Take a few steps to strengthen your immunity. Get your vitamin D from sunshine or supplement, get your vitamin C from fruits & veggies or a lemon squeeze in water, and get your zinc from meat, legumes, shellfish or supplementation. I love elderberry thyme syrup by Tru Botanica (not an ad, just a fan). And our immune system relies on darkness at night, sufficient quantity and quality of sleep, and a state of relaxation to function optimally. Just by leaving your phone outside the bedroom at night, you achieve more darkness, less doom scrolling and stress, and better sleep.
About the Author Ellen Vora, MD
Ellen Vora, M.D., is a holistic psychiatrist practicing with Frank Lipman, M.D., at the Eleven Eleven Wellness Center in NYC. "I take a functional medicine approach to mental health, which is a root-cause approach to understanding and treating illness."