This year promises to be a difficult flu season.
Below are some of practical ways to enhance your immune system:
- Self Care Program:
- Sleep early and wake up early (8 hours)
- Use food as medicine - Optimize your biochemistry through your choice of food - fresh vegetables and fruits can provide with many of micronutrients such as vitamins. High quality protein and fat are also important.
- Deep breathing - I do this first thing in the morning - easier to do when everyone else in the house is still sleeping (see first step - sleep early and wake up early)
- Walk under the sun 10 - 20 minutes three times a day
- Supplements:
- For myself, I take a daily anti-inflammatory detox containing essential vitamins using WellJourney Clear.
- In addition, I take medicinal mushrooms (WellJourney Defend) daily.
- I also take a Chinese herbal formula containing astralagus when I am giving care to patients with respiratory infection - Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang.
Please remember that supplements work best in addition to your self-care program. Be well this Winter.
Yoon Hang "John" Kim, M.D., M.P.H.
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Instructor: 2015 Winter Integrative Health Studies e-course
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