Wellness Expert Theresa Meacham on Winter Health Tips
Joining me now with tips on how you can finish out the winter, healthy and strong is our wellness expert Theresa Meacham. Welcome back to early start here. It’s good to be here. Okay. It seems like now’s the time where you’re hearing about everyone coming down with some kind of virus or cold
Or flu or something or other. So you’ve got some great tips for us today. It is. It’s going around and it’s all about not being afraid of it, but just trying to prepare for it. Okay. Now, I remember when you were here at the end of the year
Giving us all of our tips to have a healthy New Year and encouraging us to get rid of our phones from our bedrooms at night. I wish I could tell you I did that, but I’m still going to work on that All right there■s still time. Okay. Let’s get to our first tip.
Tip number one, being up at the vitamin D and C how are we going to do that? Well, I think we’re. All aware of how vitamin C is immuno protective, but what a lot of us don’t know is that vitamin D is the same way.
And in the winter, our vitamin D naturally wanes because we’re not out in the sun as much. So this is a really good time to even get tested and to supplement with some high quality supplements. Okay. Is that what you brought here today or is it just coming up?
These are well, here we have. Our c D, this is A kiddos C and this is one that adults can use. And then this is a D a really easy D, it’s just droppers. And you can drop it into yogurt, oatmeal, smoothies, a drink, anything. It doesn’t really have a taste. Okay.
And if you didn’t want to go that route, but you wanted to supplement with food, is that where the oranges come in or. Well, yes, That’s definitely any of your citrus are going to be higher in vitamin C, So those are going to be really good for you. Okay.
Next step you have here is extra rest where we need to get rid of that phone in our bedroom at night. That’s right. Get rid of the phone. No. So we’re talking about adequate rest. And this isn’t like get your 10 hours of rest at night. This is 7 hours.
So research has shown that 7 hours, seven plus hours of quality sleep actually helps the function of the T cells in our body. And those are the cells that are going to kill all of the bad bacteria and viruses that are coming in and making the sick. Yeah,
We don’t want those T cells to suffer because we’re not getting enough for us. Up next here, we have hand-washing. I feel like after COVID and the pandemic, we should all be pro hand washers. We should we should. But it’s back to. Kindergarten, right? It’s 20. Seconds.
Get a really good lather, rinse the hands off. And this is any time you’ve been out and about and definitely any time. Before you’re going to eat. Yes. Jillian’s playing volleyball right now after every volleyball game or block with this bowling, please go wash your face.
My gosh. So many germs on. Same with my boys in basketball. They come home and it’s everyone to the bathroom and wash up. Yeah, they put their hands in their mouth and I immediately cringe. Okay. Up next, we have increased your nutrient intake and you’re encouraging, like, juices, green juices and smoothies. Yes.
I just think that’s the easiest way. And it’s easy, especially if you have kiddos, green juices, smoothies, vegetable soups. You can blend basically anything in there and they won’t know it. So that’s a really good way to kind of up your micronutrient. okay, very good. We’ve got a few more here.
Your gut health focus on that gut health. So 70% of your immune system is actually housed in your gut. And so when people talk about the good bugs or the good bacteria, that’s what they’re talking about. And that’s a big line of defense against viruses, bacteria, again, those things that make us sick.
So we want to focus on gut protective foods like fermented foods, bone broth, full fat, coconut products and even gut supportive supplements. Yeah, I swear by just a few spoonfuls of sauerkraut every day. Yes, I love it, too. I’m with. You. I’m with you babies. I’m a big fan.
Okay, clean up your diet. Easier said than done. Definitely easier said than done. And I. Would say. This is something that nobody’s perfect. Don’t aim for perfection. But sugar can really dampen your immune system. And so that something like if. You’re not feeling well or your kiddos aren’t feeling well.
Let’s find a different way to soothe or comfort or treat them then like pumping up the sugar. Yeah, exactly. Good tip there. Okay. And finally, stress reduction. Stress reduction. This is a hard one. We all have it. And we all have to deal with it.
But this stress, the research on stress is incredible in terms of how it increases inflammation and it decreases immunity. And so that’s creating like a really bad environment in your body to be strong against viruses and bacteria. So I think the biggest thing is finding positive ways to deal with stress.
We’re never going to get rid of it, but can we find positive ways to move through it? Okay, Great tips. Thank you so. Much. Thank you. I feel healthier already. All right. If you would like a list of all of Teresa’s tips, anyone connect with her on social media?
There’s a look at her Instagram page. We, of course, will link that up at ci living dot TV. Teresa, thank you so much. Thank you. Thanks for having me.
