The best foods to reduce tiredness and fatigue

Are you feeling tired and lacking in energy? Do you need your Va Va Voom Back?

Surya WrightOctober 10, 2025

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Summer’s over, we’ve just come back from holiday and the autumn blues have taken over. We’re feeling tired and lacking in energy and motivation to do anything.
We need help to get our Va Va Voom back!

How about you?

Are you looking at the door that’s covered in fingerprints or the wall that could really do with a new coat of paint and thinking, I’ll just watch a bit more TV or play another game?

Join the club!

So, what can we do about it?

Well, as always you can rely on me to check out what nutrition might help.

Did you know that there are actually a whole load of nutrients that have been sanctioned by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) which: Contribute to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue?

Brilliant, just what we all need...

Rather than bore you with a load of chat, I’ve just listed the top meat, pescatarian and veggie option for each nutrient, but if you want to find more foods -
Simply click on the nutrient, scroll to the bottom and check out the food highest in that nutrient.

You can filter by meat, pescatarian, veggie and vegan!

So, you can all find the best foods to get your Va Va Voom back.
(RDA = recommended daily amount)

So here they are…

Nutrients that contribute to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue:

Folate (B9)

Chicken liver 169% of your RDA
Edamame/soy beans - in pods 50% of your RDA
Fish roe 16% of your RDA

Iron

Calves liver 126% of your RDA
Cockles 107% of your RDA
Soya mince 63% of your RDA

Magnesium

Buckwheat pasta 63% of your RDA
Snails 61% of your RDA
Rock lobster 31% of your RDA

Niacin (B3)

Turkey breast 144% of your RDA
Sardines, whole 136% of your RDA
Natural yeast extract (natural marmite) 61% of your RDA

Pantothenic Acid (B5

Calves liver 201% of your RDA
Avocados 26% of your RDA
Cooked salmon 45% of your RDA

Riboflavin (B2)

Lambs liver 481% of your RDA
Whole crab 105% of your RDA
Eggs 41% of your RDA

Vitamin B12

Calves liver 2040 of your RDA
Octopus 1012% of your RDA
Eggs 68% of your RDA

Vitamin B6

Turkey breast 77% of your RDA
Squid/Calamari 56% of your RDA
Potatoes w/ skin on 36% of your RDA

Vitamin C

Here I’ve gone for the first easiest available ingredient, as there are a lot of exotic fruit first.

Fresh orange juice 91% of your RDA
Beef sausages 22% of your RDA
Fish roe 12% of your RDA

Conclusion

As you can see some foods are repeated more than once, so eating those will really help to give you back your Va Va Voom.

Meat eaters, as you can see there’s a lot of liver on the list here. So, if you’re not a liver fan just click on the nutrient and see which other meats come up first, or do what I do and make some pate, Here's a fab chicken liver pate recipe.

All of these nutrients will also do much more for you than just reduce tiredness and fatigue, so don’t forget to check out the pages to see what else you’ll be boosting 😊

Surya Wright

Co-founder, production manager

I'm our communications and marketing person, dealing with social media and copywriting. I also work with Matt and Ric overseeing the design and strategic management of the site. I'm also the author of the Eva the Hungry Amoeba children's book series (only one so far). You can find it on Amazon. My favourite foods, shepherds pie and smoked haddock!

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