What are homeopathic remedies?

Most medications you take are meant for the alleviation of symptoms. They get rid of your headaches, suppress coughing, reduce fever, etc, for a few hours of relative relief. While this may not sound bad initially, it could potentially worsen things for you in the long run. This suppression of symptoms merely prolongs the overall illness. Symptoms are the body's way of fighting off an infection or illness. When you suppress the symptoms, you suppress your body's natural immune response - you are fighting your own immune system (not a good idea,considering the job of the immune system is to keep you alive). This means it will take longer for the underlying problem to go away.
Homeopathic remedies are different from allopathic (think drug store) medicines. Definitionally speaking,homeopathic remedies are “a tiny amount of a substance(…) that in large doses would induce symptoms like those caused by the illness”, as referenced by the online article “A Mixed Bag of Alternative Remedies” by Lindsay Lyon and January W. Payne, writers for the Journal U.S. News and World Report.
The purpose of homeopathic remedies is to build the body's immunity. An example of this would be the taking of a dose of Rhus Tox, the homeopathic medicinal form of poison oak, to help your body fight off a rash.
Also, unlike most medicines, homeopathic remedies have no side effects. Side effects are a definite sign that your medication and your body are not friends. They slow the healing process by stressing your body, adding to the already present strain of the illness.
Homeopathic dosages are too small to have a negative effect on the body. Because they are not meant to suppress your body's immunity, the dosages don't need to be large. They simply provide a much-needed boost to your immmunity.
Homeopathic remedies are most effectively taken by placing them under your tongue, and allowing them to dissolve there. This introduces the substance directly into your bloodstream, so that your body is provided with an immediate benefit.
Of course, I'm not telling you to stop taking whatever medicine your doctor has prescribed. But a homeopathic remedy could be of help the next time you think you are coming down with something.

Breakfast!

One of the most important steps to a good day is making certain you eat breakfast. When you wake up, your bloodsugar is low, and it is likely you feel the need for caffeine. Even if you do have a caffeine addiction, the most important thing is to hydrate - with water, not coffee - and to literally feed your brain.
Protein is important - yogurt, eggs, meat, milk - all of these are excellent sources of energy. Try to avoid a sugary breakfast - this will leave you drooling on the desk before too long. You'll need a form of carbohydrate as well, but try to avoid processed, white-flour based breads and pastries. These are just as bad for you, and a void of nutritional content as something sugary. Worse, this can spike your yeast, leaving you drained of energy.
Go ahead and drink your coffee, if you must, but tea is a more than adequate substitute, and is far less acidic, and thus much better for your digestion. Green teas, black teas, and white teas all contain caffeine, but herbal teas can be rejuvenating as well. My personal favorite is any type of chai tea.
It's well worth it to wake up twenty or thirty minutes earlier, when doing this will give you energy to last until lunch time without grabbing a *gasp!* doughnut.