Boost Your Immune System With These 4 Top Tips

Last week we launched the Flow Academy, an online learning platform for peak performance and flow.

In this time of being stuck at home, I'm seeing a lot of people spiral out of control and lose their sense of well-being.

That's why the first course I've made available on the Flow Academy website is a free challenge week, which unlocks to you a few simple challenges each day for one week so that you've got some steps you can take action on to reclaim your wellness and feel more happy, healthy, and stress-free at home.

I encourage you to go and sign up for the challenges right now.

Today I want to talk a bit about your immune system, a topic that relates to Day 2 of Challenge week with Stress Management.

Watch the video here:

Nutrition

In the course, I touched mostly on stress as the main topic so today I want to cover a few more key points to help you to take care of your immune system during this difficult time.

While I did touch on nutrition in regards to stress in the challenge week let's talk more about the immune system here.

Eat Water-Rich Foods

Foods with the highest water content are important for the nutrients they provide, as well as the water and hydrating effects on our bodies. Hydration is very important for our immune function. By drinking plenty of water and getting more water through a water-rich diet we help to support our lymphatic system, which transports immune cells throughout our body and carries waste away when fighting off infection and illness.

This hydration factor is critical enough let alone the vitamins you get in abundance when you prioritize the vegetables and fruits in your diet.

Exercise

Regular exercise not only feels good, but it also keeps us resilient to getting sick. Next to old age, the risk factors for obesity are linked to susceptibility to COVID-19 so making sure that you are moving your body and staying active is something that’s in your control during this pandemic.

You can find out more about easy ways to move more instantly on day 1 of the wellness challenge week.

Sleep

One of the easiest ways to get sick more often and crush your immune system is to sleep less than your body needs. While I sometimes fall prey to this as well,  don't get caught in a YouTube binge that compromises your sleep and have a proper sleep hygiene routine to wind down well at the end of the day. If you are going to be watching TV or on blue light devices after the sun goes down, try using some blue light blocking glasses.

Food safety

Another factor to keep in mind right now is food safety, and not just through hand washing prior to eating or preparing your meals. Be cognizant of the foods you are eating to watch out for foodborne illness or gut health issues. Whether you get sick from food poisoning or due to digestive distress from foods that don't agree with you, it's going to compromise your immune system and make you susceptible to other illnesses, which is what we most certainly don't need right now. This is something I’ve always recommended with strongman athletes in the days leading up to a competition to avoid any issues with fuelling and preparing for competition and the same applies to us all right now.

Those are four of the things that are in your control to boost your immune system during this pandemic. You can learn more by watching this week’s video.

Remember to go and sign up for the Flow Academy challenge week to level up your wellness at home even more.

Find Your Flow,

RJ