Stronger and more beautiful! 10 tips to strengthen your immune system
It all starts with your lifestyle: here are 10 tips to live healthier and be invincible against any seasonal disease!
Start from power ...
- · 1. Follow proper hygiene
- · 2. Take a nice hot shower
- · 3. Use some prevention products
- · 4. Take probiotics
- · 5. Occasionally it is time to get a massage
- · 6. Drink green tea
- · 7. Go to bed early: your cells will thank you!
- · 8. Do some exercise
- · 9. Relax!
- 10. Eat a healthy and balanced diet with lots of vegetables
1. Follow proper hygiene
A lot of viruses (as well as bacteria) could be avoided by simply practicing good body hygiene.
If the advice to wash your hands often seems too obvious to you, it is a little less obvious, for example, not to touch your face and mouth with your hands after touching surfaces that are not exactly clean, such as the supports on public transport. .. Viruses and bacteria have eyes and mouth as privileged channels of diffusion!
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2. Take a nice hot shower
A shower, or a nice warm bath, can do real wonders for your body. As well as on your mind ...
3. Use some prevention products
Public transport is a breeding ground for colds and flu, but with a specific prevention product you can greatly decrease the risk of any infection.
A protective gel can be very useful to the cause: it is also suitable for children and pregnant women, having no particular contraindications.
4. Take probiotics
Did you know that over 70% of your immune cells are found in the gut and are supported by healthy gut bacteria? This can only mean one thing: you need to keep your gut happy!
Excess of sugar, carbohydrates and alcohol during the winter and its many festivals can cause imbalances, even profound ones, on our intestinal flora.
Keep your intestines balanced also by helping yourself with probiotics: they will help maintain the intestinal balance, necessary to reduce the possibility of getting seasonal ailments.
5. Every now and then it is time to get a massage
It doesn't always have to be for a special occasion! Not only does a good massage help relieve stress, it is also great for stimulating circulation and increasing natural antibodies to fight bacteria and viruses.
A sauna is also perfect for expelling toxins.
6. Drink green tea
It helps you lose weight, is an ally of the heart and can prevent disease: the benefits of green tea are truly amazing.
So you're probably not even surprised to hear that it's also great for keeping colds at bay.
Drinking green tea regularly will not only help keep your body hydrated and eliminate toxins: the polyphenols and flavonoids it contains will help boost your immune system.
7. Go to bed early - your cells will thank you!
Hours of sleep are a MUST. We need sleep so that our body can recover its strength: and the immune system too. It is recommended that you sleep at least 7 hours every night.
8. Do some exercise
Exercise relaxes, strengthens and makes you happy. Light exercises such as walking every day, cycling for at least half an hour are enough: they will make you feel better physically and mentally.
Excessive physical activity, in fact, especially for those who are not trained, can have the opposite and undesirable effect: lowering our immune defenses.
In addition, every physical exercise also requires a recovery time, in which your body must have time to rest.
9. Relax!
Don't forget about relaxation. Our body, like our mind, needs to relax. Stress is our immune system's biggest enemy, it negatively raises blood pressure and can cause depression.
Whether it's reading a book, meditating or petting the cat ... relaxation is, like sleep, a duty towards our cells.
10. Eat a healthy, balanced diet with lots of vegetables
Never underestimate the influence food and nutrition have on your health.
One serving of vegetables can contain more than 100 phytochemicals which will help strengthen the immune system every day.
Enjoy often foods such as broccoli, cabbage, soy, carrots, turmeric, onions and red fruits, currants and strawberries.
Food is your medicine!
