YOUR AMAZING LYMPHATIC SYSTEM - A River of Life “Your body can regenerate. From brain cells to toe cells, your body can regenerate. If you want to regenerate tissue, you’ve got to move lymph.” – Dr. Robert Morse Approaches to Strengthen Your Lymphatic System Walking/Movement. One of the most important things you must do is move your body. Your lymphatic system depends on movement to do its job of moving toxins and if it does not move, you will also hinder the health of your immune system. The lymphatic system has a clear watery fluid called lymph. This fluid distributes immune cells throughout the body. This also has a bearing on heart health as it interacts with the circulatory system to drain fluid from cells and tissues. A healthy lymphatic system helps protect the body from parasites, viruses, bacteria, etc. Sunshine will help boost your Immune system. Go out and expose as much of your body in the early morning sun each day for 30 mins. Gradually work up to this if you have not done this for some time. Drink plenty of water. Breathe Deeply. Many illnesses are caused because the lymphatic system is clogged. Things that clog the lymph: processed foods, dairy, and grains; meat. By replacing these foods to more LIVING foods will do much to assist in keeping your lymphatic system flowing and free. Foods to help support the Immune/Lymphatic System: Peaches, Apples, Berries, Radish, Oranges, Garlic, Ginger, Rockmelon, Lemons, Limes, Leeks, Tangerines. Laugh a lot. Laughter is said to help boost your immunity while releasing feel good hormones. You also give yourself a good internal massage at the same time. Your digestive system and colon also requires attention if you have not been eating well. Focus on eating at least 50% raw fruit and vegetables each day and eat foods high in fibre such as flax seeds, bananas, pears, psyllium husks, and organic whole grains. This is important to maintain the health of your immune system and a colon cleanse may also be in order which will also leave you feeling refreshed, light, and energized. A healthy flora of good bacteria will also supercharge immune function which can be obtained by regular consumption of fermented foods such as yogurt, kefir, kim chi, sauerkraut etc. We all know that sugar is not good for our health. But many studies have pointed to sugars affect on weakening the Immune System. There are other sugars and substitutes too which is important to avoid such as Corn Syrup and Aspartame. Honey is a great substitute for sugar and has medicinal value as well as boosting your immune system. Personally I also use dates as a great healthy sweet alternative which is also loaded with magnesium, potassium, iron, Vitamin A and lots of other nutrients.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 08:49:15 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015