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Allergies, Exercise & Your Body

 

Have you ever wondered just how much your activity level affects your allergy symptoms?

 

In addition to a daily glass of the Delicious Greens 8000, getting good nutrition, and taking key nutrients, vitamins, and herbs to improve and balance immune system response while lowering histamine response, there is much we can do in our daily lives to ensure our body is working at its peak. Let's look at the key role of exercise.

 

Exercise

 

Getting proper amounts of exercise is crucial to a good immune system. Getting too much exercise and the immune system crashes, but too little and it overreacts. The immune system relies on challenges to build itself up, too little stimulation and it is like an untrained army, ready to attack any invader or mistaken invader. This can lead to an oversensitive immune system and thus, hypersensitivities to foods and allergens.

 

Too much exercise and stimulation, on the other hand, can lead to just the opposite. Working out too hard, coming in contact with too many germs, viruses, bacteria, or allergens, and the immune system can go into overload and we can be left just as susceptible to illness and allergy symptoms.

 

Balance is needed. Not every body is the same, and no exercise routine should be either. Some people are built for enduring more intense exercise than others, while some may respond best to small amounts of exercise or physical activity. Certainly, if you are living a sedentary life-style, jumping into an intense routine may not be a good idea either.

 

Start out small, if you don't exercise at all, start with a short walk everyday and increase the time that you walk daily. You may also try taking dance lessons, or taking up a hobby which gets you more active. If you already exercise, changing up your routine every three months can provide challenge enough to keep your body running great.

 

How does this help the immune system? During and immediately following a workout the immune system is challenged, this challenge leads it to a reboot, sort of like restarting your computer. While during this reboot time your immune system is more susceptible to germs, viruses, and allergens, afterward, it works better and becomes increasingly more balanced over time and less prone to overreact.

 

How much is enough? Aim for short bursts of 15 minutes once or twice per day, if you are just starting out. If you are already an active person, try taking an exercise class or a sport three times per week. A short burst of 30 to 45 minutes of intense physical activity provides a boost. Change out your activity every three months to provide more challenge.