It’s that time of year when people start asking about immune health. Most conversations about the immune system focus on nutrition. The biochemical approach to health still holds value and supporting the immune system with nutrients can help. But there’s another way to look at it. It is about a certain electrical charge that nutrition holds. Fascia, mitochondria, and cellular water form a network to send energy throughout the body that powers immune system health. From a quantum biology approach to health, the immune system is not making mistakes. It’s responding. So how you support it from a quantum biology perspective?

• Deliver the basic nutrients your immunity relies on when doing its job anyway – by both eating well and taking some supplements. Add vitamins A, Bs, C and D3, zinc, selenium, iron, iodine and copper. Include warm foods, healthy beverages, lots of herbs and spices also help optimise the body’s immune response.
• Spend time in nature – since the earth draws the positive charge out of the body, it infuses you with its negative ions beneficial for its optimal function of the body.
• Bathe in infrared Energy: whenever we spend time outside when the sun is up, regardless of the weather, it envelops you in infrared energy which supports the immune system.
• Balance work and play: you need some active time as much as you need downtime. These days continual business is considered normal but it is not good for us. Factor time for fun and ensure you stick to these diary dated moments. Fun help balance the communication between the hemispheres of the brain which also benefits the overall immune function.
• Rest fully: lower the lights at night to carve out some time for stillness and rest. The melatonin that rises in winter darkness is vital for a healthy immune system.
• Try essential oils: they are mother nature’s powerhouse germ busters! For instance: doTerra’s On Guard or Air or Floor bomb are good for keeping your environment as well as your breathing apparatus all clear.
• Take warm, salty baths: they are relaxing and help the toxins to be drawn out by osmosis. The lower the toxic burden, the stronger the immune system.
• Mind your mental framework: how you see yourself at this time of the year is very important. Do you think you are vulnerable to anything that ‘goes round’? If you think you are, or if you think you aren’t, you are always right as your immune system hears you. Can you re-frame to a belief that may serve you better, like: ‘My immune system is able to deal with any challenges it faces.’ and trust it to do its job well? This one last thing may be the most important change you can make to your immune resilience this season. Even more powerful than all of the previous tools listed above together.

I wish you happy and healthy sailing though the colder season!