If you answered no to any of the above questions, then a new book by Jill Thomas called Revive - How to Overcome Fatigue Naturally will provide some easy answers.

Jill Thomas, a naturopath, herbalist and iridologist, talks about the positive role that diet, nutrition, herbal medicine and lifestyle - such as exercise, meditation and sleep management – have in creating and maintaining abundant energy. Unless we are suffering from some serious health issues, we should expect to live every day full of vitality.

So why are so many of us always feeling tired?

According to Jill, there are a number of contributing factors to fatigue and often include lack of exercise, depression, dehydration, insomnia, a vitamin B complex or magnesium deficiency caused by dietary inadequacies, or multiple food allergies. All of which can be remedied and becomes a matter of making a decision to restore health and a commitment to change.

On the topic of diet, the biggest dietary mistake we can make when fatigued is to consume too many refined carbohydrates and stimulants such as coffee, tea and alcohol.

Stimulants, such as caffeine and alcohol, rob us of key nutrients and have an adverse effect on the liver and therefore the detoxification process.

A severely compromised liver is unable to adequately break down undesirable substances and thereby increasing the body's total toxic load. This is tiring.

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