What will you do about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

Are you tired all the time?

Johns Hopkins University reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association a few years ago that they had discovered an amazing treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome that resulted in improved energy levels in 76% of people so afflicted.

What was the amazing discovery? Nothing more exotic than common table salt, sodium chloride. Table salt. Who would have thought? But it worked. This leaves a clue that many peoples problems are related to their electrolytes…and this is NOT referring to Gatorade.

The most common major complaint is FATIGUE.  But these people have other symptoms that go along with them. Namely:

Low Blood Pressure

Poor Circulation

Depression or Anxiety

Decreased Libido

Electrolyte problems are problems related to certain mineral salts in your body fluids.  Low levels of mineral can be due to either an inadequate intake of minerals but is more likely due to your kidney’s inability to retain those minerals, such that your body loses minerals faster than you are taking them in. A low level of these minerals is typically associated with weakness in both your endocrine system and in your cardiovascular system.

So by adding table salt to these people, they begin to feel better—amazing. And Gatorade isn’t going to do it. The high fructose corn syrup is your first give-away that this beverage is not good for you.

To be more correct, a balance of amino acids, vitamin and mineral complexes have to be addressed.

Look at Phenylalanine. It is an amino acid. In a study, 72% of the chronic fatigue sufferers were found to have low levels of phenylalanine. Many of these people also suffered depression. The fatigue and depression resolved in the vast majority of these people with phenylalanine supplementation. There are many more benefits of this amino acid but all you need to know is that:

Phenylalanine is used to reverse your:

Fatigue

Depression

Mental fog

Low blood pressure

Low blood sugar

Next, look at Tyrosine, another amino acid. Tyrosine is very effective with depression and fatigue. You have probably heard about people who have narcolepsy. They have frequent and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep. Now that’s fatigue at its extreme. A study published in the Lancet showed that within six months of Tyrosine supplementation every narcoleptic was free from daytime sleep attacks. In addition, Tyrosine has significant anti-histamine effect and benefits allergies. There are many more benefits with this amino acid but what you need to know is:

Tyrosine is used to reverse your:

Anemia

Allergies

Fatigue

Depression

Low blood pressure

Low blood sugar

Finally, look at Glutamine, another amino acid. When you do any type of exercise your body breaks itself down to produce energy. Glutamine is most important in stimulating muscle repair. If it’s not at an adequate level your body will become weak, tired and fatigued because of your body’s inability to repair and rebuild itself.  For similar reasons glutamine has also been used to successfully treat impotence.  There are many other significant uses for glutamine in the body but what you need to know is:

Glutamine is used to reduce your:

Acidosis

Protein wasting

Fatigue

Depression

Mental fog

Low blood sugar

Drugs, herbs or even the adrenaline of exercise will artificially stimulate the body to run but will do little if anything to put the body in its correct balance. Really, what they will do, as you often see is create another problem along the way.

The approach to chronic fatigue syndrome (and all the other “tired” problems) addresses far more than the poor mineral retention and resulting low salt (electrolyte) levels of these fatigued people. We can now choose from many different yet specific mineral salts, plus several vitamin and mineral complexes, plus several pure forms of amino acids.  Each to correct whatever aspects of mineral depletion applies to each particular person.

Are you concerned with how fatigued you are? Do you think you’ll have more energy next week or next month? Maybe it has to do with electrolyte insufficiency. A dietary change and a good supplement program will begin to eliminate these metabolic imbalances over time.

Chronic fatigue has many tentacles. We have addressed the chemical side of the problem. There are other factors such as Structural imbalance and emotional stresses. In reality, all the components need to be addressed.

This article was written based on the work of Guy Shenker, DC