Looking to support your immune system this cold & flu season? 🦠🤒
Get our top tips on how you and your family can stay fit and well!
✅ Wash your hands regularly and steer clear of others coughing and sneezing around you 😷🤧
✅ Eat lots of brightly coloured fruit and vegetables full of immune-boosting nutrients. Blueberries, kiwis🥝 , apples 🍏🍎, citrus🍊🍋, red grapes 🍇, kale🥬, spinach, sweet potato 🍠 and carrots 🥕are top picks👌
✅ Get around fresh garlic 🧄😍. One of the all time best for anti-viral, anti-bacterial and general immune-boosting 💪
✅ Exercise 🚶♂️🏃♀️🏂🏋️♂️🏌️♀️🏊♀️🚴♂️🧘 Doesn’t matter what you do, just make it regular
✅ Natural yogurt. Not the sugar filled 💩, natural probiotic cultures filled goodness only. Great to strengthen the gut 🤗
✅ Zinc! Can reduce inflammation, boost immune health, improve metabolism, speed wound healing and improve acne. Fatty fish🐟 , shellfish 🦐 and oysters 🦪 are packed with it 👌
✅ Freshly brewed black or green tea 🍵
Apart from being delicious and warm, tea contains catechins that support the immune system (also found in red wine 🍷 and dark chocolate 🍫😍)
✅ Eat shiitake mushrooms 🍄. They contain polysaccharide with potent anti-viral properties 🚫🦠
✅ Sleep 😴 7-8 hours of quality sleep. Sleep deprivation is a killer for the immune system 🔫
✅ Laugh!😂 Underrated as a powerful tonic for our immune system
Stay safe and healthy legends✌️