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Tips on How to Naturally Deal with Sickness
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Welcome back Blogsters! If you’ve clicked on this blog,
you are probably either sick or is prone to getting sick.
In this blog, I’m going to give you my 5 top tips in
relation to dealing with short-term sickness. If you’re like me who is prone to
getting sick but is tired of getting antibiotics and medications all the time,
here are some of my top 5 tips to deal with your sickness in a natural way.
Tip
1: Rest!
Sleep is the natural way our body needs to be able to
help repair and restore itself, therefore sleep is really important when you
are sick.
It’s as simple as that. Resting and or sleeping have a
massive impact and benefit in helping your body to combat the disease that has
infiltrated your body and sleeping has been found to help regulate the hormones
needed to help improve your immune system.
Sometimes it can be hard to sleep often due to a
congested nose, stress, pain and other factors – but that’s a topic, which we can discuss further in other blogs.
There are various literature which may suggest that if you
get 7+ hours of sleep per day it can optimize the benefit of sleeping, however
taking small naps throughout the day can also be beneficial in allowing your body and mind to help recover itself.
What you will notice though – is that if you don’t get
enough sleep, you are more likely to get sick, moody and not be able to
function as well as you should during the day. So go to bed rest up and sleep
to help with your recovery.
For additional tips on how to sleep better – please refer
to the previous blog, I wrote about this.
Tip
2: Eat Healthily
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Very often, we put a lot of junk and chemicals in our
body that makes healing our body slow.
Often the ‘Junk Foods’ we may ingest can
also, damage our body more than to help us recover from our sickness.
Healthy food that you can consider are food that are rich
in antioxidants.
Antioxidants
are found from food that may contain vitamins A, C, E and minerals copper,
zinc, and selenium - they usually fight of ‘Free Radicals’ from your body by
neutralizing them.
Free
Radicals are unstable molecules that can damage the
cells in our body.
Food that you may consider include:
Fruits
such as blueberries, mangoes, tomatoes, orange, lemon, apples, apricots
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Vegetables
such as leeks, onions, garlic, eggplants, pumpkins, red capsicums, spinach,
carrots
Nuts
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Fish
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Liver
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Eggs
Tea
(Green or Black)
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Honey
(Manuka Honey)
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Turmeric
Apple
cider vinegar with Mother* (Ensure that you dilute it with water and eat something before
you drink it as it can be quite strong for the stomach. Some recommendations
say around 1-2 tablespoons maximum per day)
So there’s an idea for you! The list can go on, but here
are just some ideas to help you. You can find more information in the web
regarding foods that are rich in antioxidants.
Tip
3: Drink plenty of water
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Staying hydrated would be helping your body wash away all
the impurities from your body.
When you get sick, your body also loses more fluid
through various bodily reactions to sickness such as sweating, having a runny
nose or when you feel really hot. If you want to help your body recover, DRINK
plenty of fluids!
Just make sure you don’t over drink as it can be
physically detrimental in huge amount. It is recommended to drink at least 2L
per day to ensure optimum hydration.
Tip
4: Relax and take a day off from
everything
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Sometimes all you need is to have time off from working
or any chores, running errands, etc. Plus staying at home would also mean, that
you would stop spreading your germs from everybody else.
Many individuals who are fortunate enough to not have
kids, may find that this is possible. However, for many parents, it can be hard
to just have time off from anything, especially if you’ve got other
responsibilities like the kids.
Relaxing and taking a day off from doing anything, will
help to restore your mind and reduce stress levels. The more you try and do
things when you’re unwell, the more you’ll find your recovery to be longer than
intended.
So find different ways to relax – Check out my other blog
regarding this and tune out from the worries of the world behind you.
Tip
5: Do something fun
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Doing something fun doesn’t necessarily mean going out and
partying, especially if you are an introvert like me. Instead, do something
productive a hobby or interest that is engaging to help uplift your spirit so
that you are not just bogged down at home not doing anything.
For me, something fun could be as simple as:
Watching
a funny or interesting movie
Listening
to music
Writing
a simple blog on how to deal with sickness just like right now 😊
Doing
a bit of light gardening
De-cluttering
my room
And the list can go on… again all of these are just
ideas. It’s probably a good idea for you to start getting to know yourself.
So for the readers:
What works for you?
Are there any other natural
ways you deal with sickness?
Post it up in the comment section below.
Just a disclaimer – all the information here are tips on
alternative ways of dealing with sickness that has worked for me personally.
There are various other ways, but above are just the ones I wanted to talk
about in this blog.
Please ensure that you seek professional medical advice
that will best suit you, as everyone reacts to different types of food or other
chemical compounds which may cause a severe allergic reaction. The tips I have
given are not intended to substitute or replace professional medical advice and if you need medical advice, please see a GP.
Alternatively, you can also do some personal research on
what I have mentioned above to further expand your knowledge and understanding
of what I talked about.
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