2) Go to bed one to two hours earlier than you usually do for a few days in a row and then
begin to do so on a regular basis.
3) East a complex carbohydrate at breakfast and lunch each day.
Your body is the most complex machine on the planet; exponentially exceeding the complexity of the
most sophisticated super computer ever built.
Even though your body is very “forgiving” and possesses a great degree of redundancy and
resiliency, there are certain absolute requirements that must be met or your body will go into a
state of decreased metabolic function.
It’s been said that you can survive about 40-60 days without food — these days you’d have to be
quite healthy to do that. You can only survive 3-4 days without water and only a minute or two
without oxygen. This gives us some idea of the priority system of the body and how important it is
to provide these primary nutrients to our bodies.
• The Water: Most people don’t know that sub-optimal water intake will cause general muscle
weakness, lethargy and fatigue. Water is the electrolytic media of your body and just like the
battery in your car, it won’t start the engine without water. Similarly, your body won’t run with
peak performance without adequate water. Drinking more water to help eliminate fatigue is a really
simple solution.
• The Sleep: Nothing will replace the sleep your body needs! If you deprive your body of
sleep, it will deprive you of that energy and vitality that you once enjoyed. If you don’t believe
us, do a little experiment and go to bed 1-2 hours earlier 3 nights in a row and see for yourself.
If you have trouble falling to sleep, read a book for a few minutes. Without a doubt you will see
and feel the difference.
• The Starch: Many people don’t realize that human beings are bioelectrical machines. We are
also certainly biochemical machines but the electrical aspect is often not discussed. The nervous
system permeates every tissue of our body. As we said earlier, the two primary nutrients for
electrical potential and proper nerve conduction are water and sugar (broken down from complex
carbohydrates.)
Sodium and potassium are of course essential, but are not usually the rate-limiting nutrients
involved in fatigue although sometimes potassium is severely insufficient and impairs energy and optimal function. So think of starch (carbohydrates) — in the form of baked potatoes, yams, brown rice, quinoa, millet, buckwheat etc. — as your solid
rocket fuel.
If you want to be a highly functioning machine, start to fuel your body at least as well as you
fuel your car.