The immune system, like all our bodily systems, thrives off of eating a wide variety of whole foods and lots of vegetables. Here I discuss some of the key micronutrients required for optimal immune function and some good food options for getting them into your diet. Think about including a variety of these foods in your diet to support your body with the vitamins and minerals that we know support your immune system in doing its job. You’ll also find some general recommendations for supporting optimal immune system health with food at the end.
Exercise, the Immune System and Mental Health
In naturopathic medicine, at the base of our therapeutic order, is supporting the foundations of health, one of which includes exercise. I will address other foundations of health as they relate to supporting your immune system and mental health, in the coming weeks, but I wanted to start with focusing on exercise, as April’s health challenge is to move your body! I’m focusing on the immune system, for obvious reasons, but also mental health because we could all use a little extra support right now.
Naturopathic Travel Kit
Traveling can be incredibly soul fulfilling and widens your horizons in the most exciting way. But as fantastic as travel is, sometimes dealing with different time zones, long plane/bus/train rides, varying from your usual diet and getting less sleep can all take a toll on your health. That’s why I always travel with my own travel sized natural wellness kit. What I take with me will vary, depending on where I am traveling to, whether or not it is rural or urban, and the kinds of illnesses that are common in the area. Learn about my favorite supplements to include in a natural wellness kit for travel, below. All of the products are available on FullScript - just look under my favorites category “Travel Kit”.
Herbal Tea for Travel
3 Lifestyle Choices to Support Health and Earth
There are a plethora of hot topic environmental issues at the forefront in the media currently. I will not be going into all of those here. What I want to focus on are just 3 very simple lifestyle choices we can make that will directly improve our health, and make an impact on the health of our planet. We often think that our daily choices are insignificant. But they are not. Even our seemingly small daily choices add up over time and have real effects on our bodies and our planet.