Balanced Immune Health

OK, it’s holiday time, and everyone knows what that means. Overeating, overdrinking, overgifting (maybe undergifting this year), overfamilying and undersleeping.  That combo alone is enough to stress the immune system and put you on the couch for a few days with the winter crud.

But let us not forget this is the season when many marriage proposals will be made, rings accepted and summer wedding dates set.  So besides being the start of a blissful winter and spring of romantic anticipation, it’s also the start of a frenetic period of planning, shopping, collaborating, fitting, coordinating, begging, measuring, worrying and fretting. The result:  immune health for brides-to-be – and for grooms-to-be if they are co-equal partners in the process (yeah, right) — can be ravaged.

So, here are some tips for maintaining health as the march down the aisle approaches. As you’ll see, immune health is important. Immune balance can help mitigate potential physical ailments that can emerge when stress levels from bridal registry disagreements or food and beverage sticker shock  go through the roof.

In addition, the Council for Responsible Nutrition, an industry group dedicated to the science and efficacy of quality supplementation, has developed a web resource for future brides. Called “Commitment to Health,” it lays out the case for nutritional supplementation and folic acid intake for women who are planning to have a baby. The crux of the site’s mission is the fact that a sound nutrition regimen should begin before conception to help support the delivery of a healthy baby.

Making the leap into matrimony and parenthood can be a big time stressor. Sound immune system function can help.

Filed under Balanced Immune Health, Immune Balance, Immune System, Nutrition, Stress, Stress-Related Illness