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How To Prevent Catching A Cold

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It’s a wonderful time of year but, with the lights and gifts come colds 🙁 Contrary to popular belief, we don’t get colds more often in the winter because of cold weather. We get them more often because we are all inside usually in close quarters to people, there for spreading viruses easier. Luckily, there are ways to help our bodies fight these viruses off!

You have probably heard of Probiotics and Prebiotics but, do you know why they are so important for your health? First:

What is a Probiotic?

Probiotics are bacteria that line your digestive tract and make it easier for your body to absorb nutrients and fight infection. A whopping eighty percent of our immune system is in our digestive tract. To be healthy overall, such a big part of your body needs to be healthy.

The benefits of Probiotics

  1. Boosts immune system
  2. preventing and treating Urinary Tract Infections
  3. Improves digest system
  4. heals inflammatory bowel conditions like Irritable Bowel System
  5. Helps manage and prevent eczema in children
  6. Helps fight food-borne illnesses

and there are tons more benefits researchers are gathering data for!

What is a Prebiotic?

Prebiotics are a type of non-digestible fiber compound. Prebiotic compounds go through the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract and stay there undigested, since our bodies can’t fully break them down. After they go through the small intestine, they reach the colon, where they’re fermented by the stomach’s microflora. The un-digestible fiber become fuel for the beneficial bacteria that live in your stomach.

Benefits of Prebiotics 

  1. Improves gut health
  2. Better digestion
  3. Healthier cholesterol levels
  4. Decreases risk for cardiovascular disease
  5. Helps reduce stress response
  6. Better hormonal balance
  7. Improves immune function
  8. Lowers risk of obesity and weight gain
  9. Reduces inflammation and autoimmune reactions

In conclusion, Probiotics are very necessary for gut health and your overall well-being and prebiotics are what feed the probiotics. This makes the two very important and can prevent you from catching those nasty colds!

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12 thoughts on “How To Prevent Catching A Cold

  1. Its funny… the only one that ever gets sick in this house is my husband. Need to pump him full of probiotics and prebiotics so me and the kids don’t have to deal with his “man colds”

  2. Great tips. When I clicked on this, I expected to hear the typical…wash your hands frequently etc. I didn’t expect to learn about prebiotics and probiotics. Very interesting!

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