 2. Lack of Exercise Activity is vital to maintaining your energy levels. Exercising helps you produce mitochondria, little engines in the cells of your body that convert oxygen and food into energy. The more mitochondria your body has the more energetic you are. Tip: To increase opportunities for exercise it helps to increase sleep quality at night which increases your energy capacity for workouts (See #1 above). 3. Dehydration Weakness and fatigue are both common signs from dehydration. Researchers show that this is caused by a decrease in the blood volume of your body when you're dehydrated. If you're not getting enough blood flow, your blood pressure may fall, which makes it difficult for oxygen and nutrients to get to body parts. Tip : About 20% of our water comes from food , the remainder you can drink. Alcohol and coffee dehydrate the body and strip us of minerals, so limit these choices and try adding electrolytes or sea salt to a glass of water in the morning instead. 4. Poor Diet The energy level of our bodies is linked to the foods we eat. Daily consumption of processed and sugary foods will cause us to feel exhausted/bloated, or give us that "heavy feeling in my stomach". Instead, you can opt to have sugary and processed foods as a treat a few times a week, or after your workout when your body is primed for glucose intake. As we know having fruits and vegetables, lean proteins, and whole food fats are great for us. 5. Stress Stress in the workplace is on the rise according to a new study from the American Psychological Association. The stress of money and relationships, work, and many other issues in life can drain your energy levels and cause your body to feel heavy, tired, and sad. There are many ways to deal with stress. We recommend venting your emotions,, such as punching a pillow, meditation/deep breathing, exercise, sunlight/time in the trees, and empowering yourself to believe some of your life stressors will make you stronger in the end. 6. Anemia Anemia is a condition when your body fails to produce enough red blood cells to carry oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues. Insufficient oxygen to organs and tissues causes your body to feel fatigued and heavy, leads to migraines, menstrual issues, dizziness, nausea, and heart palpitations or atrial fibrillation (A-Fib). Anemia typically occurs due to an iron dysregulation, which can be affected by low copper levels. Illnesses and various deficiencies can also trigger anemias. In addition to mineral and B vitamin anemias, oxygen and ozone therapy increase oxygen utilization while you work to find the cause of your anemia. 7. Insulin Resistance Insulin is a hormone that your body uses to turn sugar as glucose into energy. It assists your cells to take glucose from the blood or keep it in storage for use later. If cells become insulin resistant, glucose can't enter cells and transform into energy. This lack of energy can cause you to feel tired as well as heavy and weak. Tip: To help increase insulin sensitivity, you can exercise, increase sleep quality, and supplement with Berberine, Apple Cider Vinegar, and Inositol. 8. Depression and Anxiety Feelings of weakness, fatigue and weight loss often come with anxiety and depression. When depressed or anxious we feel weighted down and heavy because neurotransmitters that regulate energy levels (like dopamine and serotonin) aren't functioning properly. The heaviness and fatigue can occur from anxiety-related stress. Life stressors/anxiety release hormones to fight or flight hormones, and following that it is when you "crash" as the hormones levels drop quickly. The more times this happen the quicker it leads to adrenal fatigue, high cortisol, and weight gain. Proper dopamine highs include comedy movies, sex, cold showers/cold plunges, and exercising. Serotonin levels increase with St John's Wort and Methylene Blue also. 9. Food Intolerances Feelings of heaviness occur most often after meals, where a healthy meal energizes us and suboptimal meals make us tired, sluggish, and searching for caffeine. Developed food intolerance are rampant, 1 in 10 adults and 1 in 13 kids have food intolerances which cause fatigue and discomfort after eating. Food intolerances cause irritation in the digestive tract, which leads to bloating, acid reflux, and the feelings of heaviness. Trialing an elimination diet can help us find current food irritants, reducing the gas, bloating, and stomach discomfort. After healing the root cause, most people will later tolerate many of the foods that may currently make them feel heavy and tired at present. 10. Hypothyroidism Thyroid hormones regulates the body's processes of metabolism and digestion, as well as heart rate. Hypothyroidism is an under active thyroid, where the thyroid can't produce enough hormones, often due to nutritional and mineral deficiencies. Without thyroid hormones, system functions slow down. The digestive system can't process energy and nutrients making the body can feel heavy or weak. If you think you have hypothyroid start with massaging the thyroid from top to bottom a few times a day, while also supplementing with topical 2% Lugol's iodine and selenium in pill form or raw brazil nuts. Conclusion Whatever you do, empower yourself and celebrate all your daily victories. We are all a work in progress, but if you can't find the reason your body is feeling heavy and weak, we are here to help. Daniel Meinke, Family Nurse Practitioner at One Natural Health in Lincoln is a regenerative medicine provider who improves peoples health by providing individua lize d functional medicine. We jump start the mitochondria of the cells to make you energy with IV Ozone , Methylene Blue , UVBI , PRP for joints and arthritis , and more. When you question Why my body feels heavy? Come to this list and explore what you can do to improve your feelings.