If You're Too Pooped to Party

Perhaps the most miserable affliction that you can face on your va-cation is being too tired to enjoy it. All your buddies are good to go, but you can't drag yourself out of bed or off the lounge chair-even for a round of golf on a super course on a lovely day. 

Try this: Add a little ginseng to your kit. Better yet, start taking it before you leave. Ginseng comes in all different forms and poten-cies. Try one containing 100 to 125 mg of extract standardized to con-tain somewhere between 4 to 7% ginsenosides. If that doesn't make you feel more energetic in a few days, it's time to go back to the of-fice for a rest.
An herbal first-aid kit can be a real vacation saver-and at rela-tively little expense. Plan ahead and take along a supply of these natural remedies. You'll be glad you did.

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OTHER WAYS TO GET ENERGIZED
Your local health food store may be a rich source of fatigue-fighters. For example:

 
• SIBERIAN GINSENG. Asian healers have relied on ginseng as an energy booster for 5,000 years, and recent research shows they were right. Taking a 500 mg. capsule three times a day provides plenty of ginseng's saponin compounds, which studies suggest boost physical and mental stamina, recomends nutrition professor Earl Mindell, Ph.D.
• L-CARNITINE. A daily dose of this amino acid (500 mg. twice a day) also helps if you're feeling run-down. A recent study in Clinical Infectious Disease reveals that low levels of L-carnitine-needed by the body to transport fats to the cells, where they are used in energy production-are linked to chronic fatigue syndrome.