Okay, now let's go over some basics we all can do to build immunity.
Positivity / Quality of our thoughts
Our mind is the most powerful healing organ in the body. Proverbs 23:7 King James Version (KJV). 7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he. This is true in our overall health and wellness, also!
Let’s start our mornings out with positive affirmations, prayer and visualization.
Did you know? You are in charge of the story you’re telling yourself. I recently had to tell myself this and my days became brighter. Surround yourself with positive people and avoid negative influences as much as possible. It’s okay to get down but don’t stay there! I say this with love!!!
Movement
Exercise supports our overall wellbeing, our mental health and helps our blood and lymphatic flow. “A stagnant pond grows algae and other organisms; as a flowing stream stays fresh and healthy.” I repeat this to my patients, frequently.
Movement is life. Keep the body in a healthy rhyme and frequency by intentionally moving every day! It doesn’t have to be a 3 mile run or a cross-fit workout, both which are wonderful. You just need to get 20-30 mins of walking, stretching, weights or just challenging yourself to try new things. Be adventurous!
Sleep
This is where the repair happens. We heal at night when our mind shuts off and our immune system kicks into ninja mode. It’s important to get to bed at a decent time. Our family will try to get to bed by 10pm most nights. This helps us wake refreshed and stay well physically and mentally.
How much sleep do you need? Most of us need 8 hours to feel rested and some can go less. If you’re struggling with sleep, try adding some melatonin, taking a warm bath with epson salt and lavender, disconnecting from screen time 2 hours before and turning on a diffuser with some lavender or peace & calming essential oil in it. If you notice you’re waking up every night at the same time. Then, I would suggest looking at the Chinese sleep chart. Stress on certain organs can interrupt your sleep.
Now, schedule a goodnight's sleep into your daily routine.
Nutrition
Food fuels our body. What you eat, you become, well its kinda true. When you eat processed food that has no life, no enzymes, no hydration, your body will fall into dis-ease. We should eat foods that are full of life, with enzymes, antioxidants, water, minerals and vitamins, if we want to be full of life too! Fresh fruits, vegetables, grass-fed meats, farm fresh eggs have more nutrition and will benefit your bodies health and foundational wellness ability to fight infections.
Do you get the idea? Buy food that spoils and eat it!
Supplementation
Using high quality supplementation to support our body’s high stress and demands. Read the labels! Know the source of what you’re buying. If you buy cheap you will get cheap.
Warning... too many people are buying synthetic, toxic, low quality supplements and expecting to gain health. Many will suffer from a toxic liver, bowel, weakened thyroid, foggy brain the longer they stay on them. So avoid these ingredients: Colors, Preservatives, Corn oil, Soybean oil, Sucralose, GMO’s, BHT and many more.
Supplements to add to build immunity: Pre-Probiotics, Vitamin D3/K2, Vitamin C, Omega3, Trace minerals, Good Protein Powders (amino acids like L-Glutamine), B vitamins with methyl-folate/B12, Cur-cumin, L-Lysine, the list can go one depending on your current situation.
Elimination of toxins
What’s in your drinking water, your food, your personal care products? The average woman puts over 500 different synthetic chemicals on her body daily which is the largest organ on your body. Ouch!!! How about your environment at home, work or school? What toxic chemicals are being used daily around you and leaving a toxic burden on your liver, your brain, your immune system and your generations after you?
We are living in a world surrounded by unnecessary toxic chemicals and we are unknowingly getting poisoned every day. Watch the documentary "Stink" and you will get a glimpse into the industry.
So what can you do? Start reading labels if you don't know what an ingredient is, then google it. Drink purified water, use cleaners that don't warn you not to use around children or pets. Find companies that care about you and the environment and a promise to not use toxic chemicals. I know of a great company that I can trust and this gives me peace. It's important when I'm bringing items into my home, that they are safe to use on my kids and around my pets.
Chiropractic
“Nature needs no help, just no interference ”~BJ Palmer.
The body is self healing and regulating. Chiropractic care removes stress on the nervous system which them reduces stress on the immune system and the body can reach homeostasis much easier. Fighting a foreign invader with a compromised nervous system / immune system is where sickness moves in and stays too long. Get a chiropractic adjustment to strengthen your body's innate ability to fight off infections quickly.
“How do you make a dimmed light bright again? Remove the interference. How do you increase health in a dis-eased person? The same way!” ~B.J Palmer
“Prevention is always better than cure.” ~ Desiderius Erasmus
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