Winterize Your Body and Stay Healthy

During the winter months, people will take steps to winterize their homes and vehicles. The shut off outside water to keep pipes from freezing and may put snow tires on their car if they live in areas with heavy snowfall. They may also winterize their wardrobe, putting on heavier clothes when they venture outdoors in order to stay warm.

Most people don’t typically think about winterizing their bodies, but perhaps they should. After all, people are more likely to get respiratory infections during this time of the year, which is why the winter months are also known as cold and flu season. People are more likely to get viral infections in general, including sore throats and pneumonia. People with asthma are also more prone to attacks in winter, too.

But there are other ailments that increase during winter months. For example, people are more prone to itchy skin and joint pain during the winter. They’re also more likely to suffer from depression. And heart attacks, a leading cause of death in Western society, are also more likely to happen in winter.

Because most of us enjoy central heating and other modern comforts, we are not as in tune with the cycles of nature as traditional people were. Thus, we often don’t think about the fact that the needs of the body are different in winter than they are in summer. Thus, we don’t make appropriate changes to winterize the body to help us stay healthy during this darkest and coldest time of the year. 

So, in this month’s Sunshine Sharing Hour, we’ll talk about how we can change the way we eat, what supplements we take, and make other appropriate lifestyle changes to stay healthy during the winter months. 

• Skin Care (general)

• Immune System
• Respiratory System

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