10 Things Every Diabetic Should Know About COVID-19

What can you do to improve your immunity right now?

Unfortunately, people with diabetes have a harder time fighting off viral infections due to a slightly weakened immune system.

Even so, there’s plenty you can do right now to improve your immunity naturally. Here are two key immunity tips from infectious disease specialist M.D. Sandra Kesh:

1. Don’t overdo sanitizing
   Ever since the WHO insisted on the importance of using sanitizers, many people have been purchasing and using such products to extreme. Dr. Kesh says that if you sanitize everything, you’ll end up living in a sterile environment – and your body still needs to come in contact with certain bacteria and viruses to ‘train’ the immune system.
2. Stress less
   This report of 300 studies looked at the relationship between stress and immunity and the results are clear as day: acute stressors have a serious negative impact on immune functions. In fact, chronic stress can literally delay your normal cellular production, which increases your long-term risk for chronic health problems. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by stress right now, you can check out 5 vitamins that help you fight off pandemic stress in our post right here.

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