Over the past eight weeks, I have tried to provide you with solid, useful information on caring for your immune system at home. But when life gets back to something resembling normal, and we are able to open our doors again, we will be in a position to provide you with more. Peak Recovery & Read more…
A Resource for Immune Health
Hygiene and Your Immune System
In the age of Covid-19, we wash our hands many times throughout the day and disinfect surfaces constantly. Society as a whole has probably become more sanitary in the past four months. And yet, there’s evidence that in the pre-Covid era, we were already little too clean for good immune health. Hygiene has turned out Read more…
Alcohol and Your Immune System
The medical establishment recommends minimizing alcohol use if you’re concerned about your immunity. It is one of the eight fundamentals of a healthy immune system, which we have been exploring in this series. The relationship of alcohol and your immune system, however, is the most complicated of all the eight fundamentals. It is true that Read more…
Exercise and Your Immune System
Exercise benefits your immune system. But not everybody believes this. Studies in the 1980s and 1990s suggested that a bout of vigorous exercise causes a temporary loss of immune cells in the blood. Researchers thought this period with reduced immune cells creates an “open window” during which you’re more susceptible to pathogens. This theory is Read more…
Smoking and Your Immune System
What could be sillier than writing a blog post on “smoking and the immune system”? Isn’t it obvious that smoking is bad for your immune system? Current headlines, however, suggest it might not be silly after all. A Strange News Report Last week, France24 reported that researchers at a top Paris hospital are beginning a Read more…
Sleep and Your Immune System
One of the things I find most fascinating about sleep is that everybody does it. And not just people. According to Wikipedia, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and some fish sleep. Researchers have even found insects and nematodes that sleep. Despite the ubiquity of sleep, the reason we need it is not obvious. According to the Read more…
Your Body Weight and Your Immune System
Last week, we looked at how a healthy diet can strengthen your immune system. This week we go to the next step to consider your body weight and your immune system. Body weight is one of the eight fundamentals of a healthy immune system, but it may be particularly important when you are at risk Read more…
Diet and Your Immune System
Last week, we began our two-month exploration of the immune system. We looked at the damaging effects of stress and how to protect yourself from them. This week, we will look at how an unhealthy diet can undermine your immune system. A comprehensive 2019 review in the journal Nutrients described diet’s relationship to immunity. Food shortages and Read more…
Stress and Your Immune System
We’re under a statewide stay-at-home order at least until May 4. Because our center is closed, we cannot offer you recovery and health services as usual. This strange situation, as terrible as it is, gives me the opportunity to try something new on this blog. For the next two months, I will be providing the Read more…
Whole-Body Cryotherapy for Insomnia
Here’s a typical insomnia scenario. You crawl into bed and lie there waiting to sleep while your mind races. Is that twinge in your neck a cancerous tumor? Is your heart beating too fast? Are you going to have enough money to make the rent? On some level, insomnia may seem trivial. So you can’t Read more…