Staying Healthy any time of year can be challenge but it’s particularly tough when seasons change. Our bodies also changes when the world around it does. Even wellness center patients fall victim to a virus when they don’t take care of themselves. It’s easier to stay healthy than get healthy when you are sick. Here are 7 Tips to staying healthy during a stressful season change.

1. Simply eat right. That means lay off the junk food and learn to love fruits and vegetables. Raw food is real food.

2. Exercise, exercise, exercise. The benefits of exercise on robust health are too numerous to mention here. It’s not an option, it’s something that you have to do. If you’re just starting out, begin walking and work up to 30 minutes sessions, 3- 5 days a week.

3. Here comes the sun. Vitamin D is essential to the health of the body. When we stay indoors or go outside covered in sunblock, your body doesn’t make Vitamin D. Start taking a Vitamin D3 supplement, or, better yet, spent 20 minutes enjoying the sun.

4. Visit a chiropractor. Chiropractors do more than relieve pain. Improving spinal function increases the body’s ability to fight off viruses.

5. Omega 3 – Fish oil. This is a must. Since the majority of our food is processed, our diets have too many Omega 6 oils and very little Omega 3′s. Omega 3 comes from flax and cold water fish. Taking an Omega 3 supplements will support the heart, brain and immune system.

6. Detoxify. Face it, most of us are walking garbage cans. We’ve been eating bad food, breathing bad air and drinking polluted water for years. Eating right and drinking plenty of water help. There are also many supplements that stimulate the liver and help cleanse the colon. That’s a subject for another article.

7. A good night’s sleep. There are studies that demonstrate the importance of sleep. When you sleep less, production of the immune systems T-Cell becomes depressed. No wonder college kids get sick after pulling all-nighters before finals!

As we move one season to the next, put these 7 tips to work for you.

Chiropractor and acupuncturist, Dr. Richard Fink has a wellness center Leesburg, Virginia. To find out how you can be helped, schedule a free chiropractic consultation at Dr. Fink’s wellness center in Leesburg, Virginia.

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