This is how we stay in shape and stay healthy through our lives!! It is the season of sniffles, sneezes, fevers, and flu. And, this year brings an epidemic that has every parent on high alert. At my house, we're in the midst of virus cycle number one and I just pulled out the vaporizer for the first time of the season. As my son and I waited for the little engine to warm up after months of sitting idly, we spoke glumly about how much we despise the string of illness and misery fall and winter inevitably brings. This winter we are fighting back, and you can too. Keep your family in tip-top shape by following these easy tips.
1. Get plenty of Zzzzz
Studies show that sleep deprivation can make you more susceptible to illness by reducing the number of cells in your body dedicated to fighting things like microbes.
2. Bust a family move
WE walk a lot every evening as a family!
3. Engage in germ warfare
- Make sure everyone washes their hands often with soap. Sing the ABC's while vigorously lathering palms, between fingers, around nail beds, and the backs of hands.
6. Drink up
You have probably heard how important it is to drink plenty of fluids when you are ill, but it's just as important for preventing illness
5. Air out
Open a window or two in your home just a crack for a few minutes each day. WE open all are weekend at some point in the day!
6. Keep it cool
An overheated home promotes dry air, the perfect environment for viruses to thrive.
WE take a few minutes out of each day and relax as a family!
8. Pump up with produce
WE cook with a lot Carrots, kiwis, raisins, green beans, oranges, strawberries.
9. Go easy on the sweets
Sugar makes the body acidic, just the way pathogens like it (they thrive on sugar). So especially during cold and flu season, reduce sugar intake.
10. Take a supplement- we take our vitamins each day!
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