Recent and intense fatigue for no apparent reason can hide a lot of imbalances, especially hormonal. Among them, a thyroid that works less well (it regulates the metabolism) or the drop in estrogen in (peri)menopause, which plays on energy. We also think of a deficit in doingespecially if you eat less and less meat.
Is an imbalance causing my fatigue?
We watch for the other associated symptoms: weight gain, brittle hair or hair that falls out in handfuls, difficulties to regulate its internal temperature (we are always cold…). A blood test is required, with a dosage of thyroid hormones and iron. If our blood test indicates a iron deficiency, the doctor will prescribe an appropriate supplement. Ditto in the event of hypothyroidism visible on the analyses: synthetic hormones help to restore “normal” activity, even if the right dosage is sometimes difficult and long to find.
It is also possible that the thyroid is marking time without showing it on the blood test. In this case, we support it with natural means.
- Boost your thyroid through food
As a first resort, we start by forcing on foods that boost its activity: oats (at breakfast, a bowl of unsweetened oatmeal + 30 cl of oat milk), seaweed (in salad, in the form of tartar as an aperitif…), but also seafood, eggs, poultry or Brazil nuts, rich in zinc and selenium…
- A cure of oat EPS
If our thyroid is still struggling, we can try a cure of oat EPS (Pileje), 5 to 10 ml per day for at least 3 months. Thanks to its estrogenic effect, it also helps when approaching menopause (to be excluded if you have had hormonal cancer).
- Those essential oil to boost the thyroid?
On a daily basis, boost yourself with black spruce essential oil: tonic, it regulates the hormonal balance. We massage with 1 to 2 drops diluted in vegetable oil the lower back and the soles of the feet which, according to the principles of reflexology, are linked to the activity of the adrenal glands, essential for vitality. To be done preferably in the morning, but never in case of epilepsy, asthma or kidney problems.
Thank you to Dr Éric Lorrain, general practitioner phytotherapist, author of La Phyto, ma médecine au naturel (ed. Dunod), and to Pr Pierre Philip, head of the University Department of Sleep Medicine at the Bordeaux University Hospital, author of Relearn to sleep for be in good health (ed. Albin Michel).
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