9 Natural Ways To Boost Your Immune System and Stay Healthy

Boosting your immune system is considered to be the best thing that you can do for your body. It is worth noting that having a strong and effective immune system will keep you healthy and free from illnesses.

Also, you essentially decrease all risks of any type of disease. Whether this concerns your heart or any other internal organ, or even your skin, having a strong immune system will effectively eliminate all your worries about your body.

If you are wondering how you could strengthen and boost your immunity in a natural way, these nine tips will help:

Eat a healthy diet

Eating a healthy diet is one of the natural ways that you can do to boost your immunity. Remember, you are what you eat. So, anything that you consume will impact you internally.

Make sure to consume the right foods and drinks. It is very recommendable to eat foods that are high in vitamin C.

Vitamin C is one of the main things that help strengthen the immune system. Hence, foods like citrus fruits, green leafy vegetables, garlic, and spices, such as turmeric and ginger, will help you strengthen your immune system.

Get enough sleep

Getting enough sleep is another best way to boost immunity. As it happens, sleeping eight to ten hours every day will help your body replenish and recover from all the activities that you’ve done for the day.

Also, aside from the amount of sleep, you have to be mindful of the time that you take your rest and sleep. Based on experts’ assertions, the best time to sleep is 10 pm. The reason being is that body starts to recover and heal itself from all the things you’ve lost or utilized between 2 am and 4 am. So, make sure that you are already in deep sleep in between these hours.

Exercise regularly

If you have come across several healthy tips and hacks, you have surely noticed that exercise is always included. This is because following an active lifestyle will help you keep your body and mind healthy.

Ensure that you exercise regularly as this also helps decrease all the risks of diseases and illnesses.

Alongside the elimination of the risks, it also improves almost all of your internal systems.

You do not need to follow a very strenuous exercise routine to achieve a strong immune system. Just make sure that your exercises will be very effective and adequate for your body and capacity.

Drink lemon, honey, ginger with warm water

Lemon water is, by far, one of the healthiest drinks that you can consume every day. It offers a lot of benefits to your body, mind, and even skin. But, aside from lemon water, it has been also found that adding ginger and honey to this mix is even better as it poses more benefits to your overall health.

It is also worth noting that lemon and ginger are very rich in vitamin C. So, drinking this every day will already help you consume the amount of vitamin C that you need to keep your immune system healthy and strong.

Take yogurt for breakfast

Yogurt is one of the best foods that you can eat to get the right number of probiotics. As per studies, probiotics help you strengthen your immune system.

In addition to this dynamic, it is very rich in protein and vitamin A. So, aside from boosting your immunity, you will also feel less hungry after eating it. This is why it is very recommendable to consume yogurt, especially in the morning as your breakfast.

If you are aiming to lose weight, yogurt will also help you achieve this healthily. In fact, you will no longer need a real phentermine prescription.

Keep control of stress

When strengthening your immune system, one of the things that you must eliminate in your lifestyle is stress. Unfortunately, stress cannot be fully eliminated in your day-to-day living. But, keep in mind that you can still manage and effectively lessen this by doing the things that will help you calm and relax your nerves.

In order to manage your stress levels, make sure to learn first what your trigger points are. Through and in this way, you will then know how to effectively prevent yourself from experiencing unnecessary stresses.

Stay hydrated

Hydration is another best natural way to keep yourself healthy. Every time your drink water, you allow

your body to wash away all the toxins, which are normally the causes of different kinds of diseases. As a result, this helps your immunity maintain its strength and effectiveness.

You must drink eight to ten glasses of water or two to three liters of water per day. Instead of indulging in other types of beverages, replace these with water so you can reach the right amount of water that your body needs.

Take a probiotic supplement

While yogurt is likely the best source of probiotics, you can also resort to taking probiotic supplements. There are already tons of this product on the current market.

It is worth remembering that aside from vitamin C, probiotics are another thing that will help your immune system. So, make sure to always have stock of probiotic supplements for your daily intake.

Less sugar intake

You must treat sugar as one of your body’s top enemies. Although it gives you that “good feels” after eating foods that are rich in sugar, this does not provide you and your body benefits. Unfortunately, consuming foods that are rich in sugar poses a lot of risks and dangers to your overall health.

As much as possible, keep away from these kinds of foods and snacks. If you are still in the process of eliminating your “sweet tooth,” try to find healthy alternatives for your sweet cravings.

Final Thoughts

All in all, these natural ways to boost your immune system may seem cliché or very easy. But, the truth is – applying this in your daily living will entail a lot of challenges, especially if you are the “foodie” type of person. Regardless, keep in mind that you are doing this for your body and for your life, in its entirety. So, be patient and focused on your goal, which is to boost your immunity for a much better quality of life.

Author(s)

  • Michael Levitt

    Chief Burnout Officer

    Breakfast Leadership, Inc.

    Michael Levitt is the founder & Chief Burnout Officer of Breakfast Leadership, Inc,, a San Diego and Toronto-based burnout prevention firm. He is a Certified NLP and CBT Therapist, and is one of the world's leading authorities in burnout recovery and prevention.  He is also a Fortune 500 consultant, #1 bestselling author, and host of the Breakfast Leadership Show, a top 200 podcast on iTunes. He is a 2x Top 20 Global Thought Leader on Culture with Thinkers360. He is a former Healthcare executive, CIO, and CFO overseeing $ 2 Billion budgets, so he’s seen and done it all.
    His main keynotes are:
    1. Burnout Prevention: How To Avoid Your Own Year of Worst-Case Scenarios 2. Workplace Culture: Create A Workplace That People Will Beg To Work With 3. Working Remotely With Boundaries: How To Accomplish More At Home, Without Burning Out