9 Ways to Boost Your Immune System Naturally.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread around the world, many people are looking for ways to strengthen their immune systems and better resist infection from the virus. And it’s more important than ever.
Your immune system is your body’s defensive line against infection. And despite plenty of clever marketing by companies, there’s no one vitamin or pill you can take to boost it and become invincible to viruses and bacteria.
Boosting your immune system doesn’t just help you avoid the nuisances that come with getting sick. It can also help you save money by helping you avoid high health care costs and life-threatening circumstances associated with serious complications of diseases like COVID-19. And by making some of these lifestyle changes and adopting healthy habits, you can give your body’s immune system a better chance to do its job — namely, keeping you alive.
How to Naturally Boost Your Immune System
1. Wash Your Hands.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends washing your hands at these key times:
Before, during, and after preparing food
Before eating food
Before and after caring for someone who is ill
Before and after treating a cut or wound
After using the toilet
After changing a diaper or cleaning a child who has used the toilet
After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
After touching garbage
After touching an animal, animal feed or food, or animal waste
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CDC also recommends you wash your hands:
2. Eat More Fruits & Vegetables.
The adage “You are what you eat” has stuck around for a reason. The foods we consume play an essential and direct role in our body’s ability to function and thrive. The more balanced and diverse your diet, the stronger and healthier you’ll be.
3. Exercise Regularly.
4. Reduce Your Sugar Consumption.
5. Avoid Stress.
Many of us know from experience that stress weakens our immune systems. That’s because when you’re stressed, your body releases cortisol. The Cleveland Clinic reports that in the short term, cortisol can boost your immune system because it limits inflammation. However, long-term stress does the opposite. When cortisol is pumped into your system regularly, your body gets used to its presence. That can actually lead to greater inflammation and increase your risk of infection.
The Cleveland Clinic also reports that stress limits the production of lymphocytes, or white blood cells, which fight off infection. The lower your levels of lymphocytes, the more at risk you are for getting sick.
So it’s essential you do whatever you can to reduce your stress levels. Work out at home to make sure you get enough exercise (which can help reduce stress), meditate regularly to relax and still your thoughts, and make sure you get enough sleep every night.
6. Increase Your Consumption of Probiotics.
7. Take Elderberry Syrup.
8. Limit Alcohol Consumption.
9. Get Enough Sleep.
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