Protect Your Health

Let’s start with the hard truth.

You can’t fully control whether you catch a cold, the flu, or COVID-19. You also can’t control how your body will react once it’s exposed to a pathogen. There are many different factors that determine your body’s response. Some you can impact, like nutrient deficiencies. Others you can’t do anything about, like your age.

But even among the factors you can influence, no single tweak or “hack” can control such a complex system. No magical supplement, superfood, diet plan, or exercise routine can ensure you’ll stay healthy.

There is good news though: When it comes to your immune system, your daily actions can make a meaningful difference. By consistently practicing healthy behaviors, you can:

* Reduce your exposure and susceptibility

* Help optimize your immune function over time

* Better prepare your body to fight off foreign invaders

Plus, focusing on constructive behaviors might help you feel just a little bit more in control. And that could help ease the anxiety and stress that come with all the uncertainty.

Prioritize the pillars of a healthy lifestyle.

* Eat mostly minimally-processed whole foods

* Get enough protein, fruits, and vegetables

* Consume an appropriate number of calories (to avoid or lose excess body fat)

* Move regularly

* Reduce alcohol consumption

* Get adequate sleep

* Manage stress

Focus on what you can control.

Total Control - your priorities, your mindset, your actions, your best effort

Some Control - your schedule, your health routine, your home environment, your support team

No Control - politics & world events, what’s on the news, other people’s thoughts & actions