Healthy Habits to Boost Your Immune System

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Remember when you were a kid and mom would pump you up full of orange juice whenever you felt sick?

Well, she was trying to give your immune system a boost. To help knock that cold right out (and to send you back to school sooner).

Of course, it’s best to focus on boosting your immune system before you get sick.

Your body is a kingdom, and you need to defend it from outside attackers. It wouldn’t do much good to build up new walls once the enemy is inside now, would it?

That’s why instead of waiting for viruses, germs, and whatever else the world throws at you to attack, you need to sharpen your defenses and prepare your body.

At best, it will prevent you from ever becoming sick. At worst, it will cut down your recovery time. But how can you go about doing that? Here are a few healthy habits to boost your immune system.

1.Sleep

In case you needed another reason to get a good night’s sleep, here is another one.

Your body repairs itself while at rest, so if you skip out on sleep your body isn’t able to repair the damaged areas. Think of it as a to-do list and your body knocks off items while you sleep.