Coronavirus, a real threat to the human world! While social distancing helps us to prevent it, our immunity alone can help us fight it, in case, every other precaution fails! Evidently, COVID-19 has taught us a very valuable lesson, we as individuals should start paying more attention to our immunity.
However, building strong immunity is not an overnight job. It’s the combined effect of the lifestyle choices we make every day.
What is Immunity?
Immunity is our body’s ability to fight disease-causing microorganisms and recover from it. Not that we don’t have microorganisms within us, we do have some good ones housed within our gut. They work with our immune system to fight other harmful bacteria and viruses.
What affects our Immunity?
Naturally, all of us are gifted with an immune system which becomes even stronger as we grow up through our childhood. But, some of our activities hinder the way our immune system works –
- Not sleeping enough — Not getting enough rest can slow our regenerative processes. This leaves us with less energy to fight off infections.
- Too much stress — Working overtime physically or mentally puts more strain on the body’s natural capacity to recover from wear and tear.
- Wrong choice of food — Consuming excess amounts of processed or sugary foods will slow down the body’s natural detox process.
How to boost immunity?
There are a few simple ways to do it:
- Maintain good sleep:
Going to sleep early and waking up at a reasonable time is always a good way to go. It helps your body to regenerate. Staying up too late really harms your immunity. - Do not overstress:
Explore different methods for coming out of stress. Do something regularly that can help you stay calm. This will help your body to deal with inevitable stress without it taking a toll on your health. - Ensure the right quality & quantity of food
Watch your food intake, it makes a huge difference. Have lots of colorful fruits and vegetables. They provide you with fiber content that builds up the microbiomes in your gut, helping you fight off infections. The greater the variety of foods you eat, the healthier your microbiomes and the stronger your immunity becomes.
Remember! Immunity is a lifelong process that comes about naturally, so long as you take care of your body.
