Rev up your body’s natural defenses, so that viruses will be eradicated quickly and cut your recovery time in half. No matter how many times you wash your hands and disinfect your hand held phone or wipe down your door knobs with alcohol, chances are that everyone comes down with the common cold one or two times per year. But, you can cut your recovery time short and feel better faster if you eat and drink right and get more sleep. Here are some helpful tips to speed up your recovery and help you to bounce back quicker.
Studies show that sipping a cup of Korean ginseng tea daily cuts at least two days off the length of time people feel ill by triggering a 30% jump in immune cells that attack and destroy invading viruses. Siberian and Brazilian ginseng are also powerful immune stimulators. When you drink ginseng
tea stir in one tablespoon of raw honey. Raw honey soothes the coughing spells that make it hard to get restorative sleep when you’re ill.
Speaking of sleep – When you are sick you should go back to bed. Yes, sleeping as long as possible, either by going to bed earlier, getting up a little later or catching cat naps – can boost your ability to trounce cold and flu viruses as much as 50%, report Cornell University scientists. Sleep time is when your body makes antibodies, large protein molecules that latch onto invading germs like anchors to block their effect.