20 Friday Dec 2019
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Acupressure, cold, cold and flu, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, flu, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, virus, viruses
Tap your chest!
There’s an acupressure point in the middle of the breastbone – at about where your third rib would be. Gently tap that point for a minute every couple of hours. Eastern medicine experts say it’ll trigger the thymus gland to produce more T-cells, which are the cells that help our immune system find and attack viruses.
03 Tuesday Dec 2019
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cold, cold and flu, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, family movie night, flu, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, movie night, sick
When everyone around you is coughing and sneezing, try this trick to avoid getting sick, too: Set aside one evening a week for family movie night – and stick with it!
Researchers at the State University of New York found that regular R&R cuts our risk of illness by more than a third. Because kicking back and relaxing allows our frazzled nervous system to cut production of stress hormones, which weaken our immunity. Plus, when we’re relaxed, our body boosts production of germ-fighting antibodies, which is the first line of defense against illness-causing invaders.
23 Friday Nov 2018
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avoid a cold, avoid the flu, cold, cold and flu, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, flu, germs, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, soap, wash your hands
You know that one of the most important things you can do to avoid catching a cold or the flu is to wash your hands frequently. The problem is, most people concentrate on washing their palms – when it’s the fingertips that really matter. Dr. Neil Schachter is a respiratory specialist at Mount Sinai Medical Center. And he says our fingertips are more likely to come into contact with germy surfaces – and we’re most likely to stick a fingertip in our mouth, nose or eyes, the main entry points for germs. So when you wash your hands, make sure you focus on those fingertips!
30 Friday Mar 2018
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cold, cold and flu, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, flu, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, kumquat, kumquats, orange, oranges, UCLA
Kumquat isn’t just a fun word to say – these tiny orange fruits are great if you have a cold or flu. They contain bioflavonoids that enable your immune cells to fight back and react more quickly to viral invaders. According to research from UCLA, eating 3 kumquats a day can help you bounce back from a viral illness – like a cold or flu – 40% faster.
18 Monday Dec 2017
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American Academy of Sleep Medicine, catch a cold, cold, cold and flu, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, infection, infectious, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, need more sleep, sleep
Getting 6 hours of sleep a night or less. So the next time you hear someone bragging about how they don’t need more than 5 hours a night, steer clear of them. Because they could already be spewing out infectious droplets. And 30% of the population gets 6 hours a night or less. But the American Academy of Sleep Medicine found that less than 1% of the population is biologically capable of comfortably running on that amount of sleep, and functioning normally.
13 Friday Nov 2015
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antioxidants, broccoli, cold, cold and flu, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, cranberries, flu, foodborne illnesses, good bacteria, holidays, ill, illness, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, probiotic, sick
To fight the flu, load up on cranberries: Cranberries have more antioxidants than other common fruits and vegetables. One serving has five times the amount in broccoli. Cranberries are also a natural probiotic, which means they enhance the good bacteria levels in your gut and protect you from foodborne illnesses.
19 Friday Dec 2014
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cold and flu, cold virus, Connie Sellecca, conniesellecca, flu virus, germs, glass half full, immune system, intelligence for your life, intelligenceforyourlife, optimism, optimistic, pessimistic, University of Kentucky
Are you a “glass is half-full” type of person? A study from the University of Kentucky in Lexington found that optimism helps your body fight off cold and flu viruses. The immune systems of volunteers responded more aggressively to germs injected into their skin on days when they felt more hopeful, and less so when their moods were more pessimistic.
