- Get enough sleep – if you can get 8-9 hours a night you’ll feel a difference
- Get your Vitamin D tested (The 25-hydroxy vitamin D test is the most accurate way to measure how much vitamin D is in your body.) Vitamin D helps to boost your immune system (it is an potent immune system modulator). Standard medical models show that normal vitamin D is 30-80 but in my humble opinion, optimum vitamin D is between 60 – 80
- Remove sugar from your diet. Do you know that when you eat sugar your immune system is depressed for up to 5 hours? So what happens when you are exposed to bacteria and virus during this time? When you choose something to eat remember that sugar is not just in cookies and candy. Look for foods that are low glycemic and very nourishing.
- Drink bone broths – bone broths are chicken or beef stock that is cooked for 24 hours creating an amazing nutritious alkaline broth. (email me at [email protected] if you’d like a recipe) Think about bone broth as super chicken soup. If you thought chicken soup helped heal you when you had a cold/flu, bone broth is “super chicken soup”.
- Drink chamomile tea. Chamomile tea, in addition to relaxing and strengthening your digestive track builds your immune system.
4 Comments
suzanne welch
Thanks..very informative. I drink chamomile every night, and now have my daughter drinking it, i didn’t realize its good for the immune system as well. thanks!
Bonnie Rogers
Suzanne, it’s a wonderful herb. If you are using it in teabags I highly recommend that you get some in bulk, let me know I have some, the taste is so different.
Laura
Great advice ~ this year especially. It seems that more and more people are being affected by colds and the flu. Taking care BEFORE they hit are vital to staying healthy!
Nancy Tierney
Whoa! That’s an amazing bit of information, that one about how sugar depresses your immune system. And the one about Chamomile tea! You are full of great facts. Thank you. I’m off to brew myself a cup.
lilia lee
Thank you Bonnie for these tips. I know I need to boost my system. These seem like simple ways to do just that.