LOW energy is something we all experience from time to time, owing to lack of sleep, poor diet or stress.
Hacks to boost it include going outside first thing in the morning, walking barefoot on grass, not forcing sleep and exercising at the right time of day for you.
But there are products that claim to boost energy levels.
While battling tiredness last month, I put some to the test.
DRINK
ENERGY drinks are often full of excessive caffeine and sugar but Purdey’s is a natural energy drink with sweetener instead.
Grape & Apple, one of three new flavours, has caffeine from black tea plus vitamins B1, B3, B6, B12 and C to reduce fatigue. Its botanical extracts include oak bark, damiana and Chinese ginseng – said to boost energy too.
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The 330ml can contains 66 calories and 79mg of caffeine compared to 94.8mg for the average coffee. It definitely gave me energy. £1.90 at Tesco. See purdeys.com.
DRIP
WITH this, a plastic tube is inserted into a vein so that energising liquid can drip into your body.
It sounds hideous doesn’t it? But I loved it so much that I’ve already booked in for another one.
I had an intravenous drip from Get A Drip a couple of days before Christmas – it contained B vits, amino acids and magnesium.
I was just thrilled I could have it done at home as I was snowed under with work.
A lovely man called Adrian expertly put it in my arm and I sat there for 45 minutes while the liquid transferred into my body. The only thing I felt was a slight coolness.
A few days later, I was sleeping better, was less shattered and I’m pretty sure my festive hangovers were less severe. From £100, getadrip.com.
PATCHES
I’VE become a bit of a fan of Kind Patches. They look like round plasters and you stick them to your skin.
The ingredients are slowly absorbed via the skin into the bloodstream over six to 12 hours.
They do various ones, but these energy patches worked for me. It’s not a big blast of energy – rather, it perked me up slowly throughout the day so I didn’t get an afternoon slump.
When I was feeling really drained over Christmas, I put on two of the patches! Each one has 3.12mg of caffeine, with 1.2mg of vitamin B1, 1.3mg of B2, 12mg of B3, 5mg of B5, 1.7mg of B6, 600mcg of B12, 40mcg of B9 and 30mcg B7.
These B vits can’t give you energy, but without them the body can lack energy. £12.00 for 30 patches at Superdrug and kindpatches.com.
