Exercise Boost the Immune System

The importance of enhancing your immune system in your fight against flus and colds cannot be overstated. Kids with healthy immune symptoms simply get sick less.
Everyone knows that taking regular exercise is good for your overall health and it therefore follows that taking regular exercise also benefits your immune system too.
After all, if by taking regular exercise, you improve your energy levels and your muscle strength, it naturally follows that those improvements will be reflected throughout your body.
As an example, 30 minutes of reasonably brisk walking 3 or 4 times a week is going to strengthen your heart, lungs and all of the major muscle groups in the lower half of the body at the same time.
At the same time, exercise helps to optimize your digestive system, meaning that less harmful toxins and bacteria will lodge in your gut as the process of peristalsis (passing the food and then waste materials through your system) gradually becomes increasingly efficient.
Toxins and harmful bacteria ‘stuck' in your system can often be one of the reasons why your general, all-round health suffers and such poor health is often reflected in poor skin quality as well. Take this to its logical conclusion and with poor quality skin (and blood circulation), you have exactly the right kind of breeding ground for staph bacteria to thrive on your skin.'
one of my favorite ways of taking exercise is by taking the stairs whenever possible instead of using an elevator or even an escalator. I do this as part of my normal daily working routine, and even when there are several flights of stairs to be climbed, it never takes more than a minute or two to complete the climb.
After all, the elevator hardly ever arrives the minute you press the button so you can be halfway up the stairs by the time it does eventually make an appearance.
There is nothing sadder than a ten year old that does not have time to exercise. It's pathetic because it happens all the time. Even if you don't have 30 minutes available four times a week to go for a brisk walk, there are plenty of different ways you can find the time in any average day for enough exercise for your immune system to benefit. I make this a game with my kids when we are out.
Don't let you or your kids fall into the 'I don't have enough time for exercise' trap! What you have to change that to is 'I don't have enough time to get the flu!'

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Do Your Kids Get Boils?

Children get boils on their body more often than they ever have in history. Would you believe it is because they spend so much time at computers. These are known as pilonidal cysts. Initially they were thought to be caused by ingrown hairs but doctors now have discovered it comes from sitting down in one position for too long every other.
This type of boil is called pilondal cysts and is caused by having to sit for long hours in uncomfortable positions. The condition was first discovered during World War II.
Another reason kids get boils is because they become infected with a staphylococcus bacteria. This bacteria can enter through any break in the skin. It can also invade through hair follicles. This is a highly virulent bacterium that cause a lot more serious medical conditions so you need to be very careful and keep an eye on those boils your kids develop. Another alarming thing is that it can mean that your kid is becoming less resistant to infections due to the overuse of antibiotics.
For example, if your immune system is somehow compromised, the chance of becoming someone who suffers from boils on a regular basis is significantly increased. Consequently, conditions such as kidney failure or diabetes which weaken your immune system are likely to make you more susceptible to an outbreak of boils.
In addition, lesser-known medical conditions such as hypogammaglobulinemia that reduce your body's ability to fight against infection as they weaken your immune system can also make you more prone to skin abscesses and other staphylococcus related problems.
Then there are certain types of medicines that also weaken your natural ability to fight back against infection successfully. These include drugs that are used in chemotherapy to treat cancer and cortisone-based drugs like prednisolone.
I have been known to get a boil or two myself. Surprise! These breakouts in adults are actually stress related! Who knew?
T here is some evidence to suggest that there is a connection between stress and hormonal changes (such as the onset or the menopause or the monthly cycle) that may cause the condition to flare up in women who had previously suffered only slightly or not at all.
So you see that boil could mean much more than just a simple 'pimple.' Be vigilante to make sure that it never develops into an infection.

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