10/23/2026
Your yearly reminder:
The flu is NOT a season!
The flu spikes during the fall and winter because our bodies are not adapting properly to the changes in temperature, decrease in vitamin D, and the increased time spent indoors. The only way to actually decrease your chances of getting the flu is to make sure your Immune System is functioning properly.
Eat whole, healthy foods and slow down with the processed after-school snacks. Pack your kids’ lunches, make dinners with extra vegetables, and switch the soda out for water. Sugar increases inflammation. Inflammation inhibits your immune system, which increases your chance of getting sick. Keep in mind, the digestive system breaks down carbohydrates into sugar too.
Not getting any sun? Take a Vitamin D supplement.
Get adequate sleep. Your body heals and detoxes while you sleep. Ever wake up sweating? That’s your body fighting and killing germs/viruses/bacteria.
Drink enough water. 👀
Stay active. Exercise increases endorphins and sweating is good for you.
All of these are good things to do, but if your body is not adapting properly than you will not see the full benefit of any of the above.
SO MOST IMPORTANTLY… make sure your Nervous System is functioning OPTIMALLY! If you have interference in the communication between your brain and your body, you have an increased chance of getting sick because your Immune System is not working how it should. The cause of disease is the body’s inability to adapt to itself or the environment (aka colder temperatures, less sun, other sick people, etc).