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Revive Active - Healthy Living

Revive Active

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Irelands No 1 Supplement - Revive Active Revive Active is a premium product with a powerful formulation of 22 active ingredients that will increase your natural energy all day long....
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Patrick Holford Connect 60caps - Healthy Living

Patrick Holford Connect 60caps

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This supplement is one of the best ways to reduce your homocysteine levels in your body.  The combinations of vitamins B6, B12 and Folic Acid and a healthy diet is...
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OptiBac Probiotics For Daily Immunity - Healthy Living

OptiBac Probiotics For Daily Immunity (Short date 13 3 25)

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Live cultures & Vitamin C food supplementVitamin C contributes to the normal function of your immune system and to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue. This OptiBac Probiotics supplement also...
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Biocare Magnesium Calcium Complex 90 capsules - Healthy Living

Biocare Magnesium Calcium Complex 90 capsules

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A diet that is high in dairy and low in whole grains can lead to excess calcium in the tissues and a magnesium deficiency. The source of menstrual cramps may...
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OptiBac Probiotics Bifidobacteria & Fibre - Healthy Living

OptiBac Probiotics Bifidobacteria & Fibre

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Live cultures food supplement Bifidobacterium lactis BB-12® is thought to be the world's most researched strain of the entire Bifodobacteria family. This also contains Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) making it naturally high in...
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Koyu Matcha Green Tea - Healthy Living

Koyu Matcha Green Tea

€31,85 EUR
Description 100% organic Japanese powdered green tea leaves.   Benefits Koyu Organic Japanese Matcha tea gives an energy boost for 3-6 hours without the negative side effects. Matcha allows you...
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Fushi Shilajit Blend 60 Capsules - Healthy Living

Fushi Shilajit Blend 60 Capsules

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Fushi Shilajit Blend 60 Capsules
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Energy – the fuel for the body

In order to build biomolecules and sustain life, your body needs energy. The body gets its energy from the breakdown of nutrients like glucose, amino acids and fatty acids. These are also known as carbohydrates, fats and proteins (or macronutrients).

Carbohydrates are seen as the fuel for the body.

Our bodies can only absorb monosaccharides (glucose, galactose, or fructose), the single units of sugars and starches. Once absorbed through the small intestines into the portal vein, and then circulated into the bloodstream through the liver as blood glucose, our bodies can put glucose to work in three ways:

  1. It can burn the glucose immediately for energy if blood glucose levels are not at a stable level of 20 grams blood borne glucose circulating per hour.
  1. If it is not needed for energy immediately, then it is converted into glycogen in the liver or muscles. The liver has the capacity to store 100 grams of glycogen. The muscles have the capacity to store between 250-400 grams of glycogen, depending on muscle mass and physical condition. Liver glycogen supplies energy for the entire body. Muscle glycogen only supplies energy to muscles.
  1. If the body has an excess of glucose, and all of the glycogen stores are full, the surplus glucose is converted to fat by the liver and stored as adipose tissue (body fat) around the body. If needed, fatty acids can be burned as fuel (BUT the fat cannot be converted back to glucose).

Macronutrients

Just keep in mind that it takes all three macronutrients (carbohydrates, protein and fat) in the proper amounts to keep energy levels at there best. Always be sure to take in some carbohydrates and protein an hour before exercise and some more thirty minutes after, taking in your fats well before and well after exercise.

Vitamins

Apart from these macronutrients the body also needs micronutrients. They are also known as vitamins or minerals. With the reduced amounts of these vitamins in our foods, because of over processing, we have more need than ever to supplement our foods with vitamins.

Nutrition for energy

There are many vitamins and herbs that may help with increasing energy. A small selection can be found below.