What are the Lifestyle Factors that deplete you immune system, making you more vulnerable to catching the Corona Virus? Here are a few ways you can strengthen your immune system: Excess Dependency on Caffeine, Alcohol & Packaged Foods These all provide poor nutrition for the immune system. It makes your body & mind work on an empty gas tank…… and you can’t go very far on that. These are the foods that are devoid of vitamin/ mineral nutrient enriched food, so essential to a healthy and resilient immune system. In the cold winter months when colds are more easily propagating their community of offspring in your body, is when fresh…
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Lifestyle Factors That Make You More Vulnerable To Catching Colds
Part 1: What are the lifestyle factors that deplete your immune system, making you more vulnerable to catching colds? If you are in touch with your body, you may already have some inkling of what tipped the scales in your body, that made whatever cold/ flu viruses in the environments you hang out in, sneak in under your body’s radar defenses. Can you guess what some of those lifestyle factor are that have thrown you out of balance? There are so many factors that can tip your body’s immune system scale. Inadequate or restless sleep. Overwork to the point of exhaustion/ not enough quality downtime/ chronic longstanding overwork. Excess dependency…
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Staying Healthy Through the Cold and Flu Season
The cold wet dark days of winter encourage opportunistic respiratory viruses to step up their action. 1.7 billion colds and flus wallop the United States every year, setting off a storm of sneezes, sniffles, sore throats & sinus congestion. In the last few years, we are seeing more virulent cold and flu bugs that disseminate in our work and community places, that the yearly flu vaccine does not always safeguard against. More virulent bacteria and virus strains are the root cause of lingering pneumonia, asthma, bronchitis & persistent coughs, COPD, reoccurring sinus infections and allergic reactions to dust, mold and pollens. The cold and flu bugs are catalyzed by over…
