I’ve been hearing and reading a lot about boosting your immune system to fight off or limit the effects of the coronavirus. None of the top articles from google’s search results seem to be peer reviewed, just top ten lists put together based on anecdotal evidence.
Reducing stress with yoga, meditation for example, take up exercise to get fit but staying away from dieting pills, get enough sleep preferably without the need of sleeping pills, eat more whole plant foods, consume healthy fats, eat more fermented foods if you can, limit added sugars, stay hydrated, avoid bad habits smoking, alcohol, candy… Preferably, you don’t tackle the above problems with prescription drugs, but use natural sources instead.
I try to do the staying fit part by taking up some cycling, but during these times you have to be extra careful when exercising. You don’t want to have some accident that would put you in ER waiting room where the chances of catching some bug are much greater than at home.
Yesterday I went for a cycling ride up a local hill. I was extra careful when I was descending, slow as a snail. A cyclist came up behind me, riding in my slip stream for a while. Not sure what exactly happened, but in a particularly sharp corner I heard a crash behind me. I was thinking of stopping to see if the guy was ok, but instead I followed the government’s advice and kept with social distancing. I did turn around at the bottom of the climb and went up the hill again I passed the guy again and luckily, he seemed to be ok, just some road rash.
So, the search tag of the day I wanted to
explore at Mr. Skin was workout, yoga, exercise. I got mixed feeling from the results. You quickly realize that keeping your body in shape is not any easy task. I could easily create a top ten list of celebs that used to be fit as fuck in their prime, but nowadays they really let them self go. Why, how do you go from this to that, what happened… Picked up too many bad habits? Would be interesting to know.
