This article is sponsored by Klarify.me who offer easy allergy testing you can do at home. None of the advice in this article should be taken as medical advice and if in doubt you should always seek medical advice.
Winters are harder than ever with our health this year. We have had nearly 2 full years, where we have been avoiding sick people. Where we have been self-isolating and where we have barely left our house. So winter is hitting us all hard. But looking after yourself can be the best start to avoid being ill this winter.
Today we wanted to give you some advice on how to look after yourself this winter. Because you are going to need all of the help you can get this winter. Let’s give our body a boost, even a supercharge!
How can you look after yourself this winter? There are plenty of ways to make sure you are in tip-top condition so that your Christmas isn’t ruined this year. Hopefully, the following tips will help you to stay in the best condition.
Get Plenty Of Rest
Winter is a busy time for us all, especially as the Christmas prep starts straight after Halloween! And the closer it gets to December, the busier you get. It can be a stressful time but you need to make sure you get a full nights sleep. Having a full nights sleep means that you feel rested and less tired. But it will also be the time that your body repairs itself for the following day.
Making sure you rest doesn’t just mean at night. If you are tired throughout the day, make sure you stop and rest for a moment. Even if it is just time to stop and have a cup of tea. If you keep rushing about all day, every day then you will run yourself ragged. Then you will stop and become ill, that doesn’t help you or your family at all.
In order to get plenty of rest, you need to make sure you are warm. Keep the heating on sometimes through the day. If you cannot pop the heating on, wear an extra jumper or two. Keeping warm is all part of staying healthy this winter.
Check For Allergies
In the winter months, you usually develop colds. But if the cold lingers, there is more of a chance that it is an allergy. Although there are slight differences between a cold and an allergy, a cold can last for more than a week. But an allergy attack could only last minutes or hours. If you keep getting colds, then a quick check for allergies is a good idea.
You are also getting invited to different parties and people are buying you gifts. So if you know that you have allergies, but don’t know what the trigger is, now is the time to check. This is so easy and quick to do with Klarify Me. You order your allergy test kit from the website and you take a small blood sample. The blood sample is then sent to the lab and tested for 294 different allergens that could be causing you problems. Without finding the cause of the allergies, you cannot start to look after your health through the winter.
As soon as you get your results back you can eliminate things from your life. Then before you know it, you will start to feel better and instead of treating it with cold medicines, your body will heal itself. An Allergy test will cost you £149.00, but as a person who spends £8.99 for a three-day dose of Day and Night Nurse. I can tell you that the allergy test pays for itself in no time at all.
Plenty Of Vitamins
You can give your body a boost by eating really well and adding extra vitamins if you want to. Vitamins will help where your body is lacking in something. If you are getting enough vitamins in your food, then you won’t need extra ones. You can get a check-up with the GP who will run some tests and recommend any added vitamins or supplements that are needed.
Vitamin C
This is the vitamin that everyone knows. Vitamin C helps protect your cells and keeps them healthy as well as helping with healing all of your wounds. It helps with giving you healthy skin, so you are boosted inside and out. Lastly, it helps with blood vessels, bones and cartilage. You can get vitamin c from fruits and vegetables like citrus fruits, peppers, blackcurrants, broccoli, brussels sprouts and potatoes
Vitamin A
This vitamin helps your body to fight off infection and will help your immune system to work properly. Vitamin A also keeps the lining of some of your body like your nose healthy. Also, Vitamin A is also in face creams under the name of retinol. You can find Vitamin A in eggs, cheese, oily fish, milk and yoghurts. You can also get Vitamin A from Liver. But if you are pregnant, you should avoid eating this.
Vitamin E
You need Vitamin E for skin and eyes. But you also need it to help your immune system to stay healthy. In the winter, using Vitamin E will help to moisturise your skin against the harsh weather. So Vitamin E helps you inside and out. Vitamin E can be found in Cereals, nuts, seeds and plant oils like rapeseed, sunflower oil.
Iron
A lack of iron can make you feel tired especially in the winter. So sometimes you need to supplement your iron intake in your body. You can find iron in liver, red meat, Kidney beans, nuts, cereals and soybean flour. Again avoid liver if you are pregnant.
