6 tips for more energy
Vital people feel good and are active. However, any form of effort – both physical and mental – requires energy. Maintaining a good energy level is therefore important to be and remain vital. After all, ‘being comfortable in your own skin’ makes everyday life easier and more enjoyable.
Have fun in life. Excited for a new day. To feel comfortable in your own skin, it is important to maintain your energy level. One condition is that you get all the essential vitamins and minerals.
Increased need
The body needs the right nutrients every day to continue to function, think and move. As you get older, an increased need for vitamins and minerals may arise. Your body changes, but so do your eating and living habits. How do you ensure that you get all these vitamins and minerals on a daily basis?
Healthy food
The answer is actually very simple: eat healthy and varied. After all, the body needs many different nutrients every day to maintain energy levels. As you get older and an increased need for vitamins and minerals may arise, you can consider a multivitamin as a supplement to the diet for extra energy.
Exercise regularly
Try to exercise for at least half an hour every day, for example walking. Try to build up your fitness further, for example by cycling for half an hour every day and – if you can afford it – by exercising every other day. Movement is good for blood circulation. This promotes the flow of oxygen to the brain. And that in turn ensures a good energy level and a vital feeling.
Get enough sleep
If you want to keep feeling vital, don’t sleep too short, but certainly not too long either. The National Energy Barometer, an annual survey by research agency GfK, shows that people who sleep nine hours or more feel less energetic than people who sleep seven or eight hours a night.
Energy comes with age
People over 65 generally seem to have found the right combination between exercise, sleep and the right diet. The National Energy Barometer also shows that they feel they are the most energetic group in the Netherlands. How do they stay vital? More than average, people over 65 indicate that they get energy from healthy food and the use of multivitamins as a supplement to their diet.
Support
To be comfortable in your own skin, a good energy level is indispensable. But if you do not have enough energy to undertake fun activities, eat a healthy and varied diet every day and exercise enough, a multivitamin can be a good support. It fills the increased need that arises with aging and helps you to stay vital.
