Hormone Replacement Therapy
Supporting your immune system health by making good lifestyle choices has never been as important as it is today. With the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. expected to reach 400,000 or more, ensuring you are doing everything you can to strengthen your immune system is essential to your health and the health of everyone around you.
Start Improving Your Immune System’s Response to Infections
- Get to Know the Sandman
Sleep is regulated in a tiny region of the brain in the hypothalamus called the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). Information about when to sleep is transmitted to the SCN via light entering our eyes. Normal sleep-wake cycles are also mediated by the release of melatonin, a hormone released by the pineal gland. Your immune system interacts with melatonin by sending anti-inflammatory cytokines into the bloodstream. In addition, sleep allows the body to perform all kinds of daily “repair” and “refresh” activities that support immune system response to viral or bacterial infections.1
- Eat This, Not That
The Cleveland Clinic reports the following vitamins provide the most benefits to your immune system:2
Vitamin A: foods containing phytochemicals called carotenoids help your body make vitamin A, a powerful antioxidant your immune system relies on for fighting infections. Sweet potatoes, carrots and cantaloupe provide rich amounts of vitamin A.
Vitamin D: in addition to citrus fruits and milk, fatty fish like tuna and salmon contain vitamin D essential for immune system health
Vitamin E: critical for optimizing immune system functioning, vitamin E is an antioxidant that can help fight free radical damage responsible for many age-related health problems. Get vitamin E from eating peanuts, sunflower seeds, baked potatoes and lean chicken
Selenium: a mineral exerting strong, beneficial effects on your immune system, selenium is found in tuna, broccoli, and garlic
Zinc: not only is zinc good for skin health but it also helps control systemic inflammation caused by infections. Nourish your immune system with zinc by eating lean meats, yogurt, and sugarless baked beans.
- Get Off the Couch!
Physical activity pushes toxins out of your airways and lungs, increases the production of infection-fighting white blood cells, and reduces the level of stress hormones in your bloodstream. It also provides a surge of endorphins to naturally improve your mood and energy.3
- Take Control of Stress
When you feel anxious or depressed, your body receives warning signals from the brain telling it that you are in “danger”. In response to these signals, cortisol immediately begins increasing your heart rate, respiration and muscle cell activity. As your body prepares for “battle”, the immune system reduces energy needs and stops releasing white blood cells. This is why you are at risk for getting sick when stressed.4
- Glutathione and Vitamin B12 Injections for Improving Immune System Health
All cells contain glutathione, a potent antioxidant made from amino acids essential for overall health: glycine, glutamate and cysteine. Glutathione also plays a vital role in completing chemical reactions in the body necessary for eliminating toxins–including infectious pathogens. To maximize immune system functioning, your body needs lymphoid cells strengthened by sufficient amounts of glutathione. Research has also discovered that glutathione acts as an anti-inflammatory signaling molecule to help fight respiratory infections. In fact, glutathione seems to direct specialized white blood cells away from lungs to the actual site of the infection.5,6
- Vitamin B12
Since your body doesn’t make B12, the only way you can get vitamin B12 is by eating meat, cheese and eggs. As we age, our bodies cannot absorb vitamin 12 from food as well due to slower, reduced functioning of the gastrointestinal system. In addition to providing strong support to your immune system, B12 also helps boost metabolism to assist in converting food into energy, nourishes the brain and may decrease the risk of heart disease.7
Revive Your Immune System with Help from Renew Health and Wellness
It’s never too late to start getting glutathione injections to strengthen your immune response to COVID-19 and other serious infections. Contact us today to learn more about our services.
References
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/suprachiasmatic-nucleus
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/eat-these-foods-to-boost-your-immune-system/
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324483
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324842#immune-system-disorders
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3048347/
Supporting your immune system health by making good lifestyle choices has never been as important as it is today. With the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. expected to reach 400,000 or more, ensuring you are doing everything you can to strengthen your immune system is essential to your health and the health of everyone around you.
Start Improving Your Immune System’s Response to Coronavirus and Other Infections
- Get to Know the Sandman
Sleep is regulated in a tiny region of the brain in the hypothalamus called the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). Information about when to sleep is transmitted to the SCN via light entering our eyes. Normal sleep-wake cycles are also mediated by release of melatonin, a hormone released by the pineal gland. Your immune system interacts with melatonin by sending anti-inflammatory cytokines into the bloodstream. In addition, sleep allows the body to perform all kinds of daily “repair” and “refresh” activities that support immune system response to viral or bacterial infections.1
- Eat This, Not That
The Cleveland Clinic reports the following vitamins provide the most benefits to your immune system:2
Vitamin A: foods containing phytochemicals called carotenoids help your body make vitamin A, a powerful antioxidant your immune system relies on for fighting infections. Sweet potatoes, carrots and cantaloupe provide rich amounts of vitamin A.
Vitamin D: in addition to citrus fruits and milk, fatty fish like tuna and salmon contain vitamin D essential for immune system health
Vitamin E: critical for optimizing immune system functioning, vitamin E is an antioxidant that can help fight free radical damage responsible for many age-related health problems. Get vitamin E from eating peanuts, sunflower seeds, baked potatoes and lean chicken
Selenium: a mineral exerting strong, beneficial effects on your immune system, selenium is found in tuna, broccoli and garlic
Zinc: not only is zinc good for skin health but it also helps control systemic inflammation caused by infections. Nourish your immune system with zinc by eating lean meats, yogurt and sugarless baked beans.
- Get Off the Couch!
Physical activity pushes toxins out of your airways and lungs, increases production of infection-fighting white blood cells and reduces the level of stress hormones in your bloodstream. It also provides a surge of endorphins to naturally improve your mood and energy.3
- Take Control of Stress
When you feel anxious or depressed, your body receives warning signals from the brain telling it that you are in “danger”. In response to these signals, cortisol immediately begins increasing your heart rate, respiration and muscle cell activity. As your body prepares for “battle”, the immune system reduces energy needs and stops releasing white blood cells. This is why you are at risk for getting sick when stressed.4
- Glutathione and Vitamin B12 Injections for Improving Immune System Health
All cells contain glutathione, a potent antioxidant made from amino acids essential for overall health: glycine, glutamate and cysteine. Glutathione also plays a vital role in completing chemical reactions in the body necessary for eliminating toxins–including infectious pathogens. To maximize immune system functioning, your body needs lymphoid cells strengthened by sufficient amounts of glutathione. Research has also discovered that glutathione acts as an anti-inflammatory signaling molecule to help fight respiratory infections. In fact, glutathione seems to direct specialized white blood cells away from lungs to the actual site of the infection.5,6
- Vitamin B12
Since your body doesn’t make B12, the only way you can get vitamin B12 is by eating meat, cheese and eggs. As we age, our bodies cannot absorb vitamin 12 from food as well due to slower, reduced functioning of the gastrointestinal system. In addition to providing strong support to your immune system, B12 also helps boost metabolism to assist in converting food into energy, nourishes the brain and may decrease the risk of heart disease.7
Revive Your Immune System with Help from Renew Health and Wellness
It’s never too late to start getting glutathione injections to strengthen your immune response to COVID-19 and other serious infections. Contact us today to learn more about our services.
References
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/suprachiasmatic-nucleus
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/eat-these-foods-to-boost-your-immune-system/
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324483
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324842#immune-system-disorders
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3048347/
