Exercise

• Low-intensity exercise (like walking or swimming) is the best known treatment
• Try walking for 20minutes after a meal. It’s a great way to get a good habit started. See your chiropractor to reduce nerve and muscle tension.

Address your stress

• Reducing stress and unpleasant emotions may also reduce symptoms
• If you smoke tobacco. Quit. It is the single most important step to helping your body regenerate tissue and decrease stress.

Feed your body

• Eating 6 small meals a day full of gluten free fiber, vegetables and healthy oils like canola or olive oil help decrease oxidative stress and increase and maintain energy levels.  Throw away any refined sugars, potatoes, artificial sweeteners, and start shopping for groceries at CO-OP grocery stores or natural stores like Wild Oats, Whole Foods, Trader Joes and Zupans. 

• Try 5-HTP
• 100 mg of the supplement 5-hydroxytryptophan three times a day helps ease symptoms

• Check out SAMe
• 800 mg of the supplement S-adenosyl-l-methionine a day helps symptoms

• Malic Acid (1200-2400mg) and Magnesium (300-600mg)

• Vitamin B1 (As part of a B complex, 25mg minimum)

• Vitamin E (400-800 I.U.)

• 5-HTP (300mg)

• SAMe (800mg)

• Multivitamin (Age and gender specific)