by Jill Provost

Excuse us, but we couldn’t help notice the drool on your chest, and our guess is, it’s not your infant’s. Time for a wake-up call that doesn’t involve espresso shots. What you need, in addition to sleep, are a few lessons in eating for energy. Lack of sleep amps up your appetite and makes you crave all the wrong things—causing a vicious cycle of sugar highs and lows, and ungainly weight gain. Here are eight fatigue-fighting foods that will wake you up and slim you down.

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