Winter is the coldest season in the whole year, you need to take proper care of your health
in winter In India. Winters are short, but gives severing cold and harsh weather conditions. The bitter cold of the season means higher incidence of colds, coughs and fever in people of different age groups. Winter across India presents foggy mornings, lazy afternoons and relaxed evenings.
The winter life in India concur with celebration of host of festivals (Dussehra, Diwali and Christmas), the vibrant and color life. Winter brings with it nature’s bounty witnessed as the arrival of new crop of paddy and an abundance of vegetables and fruits flooding the markets.
FLU AND ITS PREVENTION
Not all is quite delicate with winter, as it leaves in its trail many health challenges. Importantly, the circumstance of flu during the winter season which turns into an outbreak calls for adopting precautionary measures.
Cold and flu can be interrupted by following a few tips. Our efforts should be on boosting your immune system. Wearing woolen clothes, washing hands, keeping your feet warm, drinking hot soup and managing stress doing light exercises keeps our immune system good.
In winter, controlling our body’s dryness is the main challenge which means to adopt treatments under the supervision of an experienced skin specialist. Using humidifiers/room heaters and moisturizers helps in fighting against infections and skin dryness.
HEALTH TIPS FOR WINTER
Here are a few tips for keeping healthy and enjoying this winter.
PROPER SLEEP
As the days are shorter and the nights longer in winter, we tend to sleep more than usual. Some of the incidental factors need to be taken care. Having daily exercise, avoiding heavy exercise just before going to bed, keeping the lights off in the bedroom, maintaining the temperature and peaceful environment.
NUTRITION
Proper diet avoids disease during winter. Diet keeps benefit to boost up immunity. Milk and dairy products are rich in Protein. The milk promotes bone growth and strength. Though, skimmed milk should be preferred over full fat milk products.
EATING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
The perfect diet for winter is low-fat and carbohydrate food. Vegetable soups are the best for keeping your body fit and healthy. This helps your body properly hydrated and avoid chapping.
CONTROLLING STRESS
The more stress, the more will be your sensitivity to cold, cough and fever. By spending positive time at work, meeting friends and guests, having a hobby (painting, music, reading, swimming and others), and going on long trips may decrease the stress.
EXERCISE AND FITNESS
Regular exercise helps you to stay fit, it also boosts your physical immunity. A daily exercise helps middle aged men and women to control weight, stress and keeps the immune system stronger. It burns your excess calories, makes you hungry and stimulate your body’s metabolism.
QUIT SMOKING
Smoking decreases the immune system, and makes you immensely liable to cold and cough during winter. To stay healthy in winter, it is always better to avoid smoking to the maximum extent possible.
HYGIENE AND WINTER WEAR
Hand hygiene is very important for a healthy life. By washing hands regularly, you can keep the bacterium and viruses off your hands, mouth and eyes. If you don’t have soap and water, it is always better to use a hand sanitizer for complete hand hygiene.
Variety of winter wear is available for children, men and women. progressively made of woolen, and available in energetic colors, winter wear keeps you warm and protects your body from vagaries of the weather. Winter wear usually has two to three layers and includes sweaters, stockings, scarves and sweatshirts.
AVOID SUGARY FOODS
Sugary foods include cookies, cakes and sweets, rice, high fat yoghurt, white bread, white pasta, rice and fruit juices. Consumption of sugary foods needs to be reduced to protect and strengthen the immune system.
mR. Happer 