The Lab

In your twenties, you feel invincible. You can work a full-time job, hit the gym, and even go out with friends on just a few hours of sleep. With age, you begin to slow down. It’s a less desirable fact of life. You may feel like a lack of energy affects your ability to think properly, do what you love, or stay motivated to work.

Just like self-care and mindfulness are buzzwords you hear in the health and wellness arena, so is cellular health. Anytime there’s a mention of cells, it’s easy to feel as overwhelmed as you might have been in high school biology. 

Hitting the snooze button one too many times, feeling groggy, and yearning for that extra cup of coffee can all be signs that something is wrong with our sleep. Sleep becomes strained as we get older, and our patterns and habits can cause us to wake up tired, even if we think we’re getting plenty of shut-eye. 

Day after day, cup after cup, we pour coffee into our bodies and hope for the revival of our energy levels (and maybe even our souls). We’ve got a lot riding on our cup of Joe, and when it leaves us feeling less than energized, we feel conned. 

Where do you turn when you’ve exhausted caffeine as an energy resource? You turn to your cells. Although stimulants, like coffee and energy drinks, have benefits and can give us a quick energy fix, long-lasting, sustainable energy takes more work. 

We’re busy people, and our lives demand the most of us each day. It’s true that you can’t pour from an empty cup, and you can’t perform your daily activities with energy levels that sink by mid-morning.