06/03/2020
Five Essentials to Boost the Immune System
Our bodies were designed to take us into a long healthy and happy life. To get there we have to maintain the five foundations for good health, those being breath, water, motion, nutrition and good sleep.
# Breathe consciously, breathe deep and create time for conscious breathing such as exercise or meditation. Oxygenating our bodies – you can't beat it, it is #1 for rejuvenating the body.
# Water is the next most important after the air. We can do 3 minutes without air and 3 days without water. But water maybe the most under rated and least understood of the 5 essentials. Important note: fish don't live in pure water e.g. distilled bottled water is not the greatest water when it comes to hydrating your body and that is a fact. It is slightly acidic and depletes the body of essential minerals. Is the water you’re drinking quenching your thirst or does your mouth still feel dry, do you want more water and does it taste good, how does it smell? We can't under estimate the importance of good water as being the essential carrier of life (food and oxygen) into the body as it is the conduit for every metabolic function in our body. It is said our body mass is 75% water. Actually most cell are 90% water! That makes us a walking, talking marine environment! Another way of looking at ourselves is we are a body of water experiencing consciousness. You can make your drinking water more hydrating and improve it's nutritional content by adding a little Sea Salt, which has all the trace elements in it. Also add some lemon or lime juice to your water - it really helps to hydrate. You need to be fully hydrated to function at your capacity but 85% of people are dehydrated!!!
- if we are not moving we are stagnating and stagnation is the precursor to disease... get up, exercise and move! Actually, you don't have to bust yourself at exercise; in fact it is healthier not too. Aim for 70% of your capacity and don’t stress your body. Then notice how step by step that 70% of your capacity will increase without injury. Hippocrates the Father of Medicine said walking is the best exercise.
: Hippocrates also said make food your medicine, eat to live not live to eat ;) Eating highly nutritious foods - super foods, gives our bodies the best chance for recovery, boost out immune system and help in the prevention of disease - but you still have to breath, drink great water, move... :)
: you must have enough good quality sleep, which and good sleep is supported by all of the above.
When incorporating everything you will wake fresh and feel vital and want to live to be 100!