WEDNESDAY WELLBEING - How to Prevent Illness by Boosting Your Immune System: Are you constantly suffering from colds and sniffles? Feeling run down and lethargic? Then it could be that your immune system is depressed. What is the Immune System? It is a complicated defence system, made up of biological structures that protect against disease by identifying and killing pathogens and tumor cells. The biological structures, more specifically are made up of many types of proteins, cells, organs and tissues. These all interact in an elaborate and dynamic network. The immune system is considered vitally important because it distinguishes between its own healthy cells and tissues to allow the body to function properly. What can go wrong? However there is potential for disorders of the immune system, these include autoimmune, inflammatory diseases and cancer. These diseases can be caused by the immune system either being over or inactive, and it attacks itself, it can also be caused by genetic disorders. These can lead to diseases, for example AIDS. Diet and Sleep are key to being healthy. Sleep is very important, thus the more sleep you get the more immune to disease you are, according to research. However it must be stated that if you slept all day every day, not that students would even consider this, it can have the adverse effect. A mix of between six and eight hours a night and a good training regime and diet will all help. It is very often in the run up to a big event that an athlete can get stressed and thus cause an illness because they cannot sleep or in some instances eat. This is where an immune system boast may be important. Instead of carrying on with daily activities it may be of benefit to wrap up warmer when going outside, maintaining vitamin intake and going to bed earlier, in order to get rest, even if you are not sleeping for as long. There has been research into the taking of vitamins and this is said to help but even with the ‘all in ones’ there are still limitations. By increasing your vitamin C intake and vegetable eating your immune system will improve and allow your normal daily routines to continue. Overall it is important to maintain immunity and thus allow your body to prepare in the best way for an event. If there are any problems regarding getting ill before an event it is best to consult a doctor. #wednesdaywellbeing excelsiorgroup.co.uk/blog/how-prevent-illness-boosting-your-immune-system#Teamenergised
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:00:01 +0000
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