How to Support Your Health this Winter

This post was sponsored by Proctor & Gamble as part of an Influencer Activation and all opinions expressed in my post are my own.

The winter season is in full swing, and that means cold and flu season is all around us. It’s vital to keep healthy habits at the forefront of our minds to be proactive in keeping germs at bay.

What are some ways you proactively support your health, especially in the wintertime and the New Year?

Stay Active with your Family

Being active is very important to maintain a healthy body. I recently got a bike, and I like to go riding. My son and I are still learning this new skill, so it’s a fun way to stay active with my family.  I also love to go for walks around the neighborhood, and we tend to do that together as well. Of course, we love going to the park with my little explorer, so that might be my favorite way we stay active as a family.

 

Eat nutritious meals

Getting proper nutrients to fuel our body is a wonderful way to keep our bodies healthy proactively. Making sure we have a balanced meal, lots of good vegetables and fruits, wholesome grains, and good fats. Winter is also a good time of year to remember to take our vitamins and supplements to help boost our immune system.

 

Take care of your gut and digestive health

Our digestive health is a huge part of our overall body’s defense system during the winter season.  Taking care of our gut with a probiotic like Align Dualbiotic Gummy is an easy habit! These tasty gummies contain inulin (prebiotic fiber) to help nourish good bacteria in your digestive system. They also contain less than 1g of sugar.

Another super easy way to proactively support our digestive health (and more) is with Metamucil Premium Blend. It contains 100% natural psyllium fiber that helps promote digestive health and regularity, removing the waste that weighs us down. It is such a great way to feel lighter and less sluggish each day, helping us keep active and stay healthy this winter. Metamucil helps control our appetite and is sweetened with plant-based Stevia. Yum!

 

Drink plenty of water

Staying well hydrated is another fabulous way to help our body be healthy this winter season. I’ve often read it’s a great goal to drink half your body weight in ounces of water each day. At a minimum, experts recommend drinking 64 ounces of water a day. You can even use my handy habit tracker to help track your new water drinking habit.

 

Get enough rest

Moms, I get it. We don’t sleep enough. Having a little one often means years of sleep deprivation. I can’t tell you the last time I got a consistent 8 hours of sleep each night. However, we can try to do what we can to increase our total hours of rest, whether taking naps on weekends or leaving the dishes for another day and going to bed on time.

 

 

Wash your hands often

As a working mom, I come in contact with many surfaces all day. Elevators, door knobs, my child. You name it; it’s covered in germs.  Washing my hands often is one way to keep the germs away and keep me well. I love the foaming action of this Dial Complete Antibacterial Foaming Hand Wash.  It’s gentle on my skin and gets rid of 99.99% of germs I come in contact with on a regular basis.

 

 

If you do get a cold, focus on finding relief

Sometimes despite your best efforts, the toddler sneezes in your face, and now you catch that cold, too. Well, as a mom, we don’t have time to be sick. So it is essential to focus on finding relief and getting back on our feet.

One way to do that is to circle back to the getting enough rest item above. Resting helps our bodies fight off illness while continuing to run ourselves to exhaustion can make us worse.

Fighting a cough is extremely unpleasant, so try this natural cough remedy to help you feel better. Also, a hot cup of herbal tea works wonders.

You can also reach for these Vicks VapoCool Drops to vaporize the worse of the sore throat pain with a cooling rush of relief.

You can grab all these fabulous items to support your health at your local Walmart, so stock up and be proactive with your health this winter season. How are you proactively taking care of your health?