In the current climate, health is on everyone’s minds and we are all thinking whether there is a way to boost our immune systems.
A healthy lifestyle contributes significantly to it. Dr. Ionannis Arkadianos co-founder at the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO) gives us useful advice:
Avoid or reduce:
• Sugar
• Refined carbohydrates
• Fast food
• Caffeine
• Alcohol
• Smoking
• Stress
• Fatty and processed meats
• Identify and avoid allergens
Increase:
- Whole grain cereals
- Vegetables
- Fruit
- Nuts and seeds
- Antioxidants
- Water
Lifestyle:
- Ensure enough hours of sleep and rest
- Wash your hands thoroughly
- Ensure adequate protein intake in your diet
- Exercise
- Maintain a proper body weight
Increase your intake (foods containing supplements *):
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin E
- Zinc • Vitamin A
- Vitamin D
- Selenium
* Always advice your doctor
They may also help: Yogurt with probiotics or kefir, tea, honey, berries, garlic, probiotics
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