Low Energy and My Top Energy Tips

85% of 1:1 clients I see, tick ‘low energy’ on their health questionnaire. This is not surprising – it’s actually the top GP complaint in the UK. They even have an acronym for it; TATT – Tired All The Time.

I’m a Nutritionist, specialising in corporate nutrition talks for workplace wellbeing initiatives.

If you’re feeling this way, here are some of my top tips:

• If you’re in the UK, or somewhere with a similar climate, you will need to be supplementing vitamin D over the winter months.

• Focus on your sleep. This is so incredibly important. Buy blue light blocking glasses if you work late, pick up a book instead of scrolling reels before bed, ditch the true crime podcasts and squid game episodes before bed (sorry!), try to eat 3-2 hours before sleeping, dim the lights a couple of hours before bed, consider a magnesium supplement etc (consider my corporate nutrition talk – Eating for a Good Night’s Sleep for Sleep Awareness Day in March btw).

• Reduce your alcohol consumption. This has a huge impact on our energy for many different reasons – alcohol depletes nutrients that are important for energy, alcohol disrupts our gut health which is vital for nutrient absorption, alcohol disrupts our sleep and our hormones, alcohol puts a huge burden on our detoxification systems and nervous systems…

• Get your bloods done. If you have an iron and/or vitamin B12 deficiency, that’s a quick fix! But don’t you dare supplement with iron without getting your bloods tested!! 🤣

• Work on optimising your gut health. Plant diversity, probiotics (maybe, these don’t work for everyone), prebiotics, breathwork, sleep, maybe some gut testing if you have an imbalance (consider my corporate nutrition workshop – Gut Health 101).

• Schedule in some time to relax. This could even be 10 minutes on the sofa with a book. You deserve it and you’ll be able to show up so much better in all parts of your life because of it!

My corporate nutrition workshop, How to Beat the 3pm Slump is very popular and covers low energy. And find more information on my corporate nutrition talks here. Send me a message here or send an email to info@sophietrotmannutrition.com to learn more.