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28 Fine-Tune Your Immune System By Charlotte Benton ................................ Whilst no immune boosting supplement or lifestyle modification is enough to protect us against Covid-19, there are plenty of small steps we each can take to strengthen our body’s natural defences. As a result of the current pandemic, there has never been a more important time to ensure your body is fighting fit. Simple dietary and lifestyle changes can naturally boost your immune system, gradually helping your body to become stronger and consequently fight off illnesses more easily. Here are five top tips to naturally boost your immune system: 1. Focus on your diet Consuming foods that are rich in nutrients and antioxidants helps to keep your immune system strong. Tweaking your diet to include foods such as citrus fruits, spinach and healthy fats like salmon, can help to prevent colds, the flu and other infections. Most people commonly turn to citrus fruits, such as lemons and oranges, when they have a cold as these fruits are high in vitamin C. This vitamin increases the production of white blood cells, helping the body to fight infection. Adapting your diet to include nutritious foods can greatly boost your immune system as these foods help to reduce inflammation and aid the body’s fight against harmful pathogens. 2. Establish a good sleeping pattern Ensuring you have enough sleep is vital to improving your immunity, with a minimum of six hours each night being recommended by experts. Many of us treat sleep as a luxury, however we must remember that it is a necessity. Making a conscious effort to improve the amount of rest you get can boost your immune system. In order to improve the quality of your sleep you could try limiting your screen time before bed, as well as establishing a regular time that you go to bed. Both of these suggestions can help to maintain your body’s natural sleep-wake cycle. 3. Take part in moderate exercise Whilst it is known that too much exercise can weaken your immune system as a result of fatigue, moderate, regular exercise may help to reduce inflammation, alongside promoting your body’s immune cells to regenerate regularly. Partaking in activities such as brisk walking, steady cycling or jogging can all promote the healthy turnover of immune cells. Over the course of a week, adults should aim to complete 150 minutes of moderate exercise. Remember to follow the current Government guidelines when exercising in order to minimise social contact. 4. Control stress levels Elevated anxiety and stress can have a profoundly negative effect on your body, often to the detriment of the body’s natural defences. We are currently living through a particularly stressful time, hence a few stress-busting methods could be very beneficial in helping to reduce your anxiety levels. For example, you could try some breathing techniques or have a go at yoga, both of which can naturally help to reduce your stress levels, consequently boosting your immune system. 5. Hydrate Although hydration doesn't directly help to protect your body against infection and viruses, preventing dehydration is crucial to your overall health. Dehydration can lead to you being more susceptible to illness hindering the function of the heart and kidneys, as well as limiting physical performance, focus and mood. Dehydration can be easily prevented through drinking enough fluids each day, most favourably through drinking water. It is important to remember that, whilst other fluids such as fruit juices are hydrating, they also contain a high sugar content. Ideally, such content should be limited when seeking to improve your immunity. These are just a few suggestions of how to improve your body’s natural defences. A healthy immune system is essential in order for your body to fight off infection. Start today and strengthen your immunity naturally!
A Taste of the Caribbean ...................... Karib Kitchen is a new and exciting eatery which specialises in Caribbean cuisine to bring a taste of distant shores to Lichfield! Having successfully traded at food festivals around the country for the past four years, and experiencing the overwhelming demand for something a little different, the owners of Karib Kitchen have realised their dream and chosen Lichfield as their new base in which to operate. Friendly staff, great customer service and superb food can all be expected from Karib Kitchen, and diners can choose from Caribbean classics such as jerk chicken, fried plantains, and rice and peas, to more adventurous dishes like goat curry and callaloo. All of which are freshly prepared to order. Based under the historic arches of the Corn Exchange on Conduit Street, Karib Kitchen is available for online orders, with deliveries available or collection at the restaurant. The kitchen is open during the national lockdown and all Government guidelines are being strictly followed adhered to. Take a look at the menu online and order today at karib-kitchen-limited.square.site. 29
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