Intro

When half your office doesn’t show up on Monday, You know cold & flu season has officially begun. As much as it knocks us out, illness is a natural process in life, and we need to be ready with a strong, healthy immune system. Here are quick tips to naturally boost your defenses and keep your body resilient.  

Boosting your Immune System

1.      Prioritize Proper Hydration

What doesn’t water do? Staying hydrated is essential for overall health, and it plays a particularly important role in your immune system.  Proper fluid intake helps support circulation, supporting cellular function, flushing toxins through the liver and kidney, and keeping your respiratory system operating at max efficiency. Keep it simple. Take a glass of water, and sip it throughout the day.  You can add electrolytes to further enhance hydration.

2.      Get Quality Sleep

You know the record for the longest period of time without sleep is 264 hours, or approximately 11 days? You can live longer without food and water than you can without sleep.  Sleep is vital.  Your body repairs and regenerates while yo usleep. White blood cells that have spent the majority of your waking time fighting off foreign pathogens NEED to regenerate.  Improve your sleep by sticking to a consistent bedtime routine. Also, Reduce screen time before bed, and avoid caffeine in the evening.  These might be hard for busy professionals, and I personally don’t have a consistent sleep schedule. I also do like to check an email of two before I doze off, but hey I almost never drink caffeine after 3 PM. So you can’t fully say I don't follow my own advice.

3.      Load Up on Immune-boosting Nutrients

A balanced diet filled with vitamins andminerals is the BEST way to keep your immune system strong and healthy. That’s a rich statement coming from someonewho sells Nutrient/Vitamin IV’s but I stand by it.  The best way to get your nutrients is through healthy organic food, because your body has evolved over millions of years to extract the right amount of nutrients and vitamins you need from the food you eat.  BUT, we evolved BEFORE the industrial revolution, BEFORE agriculture, BEFORE junk food was invented.  The food you eat these days might be nutritious enough to keep you from scurvy, but they don’t boost your immune system.  Buying organic, and shopping at whole foods is a great start, but an IV can deliver nutrients and antioxidants to your bloodstream in ways food just simply can't.  These vitamins are crucial for the immune system, and are found in our Immune Boost IV's.

• Vitamin C
• Zinc
• Glutathione

4.      Manage Stress Effectively

Chronic Stress can cause cortisol to release which suppresses your immune system. This ultimately makes you more vulnerable to illness.  Use these simple techniques to relieve stress.  Try your best not to get angry.  If you feel yourself getting angry, try to calm down. If that doesn’t help, just internalize your feelings.

I’m kidding, these are terrible tips, but the usual advice we hear are a bit tone-deaf when it comes to the real world. Do those techniques really help when your boss is on your case about next weeks deadline? You can meditate, but the deadline is still there, and you will be stressed until it's over.  

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And for what its worth, a little stress inyour life is a good thing.  Its crucialfor growth.  If you’re not getting atleast a little stressed, you’re not challenging yourself.  Just keep it to a minimal, or you might begetting sick more often than not.

5.      Stay Active with Regular Exercise

6.      Support your Gut Health

A large portion of your immune system ishoused in your gut.  Your Digestive tractis at war every day with whatever you swallowed for lunch, and all the bacteriait dragged in with it.  Maintaining ahealthy digestive tract, and healthy microbiological biome helps to fight offharmful pathogens.  Improve your guthealth by eating probiotic-rich foods (yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut), increasefiber intake with whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, and reducing processedfoods and excessive sugar consumption

7.      Wash Your Hands & Maintain Hygiene

I’ll leave this here, but I really shouldn’thave to tell you this one.  Wash yourhands. Don’t Sneeze in People’s Faces.

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