Do you feel tired as soon as you jump out of bed, pump shots multiply in the same day, you go to bed exhausted?

At changing seasons, it is not uncommon for the body to lose vitality and energy. However, we can offer him a boost by reviewing a little diet, choosing the right energy foods and focusing on certain dietary supplements.

These punctual allies will indeed help us find again the tone and vitality sought.

To know all about those who will make us gain in tone this fall, we asked some questions to Camille Pic, naturopath and author of the blog mangeteslegumes.net .

What is a food supplement?

Camille Pic: It is indeed essential to clearly define what is meant by "dietary supplement".

A dietary supplement is a preparation intended to provide substances having a nutritional or physiological effect, necessary for health, and which is missing or deficient in the diet. Its ingredients can be of natural origin (animal, vegetable, mineral) or produced by industrial synthesis.

As a general rule, dietary supplements are intended to stimulate the life force. More energy and vitality, to protect yourself from the hassle.

Which ones to choose to boost your tone?

For my part, I prefer natural supplements such as marine magnesium, omega 3, spirulina, garlic capsules, red yeast rice or silicon, because they are generally very well assimilated and allow to find tone and vitality naturally.

Goji berries are also the berries of tone, they maintain the vivacity of the mind and the tone of the muscles.

Spirulina protects from fatigue, it is particularly recommended for athletes.

Finally, magnesium is an ideal ally if one feels soft when climbing stairs or when one has the eyelids that jump.

Can we make cures?

There are three modes of taking supplements, which is very often specified on the box or the record: it can be nutritious, during the meal; curative, 30 to 15 minutes before the meal or at the beginning of a meal or informative, away from meals.

Regarding the frequency of setting, it depends on the context: generally, a product can take a cure over several months.

It is always better to observe a break between treatments (cure of about 21 days for 10 days without supplements).

However we must stay tuned for his feelings and do not bother if the supplement causes digestive disorders or discomfort. When in doubt, call a health professional.

Where to find quality food supplements?

To choose your food supplements you must read the labels and pay attention to three particular data:

Pharmaceutical quality: manufacturing standards are essential. The good supplements are in pharmacy and organic stores. Never on the internet.

Natural quality: the origin of the raw materials and the foods that are added to the production are to be studied with attention. For example, you should know that the capsule shell is very often made of animal gelatin, so check especially if you have a vegetarian lifestyle.

Vibratory quality: it depends essentially on the choice of raw materials, the respect given to nature during the production of these materials.

Quality food supplements are usually quite expensive, you have to take the time to learn about the laboratories that manufacture them and do not hesitate to seek advice from your doctor or pharmacist.

The organic shops generally offer the services of a naturopath who can advise you for free.

What are the contraindications?

Globally, everyone can take it, with the exception of pregnant women, who must be extremely cautious: if no study has been conducted on a substance to prove that it is harmless, we must abstain.

Children should not take dietary supplements before 5 years of age, just like people with kidney failure, because they must measure all the mineral intake.

Finally, people who follow specific treatments: betablockers, anticoagulants, oral contraceptives ... must check with a pharmacist or a health professional that supplements will not affect treatment in progress.

Avoid mixtures and be regular

Pay attention to the extremes. Dietary supplements do not replace a healthy and balanced diet. And above all, we must remain simple and avoid interactions between different complements.

Better to choose your cure and then alternate with other supplements as you go.

Finally, if you decide to start a course of dietary supplements or vitamins, try to be as regular as possible, this is part of the key to their effectiveness.