Avoiding the Cold and Flu
Everyone is scrambling to avoid getting sick this cold/flu season. The scare of the swine flu and any bug and bacteria around is causing a chaotic scene. Here are some tips for keeping yourself and your loved ones healthy naturally.
1) Rest and relaxation. Stress reduces our immune system’s strength to fight off germs. (So stop stressing about the flu!!) Sleep helps your body heal and rebuild its protective abilities. Getting 7-8 hours of sleep each night will help keep you a germ-fighting machine!
2) Staying active. As much as you want to avoid stressing your body out, activity is a key to keeping it strong. Motion allows the good stuff to get into our joints and blood streams and gets the bad stuff out so the immune system can attack it. Maintaining a healthy exercise regimen keeps your body healthy!
3) Fruits and Vegetables. Eat ‘em up! Fruits and vegetables provide our bodies with the vitamins and minerals we need to fight off infection. They also provide us with fiber to keep our digestive systems clean. This is very important as up to 75% of your immune system lives in your gut!!!
4) A little extra supplementation. There is an abundance of herbs to help improve our immune systems. Fighting off infections with natural herbs allows the body to rebuild its natural immunity more effectively and efficiently than taking “Sudafed” or antibiotics. Unfortunately, when we take antibiotics, they kill the good germs along with the bad. Without the good germs we have a harder time fighting infection when it comes around a second time or a third time… etc. Ask Dr. Amanda for more information on herbs as many factors should be considered before starting herbal supplementation.
5) Wash your hands. Sounds silly, but it is vital! Wash your hands after greeting people, after you’ve been in public (shopping, working, etc), after covering your face when you cough or sneeze and after using the restroom. Also, keep your hands away from your mouth and face. We are often the cause of our own sickness!
You have the ability to fight off the germs!!
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