It’s here! The dreaded cold and flu season. So, what can you do to try to prevent getting these illnesses? One way is to make an effort to try to boost your immune system.
What is an immune system, anyway? According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, the overall function of the immune system is to prevent or limit infection.
Your lifestyle preferences can impact your immune system, positively or negatively. Therefore, it is important to make good choices in order to have a positive impact on your immune system function and general health.
The below are several lifestyle habits that can assist you in boosting your immune system in order to attempt to fight off illness.
Wash your hands frequently with soap
Avoid constantly touching your face
Take your shoes off in the house
Change your bath towels
Avoid touching things that other people touched
Drink more water and keep hydrated- add lemon for extra vitamin C
Get more sleep
Change your toothbrush
Don’t share drinking glasses and utensils
Eat nutrient dense foods
Avoid junk food
Disinfect surfaces like remotes, phones, toys, doorknobs, and keyboards
Exercise
Avoid shaking hands
Limit alcohol consumption
Change your sheets and pillowcases
Reduce stress
Avoid sugar
Cover your mouth when coughing or sneezing
If soap and water are unavailable, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer
Although it might be inevitable that you are in close contact with someone that is ill, prevention and limiting your exposure to germs is important to staying healthy.
Keep away from sick people!
Evolve Wellness, LLC
Andrea is a health and wellness coach at Evolve Wellness, LLC. At Evolve Wellness, LLC we focus on eating clean healthy food, fitness, anti-aging, and beauty for leading a healthy lifestyle. You can find out more on www.evolveholisticsolutions.com.
Note: The role of a health and wellness coach is not to diagnose, treat or cure any disease, condition or other physical or mental ailment of the human body. The information on this website should not be seen as medical or nursing advice and is not meant to take the place of consulting licensed health professionals.