#59 - How to build immune system against corona

Everyone has been talking about the coronavirus lately, but what is actually a virus? Other than staying away from infected people, what can you do to protect yourself? And how does your immune system play into this? How to build an immune system against corona?

These are some of the questions we are answering in today's episode of "Becoming Great.com". The purpose of this episode is to make you feel a bit safer and prepared for dealing with a virus and learn about different ways to improve their immune system.

The two friends Erik and Emil are both nerds and the topic of health and personal development, every now and then we do episodes with this theme and this is one of those episodes.

We dig into our own life hacks, tips, and tricks for how to improve our lives. We are not scientists or doctors, but we are passionate learners and we talk about the things that we apply ourselves.

In the introduction, we touch on the questions of how to build an immune system against corona but all in all the episode is about how to defend ourselves vs any virus. We describe what a virus is, how it works, and how our immune system works to protect us.

We talk about the most important factors that play into the immune system. Age, genes, nutrition, gut flora, stress, and sleep. Age and genes aren't much we can influence so instead we dig into how you can decrease your stress levels by becoming better at saying no and by practicing gratitude and meditation. How to improve your nutrition by eating different high vitamin levels foods such as sauerkraut, cod oil, lemon, turmeric, and garlic.

We are also talking about the importance of sleep for the immune system and what we are doing to be able to sleep better in stressful times.

Welcome to Becoming Great.com and the episode "How to build an immune system against corona"

Book:
Why we sleep - Matthew Walker

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