How to boost your immunity: 10 top tips

Keep your body in peak condition by following these tips on boosting your immunity

As it’s national immunisation month in July it takes more than an apple a day to keep the doctor away. It turns out that setting yourself some healthy habits and eating some pretty surprising nutrients will help keep your immune system on guard.

You can ensure your body and immunity run smoothly by following these tip tips from health and Fitness Coach- Jamie Lloyd.

 1. Avoid sleep deprivation

Sleep deprivation has a powerfully detrimental effect on your immune system. The perfect example are college students who get sick after pulling all-nighters cramming for exams.

If you're tired when you wake up in the morning, you're not getting enough sleep, or maybe not enough quality sleep. Either way, your immunity is probably compromised. Poor sleep is associated with lower immune system function and reduced numbers of killer cells that fight germs. Killer cells are also the part of the immune system that combats cells that divide too rapidly, as they do in cancer. Lower their numbers and you may be at greater risk for illness.

Studies have shown that chronic sleep deprivation also contributes to heart disease, gastrointestinal problems, and other medical illnesses. One study on the effects of sleep deprivation showed that a group of men restricted to 4 to 6 hours of sleep per night experienced changes in hormone function and carbohydrate metabolism that mimic aging changes; the lack of sleep was making them older faster.

2.  Release yourself from the stress trap

No doubt about it, stress is an Immune Buster.

The loss of a job, the death of a spouse, the breakup of a marriage

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