Did you know that majority of our population feels tired all the time? Fatigue can be a common symptom in many disorders and diseases, but more often than not, it’s because of some bad lifestyle habits. There’s good news and bad news. Good news? It can be easily corrected. Bad news? You’re going to have to change. If you want your energy back, I have seven suggestions to help.
Get up! Most of our jobs require us to sit for hours, which makes us tired, and most people claim to be too tired to be active and exercise. So, what’s the solution? Get up ANYWAYS! I promise you it will boost your energy, and the more you do it, the more you have.You can make small changes in your sedentary lifestyle to begin steps towards more energy. Aren’t you tired of being tired? Start standing instead of sitting; stairs instead of elevators (come on, you’ve heard it before). The reason is it works! Do better for yourself and get up and start moving.
2. Stop eating too many refined carbs! I know you heard it before, no carbs, and that is not what I am saying. I am saying no REFINED carbs meaning- stuff that comes in a box or bag that can sit on your shelf for months at a time. You know shelf-stable goods. Well, those items that can last a long time on your shelf are zapping your energy and robbing you sending spikes in your blood sugar but then leaving you tired and groggy. Carbs are a great source of quick energy, but better ways to get them. Research findings suggest that minimizing sugar and processed carbs at meals and snacks will give you greater energy levels. Check out my Blog Post why we should cut the C.R.A.P
3. Eat what you need! I am so glad I got out of the train of thought to eat less to lose weight. Calories are what we use to measure how much energy food provides. It is what your body needs to operate when you eat fewer calories than your body needs to work; your body, aka metabolism, slows down to preserve energy for really need it, and that slowdown process is making you tired. There is no set calorie intake because everyone is different, but you should be getting more than 1200 calories a day to ensure your body isn’t slowing down. So, eat up (not too much) but what you need to fuel your day, and you will have the energy to perk up.
4. Eat more protein!Along with the high refined carb diet, we tend not to get enough protein. There have been a lot of protein products on the market, but if you look carefully, the fillers that are put in them make them high in carbs. Not getting enough protein can cause a lack of energy. Studies have shown that eating protein increases your metabolic rate more than carbohydrates and fats. Also, several studies show that people with diets with adequate or higher protein-rich foods have more self-reported energy than others whose diets had less. I would suggest eating quality protein at every meal to help you boost your energy. Check out my blog post on why women need more protein
5. Drink more water! It always comes back to this, but proper hydration will give you the energy you need. When your body is tired, it is trying to restore itself making sure that you are adequately hydrated will prevent your body from going into restoration mode.
6. Sleep better! You think we’d sleep better for such a tired nation, but most of us are not getting enough of the quality sleep we need to function at our best, including me. It also makes sense why you don’t have the energy you need to go about your daily life and rely on other energy sources. I have stressed the importance of rest many times before and how it is crucial to helping you operate best. My suggestions for those who do have trouble sleeping? Do something physical during the day for at least 30 minutes a day; it can even resemble exercise. Working out can help you rest easy at night, getting those zzz’s that your body needs!
Take shorter naps! So, you did not sleep last night. You get home from work, and you are beyond tired. Naps, are good right? A quick 3-hour nap will be best? Nope! Another reason your sleep is off is from sleeping at the wrong times. Quick 20-30 minutes are reenergizing any longer than that needs to wait for the evening. Sleeping for long stretches during the day is throwing your internal clock off. Try to wait till evening even if you need to go to bed a little earlier than usual try to keep long sleep durations to night time.
7. Stop stressing! Stop stressing and give it to God! High levels of stress can zap your energy and rob you of a joyful life. Aren’t you tired of being tired? Stress management is an excellent way to give you the power you need. We often deal with stress by shutting down, leaving us tired, cranky, and worn. There is a proven release of stress and freedom in prayer, worship, and devotion through other ways than sitting in a church service.
I am sure most of these tips you have heard before but don’t know how to apply them to your life, or there are so many things you need to use you don’t know where to begin. I may have something that can help? I have my new Bibles and Bootcamps starting in a few weeks.
I created this program to be the essential training you need in your faith and fitness journey. Walking step-by-step with you gives you action items to help you adopt a healthier lifestyle that allows you to increase your energy, help you lose weight, all while growing and strengthening your faith. I would love to help you live the life you deserve and hope you will join us!
In the last few years, so many things have changed for me inside and out. My perspective, I think, has had the most significant change in my life. I believe that my seeking God to help me, trusting in Him, and being grateful at the moment have revealed a lot. It has become more than just a habit but a lifestyle change to a Biblical-based diet.
Through Bible study and my own, I have researched the Bible in the excellent instruction book for life. Where all questions are answered. So, when people ask what I should be eating, drinking, or shaking, you can take it back to the Word. God has something to say on that subject, and I promise you Hot Pockets is not on it.
What Should I Eat?
Now, grains, vegetables, and meats come naturally from God’s earth, but we were not meant to add the extra additives to Hot Pockets to feel God’s good creation. So, when flipping through the excellent book, even if you start from the beginning very quickly after man is created, he is instructed on what he can eat.
Genesis 9:3 “Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.”
Genesis 9:3 made it easy. Those things can be found at your local grocers around the outside parameters. I didn’t see any reference for the food found in “Aisle 9” on the list.
What’s your definition of convenience food?
I don’t think that we appreciate that meats and vegetables are in this modern time prepared for our convenience. They came with precut meats and fish and pulled and washed fruits and vegetables for most American Society, which is not convenient enough.
We now see it as a chore to take the precut meats, veggies, and fruits and then prepare them. We want it already prepared, fast, and ready to serve, even with the convenience of not slaughtering our food. We still “need” to be wholly prepared and already cooked.
We prefer driving up to a window, placing our request to our specific likes, and receiving it cooked, hot, and ready to eat. That was me, Drive-Thru Junkie, and I spent most of my time in the car and very little time enjoying things in life other than my children.
29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so. Genesis 1:29-30
Then I found myself with a post-baby and some “extra bad decisions” weight and no one to blame but me. I know that I needed to change some habits, do things differently, and possibly be inconvenienced.
It’s hard to eat “clean.”
I remember how daunting it initially was to prepare every meal AT HOME or have things for the girls to take to school or sports, just snacks. Making a lifestyle change meant ceasing to rely on Hot Pockets and Goldfish for food and adopting better options God provided.
Once I figured out a list of do’s and don’ts (taking straight from the Word) in Leviticus 11 and how to prepare, it took time, but I made changes. So, that’s what I caused by trial and error. A few bad meals here and there that eventually became delicious, and you never missed the extra additives. Meal prep and preparation were quicker. And I began seeing miraculous effects on my body that did not only involve weight loss.
7 Reasons I maintain a Biblical-Based Diet
1. I feel AMAZING!
I believe it is why I have the energy to do all I do daily and go to bed beat. No longer the highs and lows of sugars and processed foods. My skin has also cleared up! I have not changed my skincare routine, just the things I eat. I’ve gone from lots of dark marks to just a few, and it’s nice not to do anything or pay anything extra for skincare just needed to eat right. “It was written all over my face.”
2. I no longer suffer from seasonal allergies!
Seriously, people didn’t believe my family until they witnessed it themselves. I have suffered since I was a child with seasonal allergies. I had to get an allergy shot every week to maintain normalcy on top of daily allergy medicine.
Since changing how and what I eat, I have not taken any allergy medicine, and I have no sniffles, no itchy eyes, or scratchy throat. I have never gone through spring or fall without symptoms in my entire life. The allergist probably still needs to confirm, but I do know that I only eat whole foods, and other than that, nothing has changed.
3. I no longer have digestion issues!
I always complained after every meal, “my stomach hates me.” Since going Whole or Biblical, I only have complaints when I eat things that I am allergic to or are heavily processed. A survey stated that over 74% of surveyed Americans complain of digestive issues. For me, if it’s something like, “Just add water,” it makes my tummy HURT! But since eating a Biblically-based diet, I can eat without remorse, and that has been worth it.
4. I have tremendous energy!
I no longer need coffee; I drink it for the taste. I used to be dependent come 2:30-4:30; I would be wiped out and no longer have energy for the day. When I eat well, I feel well and have the energy to power through my day! Check out what I have learned in my blog post: TheCommon mistakes women make when burning fat and increasing energy!
5. I have lost weight!
If you have been following my journey, you have seen the transformation, but if you haven’t, I’ve lost 100 lbs within 18 months. My Drive Thru junkie diet directly correlated with my weight and how I felt. Switching to a Biblical Based diet has also propelled my weight loss and allowed me to achieve my goal faster than most. Nutrition is 80% of the journey. I exercised to lose weight, but eating what God has provided has helped me tremendously. It’s made it simple when making food choices.
6. It’s simple!
Eating a Biblically-based diet is effortless. I don’t stress organic or ecological we focus on perishable. The most complicated part is how to eat a Biblically-based diet and still enjoy the foods you love. It’s possible! I would love to show you how. In our Bibles and Bootcamp, we spend two weeks exclusively on how we fuel our temple.
7. I feel I am honoring my temple!
This is the best benefit of them all. I am honoring my temple, which gives me the energy to care for others, love others and share God with others and that is what we are called to do.
This lifestyle has changed my health and mind, and I want to share it with you. If you need help with Nutrition, Fitness, and making it a lifestyle change, that will stick.
Join us for our Bible and Bootcamp. I will give you a nutrition guide and accountability with a meal plan, step-by-step family-friendly recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and a weekly shopping list with my 7-week Transformation program.
It’s that time of year we are all thinking of our New Year’s Resolutions or goals for the upcoming year! We resolve “all the things” that we want to improve on. It’s a new year, a new opportunity to be the best you.
Unfortunately, according to StatisticBrain, in 2015, about 8% of people who made a New Year’s Resolution succeeded. I used to be against New Year’s Resolution until I thought about it another way.
New Year’s Resolutions are not bad.
Ordinarily, people wish, want, and hope to be the best versions of themselves. New Year’s is the one time a year that we are united in our thinking that we need to change for the better in our lives. The idea of a New Year is an excellent opportunity to reflect on the one, two, or maybe three things you want to improve in your life.
Take action towards your New Year’s Resolutions.
Some people take it further than New Year’s Eve resolve and attempt to make a change for about two to three weeks. Until the need or want to change no longer becomes a priority. Familiar and comfortable habits creep back into your life. And the passion fades. Then we are back to business as usual.
Make your New Year’s Resolution a solution, not an unattainable goal
Why? How? Why did that passion go away so quickly? How do you keep that motivation going? There are lots of tips. I am sure within the next week everyone will have an opinion. I know I can only speak from my experience, what proved to work and make a solution, and now a lifestyle that I plan to maintain forever.
Seven ways to Finish what you start
7. Do the research.
Find out what you need to get to where you’re going. If you plan on publishing a book, what steps do you need to take? If you are planning on losing weight, how much? How? Why?
Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way. Proverbs 19:2
6. Prepare Yourself.
Don’t just wake up on January 1st, throw away everything in your house, and go to the gym running on the elliptical like a cheetah (for about 3 minutes), lifting a 5 lbs dumbbell two or three times, and wiping the sweat from your brow talking about, Phew! I did it! Get a plan, a good plan, a plan made just for you, your likes, and goals, and then get ready to execute that plan. Buy the food on the menu, prep the meals, schedule time in your week to do the workouts!
Benjamin Franklin said, “By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail.”
5. Find a buddy or group.
Don’t just find any buddy; find someone who will call you out lovingly if you’re not doing what you should and someone to be your loudest biggest cheerleader just when you need that extra push. Accountability buddies are essential to help navigate the ups and downs of weight loss. You can join us at Bible and Bootcamps for 7-week basic training for healthy lifestyle habits. It includes daily prayer, meditation, encouragement and accountability, six weeks of exercise, healthy eating guidelines, and meal ideas. We have a fantastic group of women growing and supporting each other through our faith and fitness journey.
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11
4. Execute with Energy.
If you’re going to do something, do it well. Do it to the best of your abilities! Just think you’re only going to be uncomfortable for a maximum of 1 hour out of your day. That is going to add years to your life. The cost is less than the benefit, and you’re so worth it.
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. Colossians 3:23-24
3.Track your progress.
According to the American Psychological Association findings, “Frequently monitoring progress toward goals increases the chance of success. There are various ways that you can track your results. You can use a fitness tracker; pictures, food logs, and measurement logs are examples of easy ways to track your progress. I’m not too fond of the numbers games of scales and measurements, and although I do track my measurements, I prefer pictures. Everyone is different, but you’ll find what works best for you.
2. Craft the best; why!
Other than prayer. An excellent “Why?” will get you up and out of bed on a cold rainy day and into the gym. Check out my post on: Weight Loss. Why A magnificent “Why?” will give you the self-discipline to say “No, thank you” to that one indulgence. It’s going to get you over the hurdle and sustain you through the plateaus. You MUST, no exception, has a “why?” to make your resolution stick!
1. Pray and Give it to God.
When we do things with Christ, it makes it so much easier, attainable, and within our reach, because He can place all our wants in the palm of our hands—giving your goals to Christ to lead your steps and follow your directions. While you’re doing the research, while you’re preparing yourself, when you have to decide to use that plan b and execute and get the plan done will help you achieve your goals and the ones that He has for you. This may be the missing piece that hindered you from achieving that resolution but not this year. You’re doing things a little differently.
“On days we’re not motivated to exercise, perhaps we need to go to Jesus. We can lay our very real struggle into His very capable hands and watch Him work in us for His glory.”-Matthew Pryor
When you consistently fill yourself with the Bread of life instead of being content with the “food that spoils,” you will never go hungry physically and spiritually. “Do not reserve the Bread of Life just for Sundays. Make it a daily mindset” to achieve your goals with His strength.
How do you plan to stick to your resolutions? Have you ever considered intentionally praying for direction and help to achieve your desires?
What exactly is wellness? Many people have a different definition, but overall it’s adopting a healthy lifestyle. Wellness is the absence of disease and feeling and enjoying your life. There are many components: your Spiritual, Physical, Mental, and emotional well-being.
What affects a healthy lifestyle?
Your health affects everything in your life. It changes how you feel, think, move, and engage with others. Could you imagine having a common cold every day? Or worse, in my thoughts being in pain every moment of every day? That is what some people go through daily. Some things even worse. When you are sick, you realize that your health affects everything.
I genuinely believe that the enemy is attacking our bodies which is affecting our lives. What people call poor choices I am calling bad habits because despite what we know, we still choose the things that are bad for us merely out of comfort and enjoyment. So many diseases are rising and not subsiding or going away.
Why is wellness essential?
Heart diseases, diabetes, cancer, and mental health-related illnesses are all rising. There are many studies on the correlation between our overall lifestyle and physical health, including the psychological stresses of a fast-paced, busy life, poor food quality and choices, lack of exercise, and no social AND spiritual connection.
Three years ago, I was a part of these statistics on the mental health of depression and high anxiety, and obesity. I have to say every piece of my Wellness Puzzle (Spiritual, Physical, Mental, Rest, Relationships, and Emotional) was off, and it wasn’t until I submitted spiritually did I begin to see a physical result in my life and health.
Seven changes I made to live a Healthier Life
1. Pray-
If you haven’t been following me, that is a given. There arestudies of the connection between physical and spiritual health.
“The healthier the spirit and the greater its influence over the physical body — the greater its ability to correct or overcome physical shortcomings.” (From a letter of the Rebbe, dated the 2nd day of Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, 5715)
Prayer is a way to talk to God and have a relationship. That’s how I began my fitness journey through daily prayer and how I helped others start theirs through my online program. I use it to this day during before, after, and during workouts and have a much stronger prayer life. I genuinely believe it helped me have an inner power more significant than my own. Through prayer, I have changed my poor habits into ones that I can live with every day and truly love. It’s an excellent foundation for my healthy lifestyle change.
2. Change bad habits to good-
Something that I have discovered along this journey. When I was overindulgent, stressed, poorly nourished, sedentary, sleep deprived, and with no self-accountability. It was acceptable. It was okay when I started going to bed early, rising early, eating well, exercising regularly, and boldly professing my faith. That’s when I got backlash. “Why are you working out so much?” “You should have cheat days more!” It’s as if poor choices and bad habits are condoned because “everyone” else is doing it, taking the easy way out. I am creating this reactive culture that we live. Our society is fixated on reacting to poor choices, Whether it’s through pharmaceutical medicines or surgeries. Living a healthy lifestyle meant replacing my bad habits with old ones. Trying to be preventative through education, self-awareness, and prevention.
3. Getting Emotions Checks
How we feel emotionally can affect our body; it will react with inflammation, pain, disease, and illnesses. Negative feelings and emotions can directly be correlated to poor health. Addressing your feelings can help you on your path to healing your body and living a healthy lifestyle. There are many programs, Doctors, and specialist that you can find in your area to address your emotional wellness. Making sure I was emotionally healthy through counsel, spiritual devotion and prayer released me from self-imposed barriers affecting my health. It’s a necessary change to make to live a healthier lifestyle.
4. Educate Yourself on Alternative Ideas
Many ideas are contradictory to how our culture’s beliefs. Sometimes you have to walk a different path than the masses. There are so much research and successful studies on homeopathic therapies and remedies. Many have existed since Biblical days but never gained popularity over the years. My family has been transitioning to living and healing from what God has given us. Whether it be homeopathic pain relief like Arnica, which you know I love, essential oils I recently have been educating myself about, or natural plant-based detox. God gave us all we need to live and heal. Our bodies are amazingly able to recover naturally. Changing how you use synthetic medicines can help with a healthy lifestyle.
5. Change How you Spend your time
We are so busy being busy! Our social connection and personal time to relax and restore are often affected. Television has mostly been eliminated from my schedule. I typically watch T.V. when I am folding lots of laundry or doing long bouts of cardio which is not often. Replacing the hour television show, I used to watch it for an hour at the gym. It’s helped me be well and care for my body physically. Finding time for essential things to my health was a change I needed to make for a healthy lifestyle.
I also believe you need to take time to connect with friends and family daily. Life is not meant to be a blur, and people aren’t expected to be extras on your tv show. Like you, they enjoy connecting with others, and those you love can help your health. People who are alone and isolated live shorter lives than those who are engaged with others. We were meant for a community, but in our viral culture, we are beginning to find our community on online sources, isolating and keeping us from real-world connections. Unplug, touch, hug, and engage with people in real life.
As an adult, it is hard to make friends, but easy to find those with a common interest. Do the things you love, and you will find others in a community or just the people right next to you in your own house on the phone. Life is too short and too meaningful to be stuck behind a screen.
6. Eat Right
Another, “Duh De,” but for real! Cut out the Carbonated, Refined Sugar, Artificial Colors and Flavors, and Processed (C.R.A.P.) stuff that resembles food in your life and start to eat Fruits and Vegetables, Organic or Natural Meat, Omega 3 and good fats; drink more water (F.O.O.D.).
No diet is required to live a healthy lifestyle. The things that you put in your mouth almost instantly affect your health. There is no doubt and question in my mind. Is it easy not to eat C.R.A.P.?
NO!
But once you make it a new habit, it’s just that second nature. It only takes consistent effort and exploring different things to find what you love. Your perspective can determine, and the energy you put into changing your life will reveal your results. What you put in your will get out two-fold. Eating right is a necessary change to a healthy lifestyle.
7. Move More
Everyone wants to try a diet and stay still, but that will not cut it to change your life. I put this last because it’s not the most important, but essential. We were made to move. That is how God created us, and we are sitting our way into an early grave. Should you be driving every day?
YES!
The C.D.C. only recommends 150 minutes per week, but honestly, the more you move, the longer you live and the healthier you live. So, I recommend 150 minutes per week, but I encourage you to find something you love to do and do it every day for as long as you like. It might add up to over 150 minutes without you even knowing it!
Get Educated
There are other tools that I would recommend for a healthier lifestyle: massage therapy, self-care, and positive self-talk.
Ultimately, it begins with education, which my Great Grandfather instilled in me to always try to learn something new every day. I want to give you tools to take with you into the New Year! Join me for “Table Talk” Mon-Thursday at 12:15p E.T. on Facebook & YouTube LIVE. Each day I will share tips to help you stop living on a diet and live well. Grab your lunch or breakfast if you’re on the West Coast, and join me.
Did you find any changes helpful? Do you think you’re ready to change? What steps are you taking to achieve wellness?
Small habit changes can help you boost your immune system. Today I am sharing easy ways to boost your family’s immune system and protect your health.
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Easy ways for you to boost your family’s immune system and protect their health.
There are simple ways that you can boost you and your family’s immune system and protect yourself. Boosting your immunity is something that everyone is considering at the moment. Never in a million years did I think that would be something that I would have to make a conscious effort, but here we are in the middle of a pandemic and a strong immune system and staying safe at home is probably our best defenses.
What does the immune system do?
Our immune system is our protection against diseases. A healthy immune system gives us the ability to rid our bodies of bacteria, viruses, and toxins that may cause illness. Your immune system also helps to suppress responses to external triggers like food or the organism itself.
The immune systems detect potential diseases and send a signal for the body to attack the foreign invaders. Our body then creates antibodies specifically to attack the disease in the future, which is the act of building our immune system. You can build your immune system, but it takes time. That is why vaccines are encouraged for some diseases because they confer immunity.
The Importance of a Strong Immune System
A healthy immune system can help you withstand diseases. Those with compromised immune systems are often getting sick with diseases, which is not the best quality of life. Unless you have a compromised immune system and even if you do, it is essential to seek ways to build your immune system.
Ways you can build your family’s immunity.
Or there are other ways you can build your immune system. By nourishing your body and adding supplements to help give you increase your immune system. Age is also a factor in immunity. The lack of exposure to pathogens in young children causes them to get sick more often than adults. It’s important to provide some added support throughimmune-boosting supplements.
How can food boost my immunity?
Food is the way that we fuel our bodies and certain food components enhance our natural defenses. There are foods that you can eat to nourish your body and build your immune system. A nourishing diet, daily movement, environmental changes, rest, and supplements are easy changes that you can make to help support your immune system.
Foods that are great to support your immunity
As multiple studies have revealed, eating foods that are rich in micronutrients or vitamins and minerals can help boost the immune system—specifically, fruits and vegetables. Eating fruits and vegetables that are high in nutrients, like beta-carotene, vitamin C, and vitamin E—may help to enhance immune function. You can find many antioxidants in fruits and vegetables that help to reduce the imbalance between free radical production and antioxidants in your body, which is calledoxidative stress.
What foods boost immunity?
Let’s break it down to food nutrients versus food types. You are looking for foods that are rich in beta-Carotene.Beta-Carotene is a super antioxidant nutrient that helps our immune function.
Food Rich in Beta-Carotene
To get more beta-carotene in your diet, add foods like:
carrots
sweet potatoes
kale
spinach
romaine
lettuce
squash
cantaloupe
red and yellow peppers
apricots
peas
broccoli
Herbs and Spices with Beta-Carotene
You can also add herbs and spices like:
paprika
cayenne
chili
parsley
cilantro
marjoram
sage
coriander
These are great additions to your meals for extra beta-carotene.
Foods with Vitamin C and E help to Boost Immunity
Vitamin C and E are antioxidants that also assist the body’s natural immune response.
Foods that are rich in Vitamin C
We often hear aboutVitamin C because it’s one of those super antioxidants that help with several body functions. Vitamin C helps you absorb and process iron, it’s also vital for teeth and gum health, promotes healthy immune function, and promotes normal healing. Vitamin E is an antioxidant that helps healthy cellular structures. It supports normal muscle repair processes and helps maintain immune system balance. Vitamin E also contributes to the formation of red blood cells. It’s part of the process of cell interaction and is an essential vitamin for vital functions in the body.
You can add both vitamins C and E through the foods that you eat. Foods that are rich in vitamin C are:
papaya
citrus fruits
strawberries
bell peppers
broccoli
Brussels sprouts
dark leafy greens, such as kale, mustard greens, and chard
Foods that are rich in Vitamin E are:
spinach, Swiss chard, and turnip greens, broccoli, kale
bell peppers
asparagus
Vegetable oils (such as wheat germ, sunflower, safflower, corn, and soybean oils)
Nuts (such as almonds, peanuts, and hazelnuts/filberts)
Seeds (such as sunflower seeds)
Foods Rich in Zinc:
Zinc is a mineral that has been found to help support the production of white blood cells, which are critical components of the immune system. It can be found naturally in a lot of foods that we already eat.
Foods that contain Zinc are:
nuts,
pumpkin seeds,
sesame seeds,
beans,
and lentils.
Rest can help boost immunity
Getting an adequate amount of sleep to help restore your body can also help increase your defense against diseases and boost your immunity. Rest is often underrated but very vital to all functions of the body and should be considered an important part of your daily routine. Most people try their best to go until they no longer can, and they can avoid sickness and illness from something simple like rest.
What supplements help support immune system function in adults?*
Daily Multi-Vitamin
Supplements offer you the vitamins and minerals that you lack in your diet. There are so many extenuating circumstances why you can’t get all the micronutrients you need. Supplements are an excellent insurance policy.
You can add vitamins C, E, and D, and Zinc as supplements or take a daily multivitamin to cover your bases.
Beta-Glucans
Something that I have been taking since the quarantine isBeta-Glucans with ImmuneEnhancer™. Beta-Glucans is a supplement that helps support the normal immune function.Beta-Glucans, specifically Beta-1,2/1,6-D-Glucan, are bioactive carbohydrates that assist our cells in their normal immune function. NOW’s Beta-Glucans has 250mg of the Beta-Glucans that actively support for our immune system.* Another ingredient thatBeta-Glucans has is the larch arabinoglacatan that has also been studied to help support the immune system.*
Probiotic
Other supplements that I have been taking to support my immune system are a probiotic and prebiotic daily.* Check out my post on why gut health is important.* A healthy gut is also helpful in supporting your immune system.*
NOW® has so manygreat probiotic options. I trust NOW because of their verified probiotic strains. What does that mean?
NOW is one of the only companies that can trace their strains of probiotic to their “identity, potency, purity, and bacterial strain.” When I first began taking probiotics, it was hard to choose the right one for me. NOW also has so many options, so check out theirGuide to Probiotics for more information. I have the capsules and packets, but you can get probiotics in chewable lozenges, as well as powders.
If you don’t know which one to check out this video fromNOW
Immune Supplements for Kids
My children already take a multivitamin and probiotics. My girls’ ages are 16, 12 and 5. I feel confident in getting all of my supplements from NOW. From my oldest to youngest, they are all supporting their immune systems with the help of NOW.
Multi-Vitamin
NOW daily vitamins are part of our morning routine. Other children’s multivitamins have questionable fillers, but with the quality standards of NOW, I can trust that my children are getting the essential vitamins and minerals they need even if they don’t finish all their broccoli on their plate. It gives me comfort to know they are getting what they need.
Probiotics
I can’t stress theimportance of gut health; a healthy gut can improve your quality of life, hair, skin, emotions, and support your immunity. Even our littles need probiotics. I find NOW’s probiotics superior to other probiotics because of theirRiboPrinter® analysis. I think it’s essential that our children’s guts are healthy so they can grow and develop, and I find comfort in NOW’s quality standards to give them to my family.
Also, check out other ways I promote a healthy gut with my children. In my post on Boost your Immunity Recipes withGut healthy treats for the family.
Elderberry Syrup
I discoveredElderberry about two years ago, and this year it has gained popularity as more and more people find the value in these “super berries.” You can find Elderberry in many forms. I try not to give my girls gummies for vitamins because I am concerned they may get hold and have a snack. So, I chose theNOW® Elderberry Liquid for Kids because it combines elderberry concentrate with zinc and astragalus. Astragalus is an herbal ingredient that NOW includes to support a healthy immune system response, and it also contains zinc.* I think that the entire family should add Elderberry to their daily routine all year round.
How to Boost your immune system naturally?
What you eat, your rest and the supplements you take can help you boost your immune system naturally. The power these three factors have on protecting you from disease and illness is incredible. Prepare yourself to ward off infectious diseases by building your immune system.
Check out my post on100 Healing foods for ways to nourish and heal your body.
Easy Ways to Boost your immune system
Wash your hands often
Move more
Nourish your body with fruits and vegetables
Take quality supplements
Drink Water
Stress Less
Rest
Well, some of these are easier than others; I believe rest and stress are hard during our current climate. Self-care is important as well to boost your immune system. Take time daily to devote, pray, move, and nourish your body. Our bodies will fight for us if we supply it all the resources it needs. I want to encourage you to honor your temple spirit, mind, and body.
Here is an encouraging devotional I wrote about recent events, and I hope some encouragement for you during these times. Check outGod is still good.
If you want to grab any of these NOW Supplements to add to your daily routine and support your family’s immunity,* get 20% off your purchase with coupon code “FAITHFUELED.”
What ways do you boost your immune system?
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