By now most everyone understands that a hardy immune system – one that can defend as well as repair – is key to maximizing our health. It’s essential to minimize the risk of getting sick with an infection as well as preventing the development of chronic degenerative illnesses like hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and a host of other modern-day health problems that rob us of our vitality and quality of life.
Like most of the operating systems in the body, the immune system works on what I like to call the “Goldilocks principle” – not too little but not too much.
Does a drink that has zero calories, no dairy, no caffeine and no additives sound appealing? This “new” drink is centuries old in a few parts of the world but is available to us now without having to go out in the forest to forage for it, unless you would like to!
Chaga grows in the northern hemisphere and right here on Cape Ann (north of Boston, MA). Technically it is a mushroom or sclerotia and it grows as a conk on birch trees. Recently mushrooms are having a moment as a superfood darling, too. But beyond the kitchen decades of research have proven their value. Even institutions like Memorial Sloan Kettering are writing about it.
Public health measures are focused on how to minimize your contact with the virus as well as reducing its spread. These measures, along with advice to stock your pantry, have to do with maximizing external defense measures. Unfortunately, that leaves most people with the impression that once you’ve done all that, there’s nothing left to do but keep your fingers crossed. Which is unfortunate because there’s plenty to be done to shore up our internal defenses. And the sooner you start the better. And its more than vitamin C and zinc.
Because HEALTH CARE is about managing your HEALTH, not Illness. Follow these 7 STEPS to boost your IMMUNE HEALTH…
