Confronting pain, strain, crud and bugs. Naturally.
My daughter and her design studio friends in college put in a lot of late nights getting projects ready to turn in. In addition to consuming massive coffee, she and her fellow late nighters are drinking a lot of green tea as well. She buys the loose leaf stuff in the fancy store in the [...]
Now that 2012 is under way, how about a simple resolution for lifelong health that you can easily remember: The Five S’s. Or Sx5. The Five S’s refer to five things you can do to maintain optimal immune health. In my book, these measures will also impact many other health areas, including weight, cardio, skin [...]
My family and I went to Scotland over the holiday. Had a wonderful time. Now that I’m home and back to the work-a-day grind, I’mreflecting on why I might have gotten through that trip relatively unscathed, healthwise. Here’s my list of what potentially could have sidelined me during the trip, but didn’t: 1. The sleepless [...]
Hopefully, you’re enjoying some great holiday food. But don’t overdo the sugar. I don’t want to be a killjoy (as I am writing this I’m eating a bag of nuts mixed with chocolate-covered raisins). However, processed sugar, as we all know, it is hard to avoid and if we could just get a handle on [...]
Maybe one of the most direct and important benefits of a balanced, healthy immune system is how it may help mitigate and lessen the lost productivity that happens when someone comes down with the winter crud and misses a lot of work or school class time. Getting waylaid by a winter bug can put you behind [...]
A recent article in a Canadian newspaper has some interesting immune health suggestions and pronouncements I had not seen before. The story talks about preparing your immune system for cold and flu season, as though your immune system is a downhill skier and needs to be exercising regularly, otherwise, the start of ski season and that [...]
It’s probably a common perception that if you are in need of significant weight loss, and you are successful in shedding those pounds in a healthy, sustainable fashion, your immune health will likely improve as well. In fact, weight loss can result in improved cardiovascular health, improved joint health, improved cognitive and emotional health, improved ocular health, [...]
This blog has posted a lot of content over the past 3 years about stress and how it can knock your immune function out of balance. Exercise, healthy eating, sleep and supplementation with EpiCor are some basic ways to support your immune health while under stress, and reduce your chances for stress related illnesses. Today, [...]
Here’s my periodic update on some Twitter activity on immune health that I find interesting enough to summarize here.: @napernurse (Dawn McKinney) tweeted about some good medical advice that connects lack of sleep with immune dysregulation and inflammation in the body. Inflammation is the root of all things evil, right? @fyiliving passed along to me [...]
My wife and I had a spontaneous drink after work last night (margarita for her, Guinness, with its immune-healthy gut health agents, for me!). Things are wacky at her office, with people’s problems and pettiness overflowing. Also yesterday, our daughters texted us to remind us they are overwhelmed with college projects prior to spring break, [...]
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