In these uncertain times, keeping your immune system healthy is crucial to your health and wellbeing.
Therefore, it is essential to boost your immune system by doing physical activity; even when you are on a rest day from the gym, and eating healthy.
From COVID-19, it has been shown that people of ages will always ensure that they need to keep healthy and the most stay safe; thus, this extends to their loved ones too.
Some of the best ways you can keep your immune system healthy include:
1) Hiking & Walking
A study by Stanford University linked 90-minute bouts of hiking and walking with decreased activity in the part of your brain associated with depression.
The more hard terrain of trail hiking increases your workout intensity and you get to see more of nature.
2) Strength Training
When it comes to strength training, I see it as it is essential as it can improve your coordination, better cognitive function, higher bone density, and can reduce back pain in inactive adults, thus helping you look and feel better.
The best types of strength training exercises you can do recommended by the NHS are:
- Working Out With Resistance Bands (as below)
- Climbing Stairs
- Cycling
- Dance
- Push-Ups, Sit-Ups And Squats
- Yoga
3) A balanced diet
Many experts have stated by not having the right foods can cause a nutritional deficiency and make us more susceptible to viruses and bacteria. Thus, it is essential that you eat your diet consists of a variety of nutritional foods that can help you maintain a healthy immune system – always ensure you have a balanced diet of certain foods and have a cheat day – a sugary treat.
Some of the best types of whole foods you could incorporate into your diet include grains, beans, nuts, and seeds, which provide great daily nutritional value along with sweet-tasting vegetables and leafy greens.
Always maintain a healthy immune system
It is important to keep your immune system healthy, as we age to ward off viruses and serious infections.
Both exercise and nutrition will be a priority this decade and many can expect new online products and services on the topic, even school children will have lessons on health and wellbeing. Carers will have the training to help the senior generation with their health.
To conclude, from this pandemic many will realise, that when you can’t exercise at the gym – home or outdoor exercise can help you keep healthy to boost your immune system plus come up with ways of eating healthy when you are on a limited budget.
