General and chronic fatigue can have a devastating impact on your life, affecting your job, your relationships and make day to day living tough. If your GP has not been able to pinpoint an underlying cause of tiredness, you may want to consider some simple alternatives to test for:

Constant or extreme tiredness without reason can be a symptom of a wide range of conditions but is often identified as a problem for people who have Coeliac disease, a thyroid condition, Candida Albicans and especially Pernicious Anaemia.

Chronic insomnia or sleeplessness causing tiredness can sometimes be due to a food intolerance.

Acute or chronic anxiety and depression can also be linked with thyroid problems or sometimes a food intolerance and mood swings a sign of a Candida Albicans.

If you also find you are always picking up minor infections, colds and flu, you may find it useful to take a combined pro-biotic and antioxidant supplement:

DTECTA - Immunox (£7.49)

Boosts the immune system & resistance to colds and infections. The only antioxidant with probiotics. (30 capsules)

Probiotic formulation: Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium breve, Bifidobacterium longum, Bifidobacterium infantis.

Antioxidants: Green Tea extract, Bilberry extract, Vitamin E, Grape extract, Curcumin extract, Selenium, Pine bark extract.