How to feel more youthful? Nobody likes to feel old, regardless of their age. We’re talking about stiffness. Are your joints stiff? Do you have achy muscles? That’s called myalgia.
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Exercising, diet and sneaky little viruses
Do you have inflammation in your joints? Do you have brain fog or a lack of clarity? Is your mood not where it should be?
So you have this symptom called malaise, which is just a general feeling of unwellness or something called post-exertional malaise, in which you feel fatigued if you do any exercise. So as soon as you start exercising or exerting yourself, you feel like your body is just not on the same page or that you have fatigue or a lack of energy with just crappy sleep.
Most people know that diet is behind most of these problems, but there’s another hidden cause that is actually quite common.
Especially if you have chronic fatigue. In fact, roughly 70% of the actual causes of chronic fatigue are not necessarily related to your diet.
It’s related to something called “latent viruses.” It’s a virus that you were infected with at one time. But it’s not producing any symptoms right now. It’s asymptomatic but it can be reactivated as any of the symptoms we just described.
So here you are exercising. You’re on the right diet. But you don’t really feel youthful. It could be one of these latent viruses.
That’s being reactivated now. The group of viruses that are more latent viruses are the herpes viruses like herpes simplex 1, 2, the epstein-barr virus, cytomegalovirus, and even HIV. It is capable of being latent, and so is hepatitis. These sneaky little viruses have a survival mechanism to go underneath the radar. They can kind of go deep in themselves and just wait. They wait for a door to open. They wait for the switch to be triggered and the number one most common switch is ready for this stress.
So, does stress actually make you feel old or tired as well? In actuality, it could be reactivating viruses that are then creating an immune response. Not a full-blown infection, but an immune response that can make you feel like you’re run down. You feel kind of old.
What’s interesting about these viruses, especially the herpes viruses, is that the great majority of the population (about 87% of the population) has been infected with herpes and apparently epstein-barr virus or mono. 95 of the population has been infected with this virus. So, given the fact that the majority of the population has this virus and they also go through stress. It’s no wonder that these symptoms that we described are very common.
Symptoms
Feeling old can be represented as:
- Stiff joints
- Achy muscles
- Inflammation in the joints
- Brain fog
- Lowered mood
- Malaise
- Post-exertional malaise
- Fatigue
- Poor sleep
Your diet is behind many of these problems, and a great first step is getting on a Healthy Keto diet and intermittent fasting plan. But, there is another significant cause behind these issues that’s really common.
This hidden cause is a latent virus. A latent virus is a virus that you were infected with once, but it’s not currently producing any symptoms. This virus can be reactivated and manifested as any of the symptoms listed above.
Common latent viruses
- Herpes simplex
- Varicella zoster
- EBV
- CMV
- HIV
- Hepatitis
Latent viruses can go deep in your cells, waiting to be triggered. The number one trigger of latent viruses is stress.
Stress can reactivate a virus, which creates an immune response, not a full-blown infection, that can make you feel old.
The first step to helping yourself
The first and most crucial step is identifying what is causing your stress and doing whatever you can to improve that situation.
You can try other remedies to target these viruses and help yourself feel more youthful again. But, keep in mind that these remedies won’t work if you don’t lower your stress and correct your diet.
Natural remedies you can try to feel younger:
- Sweet wormwood root
- Olive leaf
- Oregano oil
- Sage
- Garlic
- Thyme
There’s a big difference between good stresses and bad stresses. Good stresses can keep you very busy and motivated. It can even be work related.
Thank you for the useful information. I am a biologist and a clinical lab Scientist and I know that all these information are correct.
Thank you so much for this! I’m actually amazed with how energetic I am in my 60s. I’m raking gravel, moving furniture, and doing long walks. These are good things, not stressful. The ONLY thing stressing me out is people calling me and wanting to talk for more than 5 minutes. ❤️ ? ? Keto+IF Life is good!
True. I was really sick for over 20 years and by the time I was in my mid-30s, I felt really old, pains everywhere, joint and whole body pain, depressions, weakness, stress, inflammation, feeling run down.
Cleared the conditions I had, and the resultant inflammation. Now I am building my body systems. I like the energy levels I experience daily. Now I look and feel younger at 48. I used many plants – wormwood, cloves, garlic, turmeric, olive leaf etc.
For stress, turn to adaptogens. They clean up cortisol in the body and keep you relaxed. Inhaling lavender and basil oils also helped calm me down, as did magnesium oil.
Cleansing toxins released by dying parasites with charcoal was a life saver too, else the toxins linger longer in the gut and are reabsorbed into the blood stream.
I remember feeling like this when I was married. Starting in my early 20’s. It was abusive and I was stressed and in fear ALL the time. I was dragging myself around. I felt like this from my 20’s all the way into my 50’s well after I was divorced. Actually, the best I’ve felt was only after getting on a healthier diet, and then onto a healthy keto diet starting in May of 2021. I feel better now than any other time in my life.