Are you missing your regular workout routine?
Been spending too much time at home working, eating and watching t.v.?
What’s all that doing to your general health?
Chris Majerowitcz, a fitness and nutrition instructor with One Life fitness says that if you’ve been home for the past few weeks and you haven’t been exercising much, it’s time to get active.
“I’ve put a dumbbell next to my desk at home, and every ten minutes or so I do a set of curls,” Majerowitcz says.
Getting active is just part of the equation. We also have to be careful about our diets, but what should we eat?
“You want to keep the zinc high and vitamin C, which is in fresh vegetables,” says Dr. Eric Berg, a medical doctor and nutrition expert.
Berg adds, “ with the threat of the coronavirus, we need a proper balance of vitamins and minerals in our diets. The strength of a virus is a weakened immune system.”
Poor nutrition, a lack of exercise, and high stress, according to Berg, weakens your body’s ability to fight disease. He tells us there are foods we should be eating, and supplements to take to help keep our immune systems strong.
“You want to keep your stress as low as possible, get a lot of sun for vitamin D, and eat green leafy vegetables,” Berg says. “The three foods that have zinc are oysters and shellfish, fish, red meat, and cheese.”
And If you can’t get those foods in your diet, Berg says take supplements.
