Boost your immune system with Vitamin E
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Like vitamin C, vitamin E can be a powerful antioxidant that helps your body fight off infection. Almonds, peanuts, hazelnuts and sunflower seeds are all high in vitamin E. So are spinach and broccoli if you prefer to increase your intake through meals rather than snacks.
This important vitamin — part of nearly 200 biochemical reactions in your body — is critical in how your immune system functions. Foods high in vitamin B6 include bananas, lean chicken breast, cold-water fish such as tuna, baked potatoes and chickpeas. Bring on the hummus!
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Start prescribing yourself with natural remedies before you make a Doctors visit! Raw honey relieves respiratory and bronchial infections!
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It has approximately 22 amino acids, 31 different minerals and a wide range of vitamins and enzymes. However, the nutrients are only present in trace amounts. What’s most impressive about raw honey is that it contains nearly 30 types of bioactive plant compounds. These are called polyphenols, and they act as antioxidants. Many studies have linked these antioxidants with impressive health benefits, including reduced inflammation and a lower risk of heart disease and certain cancers.
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Adequate sleep is extremely important at this time.
Shorter durations of sleep increase the risk of infectious illnesses. A study published in the journal sleep found that getting less than 5 hours of sleep increased the risk of viral illnesses by 350 percent! In the study they compared these people to those that sleep 7 hours per night.
Sleep deprivation increases a cytokine (immune system chemical) called CXCL9. This chemical is particularly important in COVID 19 infection because it aid in the out of control inflammatory response that happens in some patients. This over-reaction of the immune system to the virus results in the inflammation in the lungs and white-out on chest X-rays of COVID patients. This is called the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. It is not the virus itself, but our immune systems response to it that actually causes death.
Adequate sleep releases melatonin, a hormone which decreases this over-reactive immune response.
While this has not been studied in COVID in particular, it has been with many other viruses.
Remember to keep a schedule, go to bed early, sleep in, avoid caffeine in the afternoon, avoid alcohol in the evening, make sure your bedroom is adequately dark, avoid bright lights and technology 2 hours before bedtime, get plenty of exercise but prior to 2 hours before bedtime, make sure your bed and bedroom is reserved strictly for sleeping and sex and no other activities. If you wake up in the night, tell yourself its ok and dont panic. Try to read a book and dont turn on your phone! Meditation before bed can also be helpful. See my website for other sleep ideas. #integrativemedicine #integrativehealth #sleep #antiviral
