Healthy Lifestyle Tips to Get through COVID-19 Successfully

It’s vital to have healthy lifestyle tips to get through COVID-19 successfully. Here are a few that might seem obvious and yet they are overlooked often.

Eat (and drink) up!

When preparing your meals and snacks, consider adding in those foods that deliver de-stressing power to your body. These include Brazil nuts, mushrooms, and organic tofu. The selenium found in these foods is a natural mood enhancer and immunity booster. Just two Brazil nuts a day will allow you to get the amble amount of selenium!

Wash these Brazil nuts down with something warm to drink. We naturally associate warmth with comfort, and beverages like lemon water, chamomile tea, and lemon balm tea allow the mind (and hence the body) to relax.

Move and Groove!

Exercise plays a pivotal role in bringing down stress levels. When our bodies move, they create endorphins, which then reduce the perception of pain and also can be considered a sedative. When we challenge ourselves to do the “hard thing” of starting and completing a workout, we have a sense of accomplishment and are satisfied with our choice to move our bodies. Along with the immediate result of that euphoric high, exercise also keeps our immune system strong and ready for battle against whatever we may encounter.

Soak and Sleep

Follow up your workout or warm beverage with an Epsom salts bath. Again, the warmth of the bath will begin to relax your body and mind. Adding the Epsom salts replenishes your body with the muscle-relaxing mineral, magnesium. And when your bath is over, take the opportunity to concentrate on your sleep. Keeping up with a consistent sleep pattern allows the mind and body to stay in the happy rhythm that God created for us. Set a bedtime and a time to rise, ensuring that you are getting enough sleep hours and stick close to a schedule and routine as possible. Need a little help with sleeping? Try an ounce or two of organic, non-GMO red-tart cherry juice before bed. It’s naturally high in melatonin and adds an additional calming effect to your nighttime routine.

Meditate, Breathe, and Take Note

Taking scripture and reciting it, reading it, or listening to it reminds us of God’s promises. All of His promises are ‘Yes and Amen!”. While we know this, the Bible instructs us to think about whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy because God knew we needed to be told to redirect our thoughts daily. We are to focus on God’s truth because it is what brings ultimate peace and comfort. Take it a step further by pairing scripture along with deep breathing. Deep breaths multiply the health factor since these deep, intentional breaths signal the brain and body to calm down and relax. While practicing deep breathing, take note of God’s blessings in your life! Write out those things that bring a smile to your face and warmth to your heart.

Be Creative, Get Busy

We are at a time when schedules have slowed down tremendously for most of us. Do what you haven’t been able to do and have wanted to accomplish. Be creative with an art project. Pick up a paintbrush or colored pencils and enjoy the process of creating. And remember, ‘there are no mistakes, just happy accidents.’ Break out the computer and start typing away on that article, blog, or book idea that you’ve been meaning to write. Or put on your cleaning clothes and go to town on organizing, cleaning out, and repairing those household projects that consistently get pushed down to the end of the to-do list. Creativity and completing projects not only can help pass the time but gives us a sense of accomplishment.

Practice Physical Distancing (Not Social Distancing!) 

We NEED one another. God created us for community: for encouragement, for accountability, and for fellowship. Let’s keep that six feet between us physically, but embrace the connectivity we have socially in a creative fashion. Zoom, FaceTime, phone calls, and old-fashioned letters should be a priority at this time so we stay involved in one another’s lives. Proverbs 3:27 is a reminder not to withhold good from those who deserve it when it is within your power to act. We have the power and the time to do just that. May we be a blessing to others during this time!

The range of individual responses to the current quarantine is vast. Some manage this time well. Others struggle. Grace is the key word during this time. We need to extend grace to those who need the extra encouragement, to those who feel confident that life will return to normal sooner than later, and to ourselves. If we find ourselves struggling, we must remember that it is okay to ask and seek out help. Again, we were created to be part of a community – specifically that of the body of Christ. So may you take steps during this time of the “new norm” to ensure the health of your body, mind, and spirit.

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These times are stretching our faith and our dollars. It’s vital that we take great care of our overall health and immune system naturally.

But what if I told you that you could get a healthy immune system, get off medications, and ditch unhealthy weight in just 7 weeks, would you do it?