First published at 20:57 UTC on March 17th, 2020.
I want to remind everyone that while sanitization is important, over sanitizing is detrimental to your health. Remember that there are many good microorganisms on our skin too. Germaphobes that wash their hands constantly are the ones that seem to c…
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I want to remind everyone that while sanitization is important, over sanitizing is detrimental to your health. Remember that there are many good microorganisms on our skin too. Germaphobes that wash their hands constantly are the ones that seem to catch every cold because they are killing their natural defenses at the same time. Just use common sense when it comes to sanitization.
Other things to consider that could be hurting your immune defenses are stress and sleep. This entire pandemic has people in hysteria and fear. That places an enormous amount of stress throughout the body. This is something everyone has to confront for themselves. Can you give up total control of your life? You can prepare up to a degree but need to realize after that, you need to come to a peace about what is uncontrollable. Faith is very important to our overall health as well. Regardless of your own spiritual beliefs, prayer or meditation is so valuable to relieving your stress. The realization that you can't control everything and giving it up to a higher power is so therapeutic and healing.
Now if you want some other ways to combat stress, I’d strongly encourage you to try out some ashwagandha or rhodiola. These adaptogen herbs work on the adrenals to balance out the stress hormones. I have always told people that if I was only allowed to have 3 supplements for the rest of my life, ashwagandha would be one of them. It is my favorite herbal remedy out there. Get the KSM-66 brand as it is the most well researched and effective type on the market. There aren’t side effects to ashwagandha either so double dosing is fine if need be. This is the product I take and I have made a video on it before if you’d like to hear about it more in depth. I will also link the product in the description and every other supplement I talk about today.
Some key supplements before bed are ZMA. Zinc, Magnesium, and Vitamin B-6. Most of us need more magnesium and zinc in general but this particular combi..
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