In this day and age, keeping your health in check and being able to power through everyday often feel like two equally daunting challenges. But what if they could go hand in hand with just a few smart habits?
The secret lies in supporting your body with the right fuel, starting with a supplement for the immune system.
Whether you’re working from home, running a busy household, or grinding through a marathon of meetings, giving your body a daily dose of immune-boosting vitamins with proper diet and exercise can help improve how you perform. For those navigating multiple roles, it’s one of the simplest ways to improve one’s health and keep the momentum. It strengthens your immunity, minimizes the risks of getting sick, and helps you recuperate fast if you do. The key is simple: when your health is kept at its optimum, your performance follows.
This article explores three simple but highly essential ways to support your immune system and boost your day to day productivity. Ready to feel better and get more done? Let’s dive in.
Get Adequate Regular Exercise.
While a boost in metabolism is a well-known benefit of regular exercise, it also helps strengthen immunity and enhance productivity.
In particular, it improves the circulation of immune cells, it becomes your body’s first line of defense against germs, bacteria, and viruses. As a result, better circulation leads to stronger protection against infections that can disrupt your daily tasks.
What to do: A good 30-60 minute exercise per day, per week works best to help improve the immune system. Do take note though that more strenuous exercises do not necessarily mean better. Excessive, high-intensity exercises often do more harm than good as they put too much of an exhaustion and burden on the body. Without proper recuperation, they can weaken rather than boost the immune system.
Get Complete, Restful Sleep.
A study done amongst college students at Stanford University says that “Losing just 4 hours of sleep in a single night can make a person’s reflexes and attentiveness 45 percent slower and feel overtired.” Inadequate sleep leads to lower immunity and an increased risk of chronic conditions. Additionally, lack of sleep negatively impacts productivity due to impaired focus, weak memory, and drained energy, making it harder to perform even simple tasks efficiently.
- What to do: To address this, make sure you get at least seven to nine hours of deep restful sleep each night, to give the body time to recharge and recuperate. Sleep releases immune-boosting proteins called cytokines which play an essential role in strengthening your body’s defenses. How to ensure a good shut-eye? Avoid caffeine consumption at least 8 hours before bedtime. Minimize gadget use at least 2 hours before sleeping as blue light reduces your melatonin levels which help you get some deep sleep. Avoid long daytime naps. And if you can, try to sleep and wake up at consistent hours.
Take Immune-boosting Food and Supplements.
A nice way of putting this is to remind yourself to “eat your rainbow”, because often, colorful fruits and vegetables are rich in immune-boosting vitamins and minerals that bolster your body’s defenses. Immune-boosting foods “feed” our cells with nutrients like vitamins A, C, D, E, and Zinc to keep them functioning properly and effectively.
- What to do: Make sure you get a well-balanced, nutrient-rich diet. Make it a deliberate habit to always include in your daily fare, immune-boosting foods like citrus fruits rich in vitamin C, berries with flavonoids, fatty fish in Omega 3 fatty acids, ginger which fights inflammation, green leafy vegetables packed with antioxidants, and yogurt for gut health.
Aside from regular consumption of a well-balanced, nutrient-rich diet, ensure you get your daily immune-boosting vitamin requirements by taking supplements like Ascorbic Acid + Zinc (ImmunPro®). It has 500 mg of Sodium Ascorbate (Vitamin C) and 10 mg of elemental Zinc. This supplement is powered by ZincPlus Technology, a proprietary technology that gives you a stable combination of vitamin C and Zinc. Moreover, it gives you the right dosage to help strengthen your immunity with proper diet and exercise.
Take 1 tablet of Ascorbic Acid + Zinc (ImmunPro®), before or after a meal, once a day or as recommended by a doctor.
Ascorbic Acid + Zinc (ImmunPro®) is priced at P8.75/tablet, available online and in all leading drugstores nationwide. If symptoms persist, consult a doctor.
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https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/5-ways-boost-your-immunity
https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/what-you-really-need-do-boost-your-immunity
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