Support your Immune System
Right now, more than ever, it is important for you to make sure you are practicing habits to support your Immune System. If you become sick, you will only suffer minor symptoms and recover sooner with a healthy immune system.
Our body is able to produce its own medicine, and this medicine is custom made just for you. By eating the right food and exercising you are supporting a healthy endothelium (the lining of the blood vessels). This releases chemical messengers called nitric oxide, and in turn prompts the body to make its own medicine.
Help your body make its own medicine:
- Exercise every day. You can go for a walk, do one of my YouTube videos, join one of my fitness classes, or do one of your own workouts
- De-stress: Practice breathing exercises, use meditation (I like the free app Insight Timer),
- hydrate-drink 1/2 your body weight in ounces each day-here’s a tip** of how I get more water into each day**
- sleep-make sure you are getting 7-8 hours of sleep, if this is difficult it is ok to add 20 minute naps into your day to help you get the recommended amount of sleep
- healthy eating-make sure you are getting enough fruits and vegetables into your diet; I try to eat 5-7 servings of fruits and vegetable each day and also take my fruit and veggie capsules to ensure I’m getting the antioxidants that I need.
By practicing these habits on a daily basis, you will begin to support your immune system, decrease inflammation, and begin to feel better inside and out.
Foods to support your Immune System:
Smoothies-make sure to fill them with colorful veggies, seeds, fruits, and healthy fats like nuts, or avocado. Do not overdo the fruits or you may deal with blood sugar spikes.
Salads-eat a salad for lunch or dinner. Make sure to add some crunch for texture. The more colorful you can make it the more antioxidants you are getting.
Spices-play around with spices and herbs for different flavors. I l
ove adding herbs into my salad and cinammon into my coffee. Get creative!
Salmon-eat wild caught fish at least once a week for those healthy Omegas.
Eating more foods like this every day and less processed foods will allow you to build your Immune system, decrease inflammation in your body and live healthier.
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