The days are getting longer again, we're enjoying the first warm sunbeams and the first plants are starting to bloom – spring is coming and nature is awakening from its winter sleep.
Many people are currently experiencing intense sleepiness or feeling unwell, which is known as spring fatigue. Despite getting enough sleep, they feel tired during the day. Some also suffer from dizziness, circulatory problems, headaches and concentration problems. These symptoms typically occur after the first warm spring days. However, this is not an illness, but rather the human body needs to slowly adapt to the new climatic conditions.
Causes of spring fatigue
- Temperature fluctuations: Among the triggers for spring fatigue are temperature fluctuations, which occur significantly more frequently and intensely in spring than in winter. At low temperatures, blood vessels constrict to minimize heat loss. With rising outdoor temperatures, they widen again slightly. This leads to a slight drop in blood pressure, which can cause fatigue and dizziness in some people.
- Hormonal changes: Here, the sleep hormone melatonin and the happiness hormone serotonin are in a competing relationship. In winter, due to evolution, the body switches to energy-saving mode, with increased production of melatonin, which is only released in darkness, allowing for restful sleep. With increasing daylight hours in spring, light intensity rises, which promotes increased production of serotonin. Serotonin is responsible for body activity and a positive mood. At the same time, the release of melatonin is inhibited. It can take up to a month for the hormone balance to fully adjust.
Tips against spring fatigue
- Drink enough water
Water helps the body detoxify and prevents fatigue and concentration disorders. Drink 1.5 to 2 liters of water per day.
- Use the power of the sun
Go outdoors around midday, as the sun gives us fresh energy and recharges our internal battery. Among other things, our vitamin D levels are replenished by the sun.
- Alternating showers and sauna visits
Both train the blood vessels and stimulate circulation.
- Diet
In winter, we tend to eat richer meals. However, these can make the body sluggish when it gets warmer again. With smaller and lighter portions, we relieve our bodies.
- Vitamins
The additional intake of vitamins and micronutrients can support bodily functions, such as the immune system and metabolism. These include vitamin C, the vitamin B complex, manganese, magnesium or zinc.
Our product recommendation for spring fatigue: Regulatpro® Metabolic
For an optimized metabolism¹, more energy², more performance² and less fatigue³.
With Regulatpro® Metabolic we say "Goodbye spring fatigue!" and look forward to dynamic spring months. The vitamins and micronutrients it contains support our body's metabolic processes and boost our energy levels.
¹The mineral zinc contributes to a normal carbohydrate metabolism, a normal acid-base metabolism and a normal fatty acid metabolism .
¹Chromium contributes to a normal metabolism of macronutrients and to the maintenance of a normal blood glucose level .
²Vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5, B6 and B12 as well as magnesium and manganese contribute to a normal energy metabolism .
³In addition, magnesium and vitamins B2, B3, B5, B6 and B12 contribute to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue .