Participants: Agatha Thrash, Don Miller
Series Code: HYTH
Program Code: HYTH000176
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00:01 Hello, I'm Agatha Thrash, a staff physician
00:03 from Uchee Pines Institute 00:05 and I want to welcome you to "Help Yourself to Health" 00:08 Today, we'll be talking about fatigue. 00:10 There are many causes of fatigue, and we won't be able 00:13 to cover them all, but we hope that 00:15 by the end of the program, you'll know a lot more about 00:18 how to keep from getting tired. 00:41 Welcome to "Help Yourself to Health" 00:43 with Dr. Agatha Thrash of Uchee Pines Institute 00:47 And now, here's your host, Dr. Thrash 00:51 Now of course, there are many causes of fatigue 00:55 in the world today. 00:57 Some of them are caused by physical activity. 01:00 But, as we have in the material that we have to present 01:03 to you today, there are also many causes 01:06 that have to do with metabolism. 01:08 And, some of these you'll be able to deal with... 01:14 And some of them are things that you can work at 01:17 but probably never fully accomplish. 01:21 Now the first one that we would like to talk about 01:23 is that of a chronic fatigue syndrome. 01:25 I suppose if it had more publicity than 01:29 any other type of fatigue, except maybe 01:32 sleep-deprivation fatigue 01:34 And with the chronic fatigue syndrome, there are a number 01:38 of things that you can do. 01:40 And, some of the causes are known to be viruses... 01:45 some causes may be metabolic... 01:48 some may be nutrient deficiencies. 01:51 And we may have time to cover a number of these, 01:54 but I've asked Don Miller if he would talk with you about 01:58 some things having to do with the chronic fatigue syndrome, 02:00 and maybe some things about how he treats chronic fatigue 02:05 This is Don Miller, who is a Lifestyle counselor 02:08 at Uchee Pines... Don Miller 02:10 Okay! First of all, we are very familiar with the term 02:16 chronic fatigue syndrome. 02:17 It seems to be another term they have for it anyway 02:19 is the yuppie disease. 02:21 It seems like it's only made its rise in the last 20 or 30 years 02:25 But as far back as the 1900s, there were some evidences of 02:30 this type of an ailment creeping in society. 02:34 In the 1980s, they sort of linked it somewhat to 02:37 Epstein-Barr virus, but in that link, they find that 02:41 some people with chronic fatigue syndrome, do not have the 02:45 antigen to Epstein-Barr virus... 02:47 and some people who do not have chronic fatigue syndrome, 02:50 do have the Epstein-Barr virus. 02:52 And so, that's not the definitive thing... 02:55 We can't just go in there and say... "We're going to make a 02:56 bullet that shoots just Epstein-Barr," 02:58 because that might not be the problem. 03:01 So there are many different causes, or thought to be 03:05 causes for Epstein-Barr virus, or the chronic fatigue syndrome. 03:09 I think if we knew exactly what caused it, we could probably 03:12 find a solution for it, but we don't know. 03:14 But, as Dr. Thrash already mentioned, it could be 03:17 viral in nature. 03:19 And so if it's viral, what can we do for a virus? 03:22 There are many things that we can do for a virus. 03:23 There are other things that sort of act like 03:26 chronic fatigue syndrome... 03:28 Let's say like Lyme disease... 03:29 It makes a person very tired... malaise, and achy joints 03:33 which is chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms. 03:36 And, we've treated Lyme disease very, very 03:39 successfully over the years with something as simple 03:42 as hydrotherapy. 03:44 As a matter of fact, we have never had a patient 03:47 at Uchee Pines who came there with Lyme disease 03:51 that did not go away completely clear of the Lyme organism. 03:56 Basically it consists of putting a person into a hydrotherapy 04:00 tank, and you can do it at home in your bathtub 04:02 ...Raising their temperature up and I would normally get their 04:05 temperatures up quite high, upwards of 104 degrees 04:10 And I've even had them up to 105 degrees... 04:12 keeping them there as long as they can tolerate, 04:15 of course at the same time, keeping their head cool... 04:17 keeping them well-hydrated, keeping them encouraged 04:19 because it's very tough to go through this 04:22 particular type of a treatment. 04:23 And we find that that high temperature will kill 04:26 the Lyme organism. 04:27 We also find that it is a good way to kill off viruses... 04:31 And so, if it's a viral infection, 04:33 we give them hydrotherapy... 04:34 And there are other nutritional things that we can do 04:36 ...things like grapeseed extract 04:39 We've seen medical reports saying that grapeseed extract 04:43 or grapefruit seed extract, either one of those... 04:46 grapeseed, or grapefruit seed extract 04:48 ...Both will have a good effect on working on these viruses. 04:52 Another is toxic exposures... usually lead or other types 04:58 of things in our environment. 04:59 We just need to make sure our environment 05:01 is clean of these things. 05:02 Another one of the causes of chronic fatigue syndrome 05:06 is sensitivities... normally a food sensitivity, an allergy 05:10 And so, it's quite simple to find what those things are. 05:14 We eliminate everything from our diet which are known to be 05:18 food allergens and that's almost everything 05:22 But you can get to a very, very simple diet. 05:25 Now I would leave off some main things... 05:27 of course, all animal products, not just the meats, 05:30 but the milks, eggs and the cheese... leave those out. 05:33 They are shown to be some of the 05:34 major food allergens in the world. 05:36 Leave out all caffeinated beverages and foods. 05:39 When I say foods... chocolate goes in that class 05:41 We've got coffee, tea, cola and chocolate. 05:43 Leave off citrus... as good as citrus is, we're not saying 05:48 that citrus is bad, but many people are allergic to citrus. 05:51 Leave off many of your grains, especially wheat. 05:54 As a matter of fact, I've got a study right here that showed 05:56 that they took an Epstein-Barr virus, or some chronic 06:01 fatigue syndrome patients and it did just a 06:04 couple of things for them... 06:05 A wheat-free diet, treatment of allergies, 06:10 and psychotherapy. 06:12 And what we do with a patient along the lines of psychotherapy 06:16 is counseling, encouraging them. 06:19 I remember, very vividly, a patient I had a number of 06:22 years ago with chronic fatigue syndrome... 06:24 After a series, 2 different series; 06:27 1 series of 15 fever treatments and 1 of 20 fever treatments. 06:31 The fellow was still complaining of the fact that... 06:33 "I still don't feel like I have any energy"... 06:37 and he just felt like he still had it. 06:39 And I remember that morning, it was the morning when 06:42 it was doctors' rounds and Dr. Calvin Thrash 06:45 came into the room with me to meet this particular patient 06:48 and Dr. Calvin had his medical reports there and he said, 06:52 Well... I'll call him Bill... "Well Bill, it says here 06:56 that you no longer have the virus in your body, 06:58 or the antigens to the virus" 07:01 And, it was amazing, the transformation! 07:04 He was well! He just... "I feel GREAT!" 07:06 He walked out of there feeling perfectly fine. 07:09 There's something... and don't get me wrong 07:10 I'm not saying that this is all in your mind because 07:12 it's not all in the mind... 07:14 But many, many studies are showing that there is a 07:17 a link to how we feel about things... to how we're going 07:20 to react to those things. 07:22 And so, we did the fever treatments and we also 07:24 had them on a very, very close diet to make sure 07:26 that we were eliminating all kinds of food allergens 07:29 from his particular diet. 07:30 STRESS is another cause of chronic fatigue syndrome. 07:35 We realize that stress lowers the immune response 07:37 and so that's going to be a double whammy 07:39 We've got now a low immune response and not able to 07:42 fight whatever is causing the chronic fatigue syndrome 07:44 and so we realize that we need to reduce stress. 07:48 Now there are many stressors in our lives. 07:50 Noise can be a stress. 07:52 Just our work can be a stress. 07:55 Now, I can't say go out and quit your job... 07:58 but if you have the type of job that causes you lots of 08:01 stress during the daytime, we realize a very easy 08:04 cure for that is exercise neutralizes stress 08:08 And so, after work, go home and exercise. 08:11 Now I realize that when you get home from work 08:13 after a really tough day, the thing you want to do is 08:16 plop down and sleep and you will sleep. 08:19 It's no problem sleeping then... 08:21 But the problem is sleeping at 10 o'clock or 9 o'clock 08:23 when you should be going to bed. 08:24 But if you go out and get some good, vigorous cardiovascular 08:28 exercise, you're going to find that you're going to feel a 08:29 whole lot better... and this has also been shown to be 08:32 one of the ways to fight chronic fatigue syndrome. 08:37 One of the causes could be a marginal nutritional deficiency 08:41 and so, it may be a time to do some supplementation 08:45 But, I really like to suggest people to eat a large variety 08:49 of foods over a long period of time and a very small 08:53 quantity of food... a very small grouping of foods 08:56 at each particular meal. 08:57 Some people get into the habit of eating 08:59 the same thing every single meal 09:01 cornflakes for breakfast, whatever for lunch, 09:04 and the same thing for supper 09:05 Change your nutrients and try to get your nutrients 09:08 in as complex form as possible. 09:11 That means eating raw fruits and vegetables, or as little 09:14 preparation as possible... 09:16 you'll be getting more of your nutrients. 09:17 Ginkgo biloba has been shown to be very effective in 09:21 fighting chronic fatigue syndrome... 09:23 And is a very common tree now, it came from the Orient. 09:25 We see it all over the country right now. 09:27 As a matter of fact, Dr. Thrash has planted a string of those 09:30 Ginkgo biloba trees right down through Uchee Pines. 09:33 And so, I would suggest you get some of that. 09:35 You can find it in your health food store. 09:37 Licorice... now not the type that you get in the candy store, 09:40 the confectionary stores, but licorice as an herb 09:45 also has shown to be very effective in fighting 09:47 chronic fatigue syndrome. 09:50 Bilberries and blueberries... 09:53 These bilberries, blueberries and cranberries 09:56 breakdown the walls of viruses, so these are very good 10:02 in fighting any type of a virus that may be causing 10:05 the chronic fatigue syndrome. 10:06 And so, our thoughts are... 10:09 Keep your mind and your thoughts elevated by praising the Lord. 10:12 You know, I learned years ago this principle of 10:15 "The Law of Reciprocal Influence" 10:17 You get up in the morning... 10:19 you don't feel good... granted, you don't feel good 10:21 but what you need to do is tell the Lord, I praise you anyway. 10:25 You know, it's like the old Job-like situation 10:27 "Though He slay me, yet will I praise Him" 10:29 I received a phone call from a man one time years ago 10:32 who had chronic fatigue syndrome to the point where 10:35 he was completely debilitated. 10:36 He could do nothing more than lie on his bed 10:39 And he decided, after talking with us at Uchee Pines 10:42 to do 3 things in his life... 10:43 1. He was going to exercise. 10:45 2. He was going to do hydrotherapy. 10:47 3. He was going to improve the state of his mind. 10:51 His exercise at the beginning of his course 10:54 consisted of crawling across his floor on his 10:58 hands and his knees. That was it. 11:00 That's all the man could do, But he did that much. 11:02 Then his wife would help him into the bathtub 11:06 and give him a hydrotherapy treatment... 11:07 Raising his temperature as high as she could... 11:09 And I have found in my experience with 11:11 chronic fatigue syndrome, it's very hard to elevate 11:14 the temperature of one of these people. 11:16 But, you get it up as high as you can... 11:18 upwards of 102-103, hold it there for as long 11:21 as that patient is able to stay in there, 11:24 and then let them rest for at least an hour afterwards. 11:27 And the third thing was, he learned to praise the Lord 11:30 no matter how lousy he felt. 11:31 It took 2 years. 11:33 Now, many people who are suffering from 11:35 chronic fatigue syndromes have 11:37 it for many, many more years than 2. 11:39 But, he suffered for 2 years during the treatment process 11:42 At the end of 2 years, he was completely well! 11:45 He went back to work again. 11:46 He had no residual effects. 11:48 And so I think these very simple things are a whole lot better 11:50 than the armamentarium of drugs that they might be 11:53 suggesting in society today, Dr. Thrash. 11:55 Yes, I'm very much with you on that score... 11:58 And, of course, something as simple as a hot bath 12:01 One can take a hot bath for 20 minutes, 12:03 or one can take one for 45 minutes 12:06 And if you can only tolerate it for 20 minutes, that's fine. 12:10 That will help you a lot. 12:12 But if you can tolerate it, maybe 30 minutes or so, 12:15 then that may be better for you. 12:16 And, 45 minutes could sometimes be used as well. 12:20 Now there is literally a laundry list of symptoms that a person 12:25 can have with chronic fatigue syndrome 12:28 And, of course, in addition to just overwhelming 12:32 fatigue, let me mention a few other things as well. 12:35 One of those is depression... 12:37 And I have a list, we just wrote down all the things 12:41 that we could find that people have suffered from with 12:45 chronic fatigue syndrome... 12:47 ...fever, sore throat, painful lymph nodes especially in the 12:51 neck and under the arms, general weakness of muscles... not just 12:55 tiredness but also weakness, and muscle pain and discomfort, 12:59 the disabling fatigue needs to be at least 6 hours a day 13:05 and lasting for at least 6 months... but 13:08 most of the time, it's 24 hours a day... anytime they 13:12 think of it, they are tired; headaches, joint pains 13:16 and visual complaints, or other neurologic problems. 13:19 Sleep disturbance is one of the most difficult to deal with 13:23 and depression is also very difficult to deal with. 13:26 And then some people will have the onset at a very 13:31 definite time... they can tell you at least the day 13:34 or, by all means, the week and they can sometimes 13:40 tell you the very hour... "I was feeling good until 13:42 3 o'clock in the afternoon and suddenly I didn't feel good 13:44 and I felt tired every since... I had to go home and go to bed 13:47 and I haven't felt like getting up since then" 13:49 and that may be 6 months later. 13:51 So this is some of the laundry list of symptoms that 13:56 people with a chronic fatigue syndrome have. 13:58 Now, nutrition is one of the important things 14:02 that we can do for fatigue in general... 14:05 And Lidia Seda, who is my colleague at Uchee Pines, 14:09 she is a Lifestyle counselor and a VERY GOOD cook! 14:13 Well, thank you, Dr. Agatha, I appreciate that. 14:14 And oh, I can see that you have sea cakes! Yes, I do. 14:20 All right. I really like your sea cakes... tell us about it. 14:23 Well one of the main ingredients in sea cakes is kelp... 14:29 And kelp usually is very beneficial for those individuals 14:33 who may have thyroid problems. 14:34 We recognize that anytime the body is not working o 14:38 full capacity... whether it's an illness, an infection 14:42 insomnia, obesity... 14:44 anything that keeps it from being able to work at its 14:47 full potential, can be fatiguing 14:50 And having thyroid, or what's called "hypothyroid" can be 14:55 one of the conditions which can cause fatigue. 14:57 And kelp has been known to help with this situation 15:00 There's a good bit of iodine in it since it comes from the sea. 15:04 And so, when you make sea cakes, you always put kelp in it... 15:07 Always... So if you leave out the kelp, 15:09 which you could do, then you'd call it just "cakes" 15:13 You could call it... well, exactly... call it cakes 15:15 The other nice thing is that this recipe also calls for basil 15:19 And basil has been used for individuals to treat exhaustion 15:24 and to help build up energy. Yes... 15:27 It's a little bit of a pepper upper! 15:29 A pick-me-up... Yes it is. 15:31 And, of course, we're not using it in the same quantities 15:33 that a person may need but using it in your recipes 15:36 overall can be something that can help to boost energy 15:39 And it's a basic herb that many people have in their kitchen. 15:43 Well tell us what else you have in it because I'm sure 15:45 it's also very helpful. 15:46 Well, why don't we let the whole audience see what 15:49 exactly are the main ingredients for sea cakes... 15:52 and they are as follows: 16:24 Well now, there are several very good ingredients in that 16:27 that would help with fatigue. 16:28 I noticed onion... Onion has Quercetin in it... 16:35 And Quercetin is very helpful for fatigue. 16:38 It's a good general tonic. 16:40 It's a nice antioxidant. 16:42 It helps you not to age rapidly, ... so it's very good for that 16:46 And then I noticed also, it had rice in it. 16:48 Rice has a very good quality protein... 16:51 ...not a very high quality but what it does have is excellent 16:55 And so, those are very good cakes. 16:57 So we might call them rice patties or basil... 17:02 Basil cakes if you didn't use the kelp. 17:06 And many people do enjoy the taste of fish... 17:09 So this is good way of getting the taste of fish 17:12 without getting many times the high salt that we find in fish 17:16 Also, nowadays there's high contamination with fish. 17:20 Our waters are very contaminated either with pesticides, 17:23 or petroleums or chlorine... 17:25 Different types of chemicals that are not 17:29 beneficial for the body; and unfortunately, 17:31 in the fish, in the adipose tissue or in the tissues of fat, 17:35 they store that up in concentrated form 17:38 and we, unfortunately, then consume that... 17:40 So this is a way of getting the TASTE of the sea, I should say 17:45 and the benefits of kelp without getting some of the added 17:49 undesirable benefits of eating fish. 17:52 You know, as I smell these, they smell very much like 17:56 the salmon croquets that my mother used to make 17:59 when I was a girl. Oh really? 18:00 And I can just see myself taking a slice of bread and 18:03 putting 2 of these cakes on it with a slice of onion and 18:08 a slice of tomato and some lettuce and perhaps some 18:12 soy mayonnaise and having a nice sandwich... a very nice sandwich 18:16 I know once when I demonstrated this for a cooking class, 18:19 that we held, someone said, "these taste just like crab" 18:23 So you can see that it does satisfy the taste of those 18:27 who are fish lovers! 18:28 Yes, if you're a seafood person, this would be the thing... 18:31 the seafoods... Yes, exactly 18:33 and the other nice thing about this is that it also has 18:36 celery and celery has been known to help lower 18:39 blood pressure. Yes 18:41 And it's good for arthritis as well. 18:42 So, like anything that helps to get our health that much 18:46 better, can help fight against fatigue 18:49 And with this also, we have another recipe... 18:52 a tartar sauce that can go with it 18:54 And I'd like to share with the audience those ingredients 18:57 for the tartar sauce... 18:58 What you have is 1 cup of water 19:00 1/8 cup of Soy Supreme Powder 19:04 I understand the Soy Supreme Powder is made from 19:06 the whole soybean... 19:07 Yes, it's a better quality powder... 19:10 than many of the other ones. 19:11 1 teaspoon of salt 1/2 teaspoon onion powder 19:15 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1 tablespoon of tahini, 19:20 that's sesame seed butter... 19:22 and that's it... that's how you make it 19:25 And then you could add what I have here... 19:28 is a relish and what's nice about this relish is 19:33 it doesn't have any vinegar. 19:34 Oh, okay, so that means it was probably made with 19:38 lemon juice to give it the little bit of 19:40 sourness that you expect. 19:42 And a little bit of dill as well 19:44 to give it a little bit of that little, I guess 19:46 spiciness that people look forward to. 19:48 And you can just mix that in with the ingredients for 19:51 the tartar sauce and you would have your tartar sauce! 19:54 Oh yes, well I'm a label-reader and this looks very good. 19:59 It has a little turmeric in it which is now being 20:02 recognized as having anti-inflammatory properties 20:05 so that might help a little bit with chronic fatigue as well. 20:09 Ohh... may I have lunch with you when you eat these sea cakes 20:13 Of course, I'm hoping you will! 20:15 Very good. Thank you so much, Lidia 20:18 Appreciate that. 20:19 And I'm a lot less tired than I was just thinking about 20:22 maybe eating with Lidia and having some of 20:24 these nice sea cakes. 20:26 Now, there are many other reasons why people get tired. 20:30 And I have here one reason why people get tired... 20:34 And this is in teenage boys... 20:36 well actually 11 to 18 years of age... 20:41 They're suffering a lot of fatigue these days which 20:44 distresses me... I'm just sorry to hear that because 20:47 I remember that was the age when I felt 20:50 the most full of energy I think I ever have. 20:52 But tiredness has been linked to their lifestyle. 20:56 Let me read this to you... this comes from the 20:58 "Journal of Nutrition and Environmental Medicine" 21:00 It was published in 1999, and you know what they say? 21:05 After ALL this research that was published here... 21:09 then they come to the conclusion that there were 21:11 3 things that were involved in these boys' chronic fatigue. 21:15 Unhealthy food, I already knew that... 21:20 Bedtime was irregular. Well, you know, I already knew that. 21:26 Television-watching. I could have predicted that too. 21:32 So I suspect that these researchers got $100,000 21:36 to discover this wheel again. 21:39 Now, we need to remember this... 21:41 Unhealthful food, irregular bedtime and TV-watching. 21:46 Now if we will let our children go out and exercise 21:49 If we will give them the most healthful diet 21:52 it's possible to have, and if we will watch very carefully 21:56 what they're watching on TV, and that they don't watch TV 22:00 ...that they get out and exercise instead, 22:02 I suspect that we will eliminate a large part of the fatigue 22:06 that we're now seeing in the youngsters. 22:09 Now, not only can older folk and those who are 22:16 teenagers, but even infants can get very tired. 22:20 And when the infant gets very tired, if mother knows how to 22:24 do an infant massage, she is VERY likely to be able to 22:29 help her infant who may be very cranky and even 22:33 inconsolably crying because of the fatigue... 22:38 that his little muscles actually ache because of his 22:43 tiredness, and so because of that, if mother knows how 22:47 to do an infant massage, she can substantially reduce 22:50 the fatigue and the crankiness that her child has... 22:54 And so I've asked Shannon Jenkins, who is a 22:57 Lifestyle educator student at Uchee Pines, who has 23:01 a little niece and, you've been with little Tianna ever since 23:04 the day she was born. 23:05 Does she ever get cranky? 23:07 A little bit, yes. 23:09 Well, show us what you do in the way of a massage 23:13 when she gets cranky and tell us how it helps her. 23:17 I see you've got a chart here... 23:18 Yes, I do and I'm going to demonstrate here on Melissa. 23:22 First start with the leg and do a milking motion down the leg 23:28 ...just like this, just down the leg and 23:34 put a little pressure on it. 23:35 And then go to the foot, and like a fanning motion, 23:41 just press on the bottom of the foot. 23:43 And then, you can go back to the leg and do 23:49 like a rolling motion down to the ankle... 23:52 from the ankle to the knee, just like this. 24:01 And then you can move to the chest. 24:02 And over the ribcage, you can do a little fanning motion 24:07 just over the chest... and then you can go 24:12 from the chest ALL the way down the arms and back up 24:16 in a nice smooth stroke. 24:18 It looks like that gets the shoulders too. 24:20 Yes, the shoulders and all the way down the arms. 24:23 Then you can play a little bit with the baby. 24:26 ...Like peek-a-boo, you can put your hand over the face 24:29 and go back down to the ears and come back up 24:32 and across the cheeks. 24:33 Then over here, we can do a little massage on the cheeks 24:38 and down the jaw, and just play with the baby a little bit. 24:43 Does that help Tianna when she has that kind of thing? 24:47 Yes, they will like that, and after a few days, 24:49 they will respond a lot more positively. 24:50 They might not like it so much the first time, 24:52 but after a couple of days, they will love it. 24:57 Thank you very much, Shannon. 24:58 Now I hope some mother here will know a lot more 25:02 about how to deal with a cranky baby because of 25:06 the way that Shannon has dealt with little Tianna. 25:08 And, don't be afraid of an infant massage, 25:11 they may act as if they don't like it at first, but 25:13 you can be assured, as Shannon said, that they will like it 25:16 after a few times. 25:18 Now one of the big problems that we have in the modern age 25:21 is that of jet lag. 25:22 So, I've asked Don Miller, who is very acquainted with 25:25 jet lag, if he will tell you something about jet lag 25:29 and how to handle that very good cause of fatigue. 25:32 Yes, it's sort of like dealing with cranky travelers 25:34 in this case, because I deal with it a lot... 25:36 because I do spend a lot of time in Europe 25:39 and other parts of the world. 25:40 And, just a couple of simple things, and you probably 25:43 know some things... and if you do, let me know, 25:45 because I need all the help I can get. 25:47 But one of the things we like to try to do is try to start 25:50 acclimatizing yourself to where you'll be going. 25:52 Let's say I'm going to be flying to London next week... 25:56 I realize that they are about 5 hours ahead of us 25:58 That means at midnight their time, when they should be 26:02 sleeping, it's only 7 o'clock in the evening at my time. 26:05 Now what I should start doing then, is start going to bed 26:08 EARLIER to start getting nearer to their time. 26:11 It's not so bad the going to bed time because it seems like 26:14 we in America all go to bed too late, 26:16 but it's that getting up time. 26:17 Let's say if they sleep in and don't get up until 7 a. m. 26:21 that's 2 a. m. your time. 26:23 So if you start getting up earlier in the morning, 26:25 and going to be earlier at night a few days before you go, 26:28 you'll sort of lessen that gap in-between where you 26:32 are coming from and where you're going. 26:35 Another thing you need to do is stay well-hydrated 26:38 during your trip and immediately after your trip. 26:40 We find that you need to drink a lot of water. 26:42 Now, you understand that if you're flying across the 26:45 Atlantic ocean, or wherever you're going, 26:47 drinking a lot of water means you'll be getting up a lot 26:49 And so sometimes, I don't do that but I'll stay well-hydrated 26:52 a few days before and really, as soon as I arrive 26:55 at the airport, I will start drinking lots of water. 26:57 I usually carry my own water because it's a lot of 27:00 expense to buy water in airports but stay well-hydrated. 27:03 Also, it's very, very good... it's amazing, if you fast 27:07 even during the trip because that airplane food is not 27:11 that good anyway... and the day after the trip, 27:13 you'll find that you're going to have a lot less problems 27:15 and I try as much as possible to sleep on my trips. 27:18 I take some melatonin, I put an eye mask on... 27:21 It's always harder going east, than it is going west 27:24 and so the east side trips... do these simple things 27:27 and you should find some real benefit... Dr. Thrash 27:29 That's very good.. Thank you so much for helping 27:32 us to deal with this other very common cause of fatigue. 27:36 Now, of course, fatigue can be a part of a disease process 27:39 and if you can't explain it some other way, 27:41 then you do need professional help. 27:44 And I would like to say... The Lord is coming soon! 27:47 And in the earth made new, nobody will EVER be tired 27:52 We won't even need to sleep. 27:54 We might sleep but we won't need to. 27:56 Praise the Lord! |
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