Naps can be useful but only when done correctly. Nap for no longer than twenty minutes, and avoid napping if it compromises your sleep quality that night.

• Next, we turn to the literal fuel for our bodies, our diets. There is plenty of literature on eating for health, but what about eating for energy? This concerns something that is lesser known: glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL). We want to ensure that our blood sugar levels are constant and moderate, because if levels are too high or too low, it creates a predictable crash in energy. Thus, we must manipulate GI (speed and magnitude of blood sugar from a food) and glycemic load (amount of carbohydrates), as well as timing throughout the day.

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