Working from home

Keeping
healthy
whilst
working
from home
by Sandie Dennis

You want to keep
yourself as healthy as
possible so that your
immune system is able
to fight its own battles as
best it can.
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We are living in unprecedented times and we all need to
follow the Government guidelines which are being updated
on a daily basis.
Many of us now are working from home
and, like me, you may not be used to
doing this. The day to day routine is very
different and getting used to that can
be quite an adjustment. And alongside
those changes, the aim is to keep yourself
mentally and physically well.
You want to keep yourself as healthy as
possible so that your immune system is
able to fight its own battles as best it can.
It is really important to eat as healthily as possible and avoid
foods that could weaken your body and immune system,
including processed foods, soft fizzy drinks. sugary snacks
and too much alcohol.
Aim to keep eating good amount of fruits and vegetables and
don’t forget frozen vegetables are fine too if fresh supplies
are limited or you can’t get out. Fruit and vegetables will
give you good amounts of vitamin C and supplementing this
important nutrient will support your immune system too.

Research
As well as eating well, keep active as best you can
and think about reducing alcohol, as it may weaken
your immune defences.
Research has shown that drinking alcohol can
cause a nearly 50% increase in vitamin C excretion
through your urine and it can make it harder for
your body to absorb it. You don’t want to make
things harder for your body than is necessary.
Alcohol can affect your delicate balance of
beneficial bacteria in your gut which is important
for optimising your immune function. Alcohol
can also dehydrate you; getting enough water is
so important at this time so make sure you have a
regular supply near you during the day. Alcohol can
also affect your sleep patterns, causing you to wake
in the middle of the night.
You need enough good quality sleep as disrupted
sleep or less sleep can make you make you more
vulnerable to catching an infection. Also as alcohol
has diuretic effects, you can lose valuable nutrients
through your urine.

Right now having good levels of vitamin C for your immune system is really important, so reduce
your alcohol consumption, increase your vitamin C intake through fruit and vegetables and to
give yourself the best support, I recommend you top up with a good quality alkaline vitamin C
supplement too.
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Vitamin C Support
Vitamin C is essential to the health of your immune
cells and, did you know, they need almost double the
amount when you are unwell.
Research has shown that good levels of vitamin C can
help to reduce the length of time you might suffer
from an infection.
I do understand that the present situation is stressful
but staying as calm as possible is important because
stress depletes your stores of vitamin C.
You may not know it but as humans we can’t
manufacture vitamin C in our bodies, it has to come
from outside in food or supplements.
Most animals can manufacture their own vitamin C,
in the liver and kidneys, and increase that production
when they are stressed, replenishing stores to restore
health.
When choosing the right vitamin C support
supplement for you I recommend you look for
an alkaline form of vitamin C which is made from
magnesium ascorbate.
This is the form that is gentler on your digestive system
than the ascorbic acid form of vitamin C which can
act as an irritant.
Because your body can’t make its own vitamin C,
you need to make sure that, during times of anxiety
or when wanting to support your immunity, you
supplement your own stores not only with increased
intake of vitamin C rich foods, but also with a good
alkaline form of vitamin C supplement.
You should take at least 1,000mg of vitamin C a day.
Take 500mg vitamin C twice a day (because this
vitamin is water soluble, it is better taken in two
amounts, as your body can’t store it).
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Probiotic Support
As well as the antioxidant benefits of fruit and vegetables
which can help protect your cells from damage, they are
also rich in fibre which helps to ‘feed’ your beneficial
bacteria.
We now know that 70% of your immune function is in
your gut so at a time like this when you want maximum
support for your immunity, the levels of your beneficial
bacteria are even more important.
Over the last few years, research into probiotics and
how these beneficial bacteria can affect your health
has exploded – proving that probiotics have a far more
significant effect on your whole body than only the
positive effects on your gut health.
Your digestive system contains billions of bacteria,
weighing in at around 1kg (about 2lbs). You need
good levels of beneficial bacteria (ideally an advanced
probiotic support) to help to keep control of pathogenic
bacteria, parasites and yeasts.
There is a delicate bacterial balance to be had and
keeping that balance is extremely important for your
overall good health.
Lactobacillus acidophilus is the main species of
beneficial bacteria that colonises the small intestines
whereas the bifidobacterium is the main beneficial
inhabitant of the large intestines.
Having a good probiotic supplement that contains a
prebiotic can be particularly helpful as the prebiotic is
the food that the good bacteria use to thrive on so are
useful in helping to make sure that the levels of your
beneficial bacteria stay high.
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Vitamin D Support
A number of other nutrients can be helpful
such as zinc but there is one other stand
out nutrient that is often not mentioned
and that is vitamin D, our sunshine vitamin.
Natural food sources of vitamin D are few.
It is found in oily fish and eggs and fortified
foods such as breakfast cereals. But your
body does not expect to get much vitamin
D from food as it is made by the exposure
of your skin to sunlight, so at this time of
the year, your levels can be low. That is why
Public Health England recommend that all
adults and children over one should be
supplementing with vitamin D.
Vitamin D is important for your immune system. It is classed as
an immune modulator, it helps to balance your immune system.
It can bring it up the immune function if low and bring it down if
overactive. And you are either deficient in vitamin D or not. It is
such a black and white result when you take a test and it is easy
to correct a deficiency.
I cannot stress enough how important it for you to have good
levels of vitamin D. It is not only the immune benefits but research
has now shown that it has found to:
• be vital for bone health and osteoporosis
• play a major role in breast and bowel cancer prevention
• help with other conditions as diverse as type 2 diabetes,
heart disease, joint pains and arthritis, depression, dementia,
autoimmune diseases, fertility, autism, and allergies
• help with SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder).
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Sandie Dennis
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