Nine tips to stay fit this winter.
Nine tips to stay fit this winter:
Winter is at its peak but don't let
that take a toll on your Christmas preparations. Stay sneeze proof and keep
fever at bay with these simple tips.
During
our lifetime, each of us will fall sick with cold and cough for around 200
times yet doctors feel a dozen times their consultations are unnecessary. Staying a little
alert on health conditions, and temperature drop will keep cold and flu
away. Here are a few handy tips to stay healthy this winter.
1. Prepare some vitamin D for yourselves:
Studies show that vitamin D is
crucial to enhance our immune response to infection. Yet most of us fall short
of it during the winters. So it is advisable to go take a refreshing sunbath, a walk under the morning sun and a diet
of oily fish and eggs.
2. Shake your torso:
People exercising for at least five
days per week are actually more fit than the lazy bugs and can cut off their chances of catching cold by at least
45%. Simple aerobics or a walk or
cycling will do.
3. Stress ..a BIG NO NO:
Stress causes release of hormones
that trigger anti-immune reactions. Meditation is the million dollar answer to
beat stress. A team of US researchers found volunteers who had eight weeks of
meditation training developed more flu fighting antibodies than those who didn’t
meditate.
4. Be strict towards infections:
Most used places are the forts of
disease causing germs, communal pens (eg., in banks) , door knobs, keyboards
etc are packed with microbes undetectable to naked eyes. So, either stay away
from using such things or make a practice of washing hands with disinfectants
in order to avoid infections.
5. Have more sex:
People who have sex once or twice a
week produce 30% more immunoglobulin A cells viral antibodies than those who don’t.
6.Winter clothes are fashionable too..
Try wearing winter wears even when
indoors to prevent effects of temperature drop.
In case you still fall ill this
winter here are homemade remedies for your cold and flu.
7.Try inhaling steam:
Steam inhaling is by far the most effective
and utilized Grandma’s secret to cure cold and blocked nose.
Put your head above a bowl of water
steaming water and cover a towel around your head so that steam does not
escape. Inhale the steam maintaining a distance from the water lest you
will burn your face. An addition of menthol to the water will relieve congestions.
8.Have hot drinks:
Another tip from Grandma from India is drinking tea or
any other Hot Drink to unblock congestions and soothe the throat. An addition
of Ginger or Black pepper will relieve from headache and improve immunisations.
