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A. Vogel Ginsavena - Healthy Living

A. Vogel Ginsavena 50 ml

€16,00 EUR€11,20 EUR
Alfred Vogel believed that many herbs work synergistically to benefit the user. He combined Avena sativa and Eleutherococcus to help maintain normal healthy energy levels, especially for those under pressure. ...
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Chi Detox Foot Patches (10 patches) - HealthyLiving.ie

Chi Detox Foot Patches (10 patches)

€25,00 EUR
Benefits Detoxifies the body while you sleep Improves energy Eases joint and muscle pain   Ingredients Tourmaline crystal, Wood Vinegar extract, Achyranthis Radix, Paeoinae Rubrae Radix, Siberian Ginseng, Artemisia Lwayomogi,...
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Biona Organic Organic Crunchy Peanut Butter Salted 250g - Healthy Living

Biona Organic Organic Crunchy Peanut Butter Salted 250g

€4,10 EUR
Biona Organic Organic Crunchy Peanut Butter Salted 250g Ingredients: Peanuts*, Sea Salt*  * = certified organic ingredients.  Not suitable for other nuts and sesame allergy sufferers due to manufacturing methods....
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Flor Essence-Tea - HealthyLiving.ie

Flor Essence-Tea

€40,00 EUR
A detoxifying blend of eight herbs which was originally developed by Rene Caisse and is known to many under the generic name of “essiac”. Our bodies accumulate toxins from many...
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NHP Healthy Woman Support - HealthyLiving.ie

NHP Healthy Woman Support

€32,50 EUR
NHP Healthy Woman Support has all the nutritional ingredients you need for good health, strong immune system, energy and stress relief. Benefits: When you are aiming to keep yourself in...
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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.

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