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The majority of health secrets are nothing more than common sense. At school and at work, for example, you should avoid coming into touch with bacteria and viruses.<\/p>\n
However, there are a slew of additional feel-good options that can help you live a healthier lifestyle while preventing a runny nose or a sore throat. Here are 12 ways to avoid getting a cold or the flu.<\/p>\n
1. Eat green vegetables<\/strong><\/p>\n Green, leafy vegetables are high in vitamins that support a healthy immune system and help you maintain a balanced diet.<\/p>\n Eating cruciferous vegetables provides a chemical signal to the body that enhances key cell-surface proteins required for efficient immune-system activity, according to a mouse study.<\/p>\n Healthy mice devoid of green vegetables lost 70 to 80 percent of cell-surface proteins in this study.<\/p>\n 2. Get Vitamin D<\/strong><\/p>\n According to reports, many people do not meet their daily vitamin D requirements. Vitamin D deficiency can cause symptoms like poor bone growth, cardiovascular difficulties, and a weakened immune system.<\/p>\n According to the findings of a 2012 study published in the journal Pediatrics, all children should have their vitamin D levels evaluated. This is especially crucial for people with dark complexion, who don’t obtain enough vitamin D from sun exposure.<\/p>\n Egg yolks, mushrooms, salmon, canned tuna, and beef liver are all effective sources of vitamin D.<\/p>\n 3. Keep moving<\/strong><\/p>\n Staying active by following a regular exercise routine, such as walking three times per week, accomplishes more than just keeping you fit and trim. Regular exercise, according to a study published in the journal Neurologic Clinicians, also:<\/p>\n keeps inflammation and chronic disease at bay.<\/p>\n reduces stress and the release of stress-related hormones.<\/p>\n accelerates the circulation of disease-fighting white blood cells (WBCs), which helps the body fight the<\/p>\n common cold.<\/p>\n 4. Get enough sleep<\/strong><\/p>\n According to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, getting enough sleep is critical after being exposed to a virus.<\/p>\n Over the course of two weeks, healthy adult individuals who slept for at least eight hours each night exhibited better resistance to the virus. Those who slept for seven hours or less each night had a three percent higher chance of developing the virus after being exposed.<\/p>\n One cause could be that the body produces cytokines while sleeping for long periods of time. Proteins called cytokines are a form of cytokine. They regulate the immune system, which helps the body fight infection.<\/p>\n Content created and supplied by: Walasty12 (via Opera \nOpera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News. Any\/all written content and images displayed are provided by the blogger\/author, appear herein as submitted by the blogger\/author and are unedited by Opera News. Opera News does not consent to nor does it condone the posting of any content that violates the rights (including the copyrights) of any third party, nor content that may malign, inter alia, any religion, ethnic group, organization, gender, company, or individual. Opera News furthermore does not condone the use of our platform for the purposes encouraging\/endorsing hate speech, violation of human rights and\/or utterances of a defamatory nature. If the content contained herein violates any of your rights, including those of copyright, and\/or violates any the above mentioned factors, you are requested to immediately notify us using via the following email address operanews-external(at)opera.com and\/or report the article using the available reporting functionality built into our Platform<\/span>
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