Tag: immune system

Your Immune System Needs Exercise!

I have always felt my daily dose of 30 minute bootcamp sessions is my best way to boost my immune system. Science proves me right !!! Your immune system NEEDS exercise! A 2019 review in the Journal of Sport and Health Science found that moderate exercise boosts your immune system defense activity and metabolic health. […]

The Worst Food Ingredient for Your Immune System

When it comes to your immune system, what you eat matters. Can you guess which  ingredient is most detrimental to your immune health ? The Worst Food Ingredient for Your Immune System Refined and processed sugar. Why? It creates  a chronic low-grade inflammation state, which stresses the body’s innate immune system and makes it slower […]

Exercise Is A Prescription for Health

Exercise Is A Prescription for Health is a concept I have believed in for a long time. I regularly post on social media about my daily boot camp commitment in the hope that it will inspire others to make exercise part of their daily prescription for health. A New Study Showing Exercise Is A Prescription […]

Is Vitamin D Important During this Pandemic?

Is Vitamin D Important During this Pandemic? Firstly, it is NOT my role to diagnose, treat or give you medical information. My role as a health coach is to education on the role of lifestyle in supporting optimal health. It is with this purpose, that I share credible research on the role that vitamin D […]

How to Create a Self-Care Checklist

How to create  a Self-Care Checklist might be the single most important thing you can do for yourself. There’s nothing selfish about escaping into a self-care checklist to seek your center. Caring for yourself is what it sounds like—committing the time and space to melt away your daily stresses and focus on you. Standing up […]

Can “Lifestyle Medicine” Help Us With this Pandemic?

Can “Lifestyle Medicine” Help Us with this Pandemic? Many forward thinkers say yes! (including me). By “lifestyle” I mean the health behaviors we practice in our life. This includes all the things I have listed  in “The healthy Lifestyle Solution” wheel. Our diet Physical activity Sleep Stress Management High Quality Supplementation Digestive health Detoxification Support […]

Ditch These Habits to Protect Your Immune System

Ditch These Habits to Protect Your Immune System. There are behaviors to do every day to support your immune system that I wrote about HERE in my FREE ebook Top 12 Lifestyle Tips to Support A Healthy Immune System (SOME MIGHT SURPRISE YOU!) But there are also immunity don’ts you should avoid. Knowing what NOT […]

A Boost for Your Mental Health – PODCAST

A Boost for Your Mental Health In this episode I hold space for all the different emotions at this time to co- exist. It is Mental Health Awareness Month so let’s shine a light on how we are feeling ! Our emotional and physical health are inextricably linked. Whether we’re happy or sad, our bodies […]

How Healthy Do You Think You Are?

How healthy do you think you are? Studies show that people who rate their health positively are a step ahead of  those who think they are unwell, even when results were adjusted for actual medical conditions. This factor is called “self-rated health,” (or SRH) . “During this pandemic, when we see the statistics and the […]