Energy Boosters to Get You Through the Day

Borrowed from RealAge Tip Don't go for the energy drinks! If you want to stop your slump without feeling wired,then you want a smoother, less jolting solution. These 8 natural energy lifters are proven to work:
Open your window shades. A jolt of morning light, scientists call it the dawn signal, activates special cells in your eyes that send a wake-up call to your brain's internal clock. Try lighting up your brain at lunch, too. Sitting beside a sunny window, or go outside, for 30 minutes midday makes you more wide awake. In one study, women who did scored better on alertness tests afterward. Get a drink of water. Getting to the point where you're just starting to feel thirsty, a mere 2.6% drop in hydration levels, can double your feelings of fatigue. It made study volunteers work twice as hard on a set of brain-teasing puzzles. Fruits and vegetables can boost your hydration, as well as your energy. Squeeze your hand or tap your head. Sounds crazy, but DIY acupressure boosts alertness as effectively as a small cup of coffee, say University of Michigan researchers. Rap your knuckles a few times on the top of your head, squeeze the fleshy pad between your thumb and first finger, or massage the base of your skull and the front of your shins. Have salad and grilled chicken for lunch. Not the tuna melt, pizza, or meatloaf. High-fat foods are likely to make you moodier & more tired by midafternoon than lower-fat meals are, according to a British study. Digesting fat releases a hormone called cholecystokinin, which seems to provoke a brain drain. Take a tea break. Black, green, and white teas all contain the energizing amino acid L-theanine. Brits given L-theanine plus caffeine equivalent to several cups of tea and a cup of coffee increased their speed on word and number problems & felt less tired than when they got either substance alone. And no, coffee does not contain L-theanine.
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7.  Get a cat nap. Close your office door or slip out to your car for a quick snooze. In a NASA-funded research, a nap boosted the performance of long-haul airline pilots by 34%. 8.  Splash your face. If even a 20-minute nap leaves you groggy, stop in the restroom & splash cool water on your face. Volunteers who did this in one study felt the most awake after a snooze. Surprisingly, having coffee just before your nap & then splashing your face afterward seems to be the best of wake-up calls.