Our climate is distinguished by high humidity and strong winds – sometimes it is more difficult to endure the cold than in dry frosty weather. And the absence of the sun does not add mood. But we are not afraid of depression and illness – we will heed the advice of our experts.
Tatiana Pavlova, psychologist, gestalt therapist: If you do not know how to drive a car, sign up for a driver’s course, even if you do not have your own car and have nothing to buy it yet. Or look for other courses – choose something you didn’t know about before. For example, Lomi-Lomi Hawaiian massage courses or art therapy trainings. The main goal is to start a new activity, it will change your ideas about life, expand horizons and enrich your picture of the world. Or it may happen that the new activity you mastered will become your profession or hobby, forever changing your life for the better.
Tatiana Pavlova: Let the dull gray landscape or white snowy streets outside the window, and you yourself can arrange a green oasis in the apartment. Buy indoor plants. If the interior allows, add juicy green flowers (napkins, mugs, pillows, blankets. The main thing is to regain the spring state of expectation of something new, interesting).
Tatyana Pavlova: One of my university lecturers used to say something like this: “When you get tired of everything in life to the extreme, you sit down near the TV and watch the most primitive serials in which you don’t need to think.” This, of course, is exaggerated and said with irony, but it is worth listening. You cannot load yourself with negative news around the clock, read only serious literature and talk about lofty matters. Sometimes it is useful to pick up a book with a light life-affirming plot, watch a comedy. For example, read Emily Giffin’s “Sadness is Not For You” or watch the movie “Hire Groom” based on her own novel.
Maxim Onishchenko, nutritionist, fitness instructor: Populate the body with beneficial flora. For healthy immunity, a healthy intestinal microflora is needed (this is more than 60% of the body’s immunity). This means that fermented milk products with bifidobacteria and lactobacilli must be present in the daily diet. But keep in mind: the lifespan of beneficial bacteria in fermented milk products is short. And, as a rule, kefir and other industrial products contain preservatives in their composition, therefore, their benefits are exaggerated. Conclusion: make homemade yogurt or yogurt. Or add herbal teas with bifidobacteria and lactobacilli to the diet.
Maxim Onishchenko: Few people think that not only bacteria, but also parasites can easily enter the body, which, among other things, strongly affect metabolic processes (thereby can lead to obesity or, conversely, thinness), on immunity … There are many ways to bring them into the body: dirty hands, pets, unwashed or poorly processed raw fruits and vegetables, even through the air, you can get contamination. Periodically, 1-2 times a year, it is necessary to carry out an antiparasitic program (as a preventive measure). If you don’t want to take medicine, you can drink herbal tinctures, for example, from walnut partitions or morinda fruits, garlic, juice of the morinda plant (Noni juice). But before that you need to consult a doctor. Therefore, wash your hands with soap and water, no matter how trite it sounds.
Maxim Onishchenko: 30 minutes a day of brisk walking in the fresh air helps to reduce the risk of seasonal colds by 18%. First, with intense exercise, the body temperature rises, at which viruses do not survive. Secondly, being in the fresh air in winter, the body is tempered. Third, the mood improves. And as soon as possible, go to nature – in the mountains go skiing, sledging, just walk.
Maxim Onishchenko: Visit the bathhouse or sauna. The temperature difference in the steam room and in the fresh air contributes to hardening, cleansing the body and restoring strength. If there are no contraindications, this is the first remedy for all colds. Or sign up for water aerobics in the pool – the issue of ARI will concern you much less often, and by the spring you will also boast of a fit figure. If there is no opportunity to visit the bathhouse or the pool, take a contrast shower at home! Just lower the water temperature gradually.
Maxim Onishchenko: Everyone knows that long-term sleep is a guarantee of health. And there are few about how to make it of high quality. Let’s tell! You need to go to bed when the left hemisphere of the brain is working. The fact is that according to one of the theories, the activity of the left and right hemispheres of the brain changes alternately every 2 hours. To calculate the “useful” clock, you need to know your time of birth. When a person is born, his right energy, which is responsible for vigorous activity, immediately turns on. Then the “left” works – it regulates creative processes, spiritual, etc. So you need to sleep in those hours when the left is working – then the sleep will be deep and deep.
Maxim Onishchenko: One of the healthiest foods is wheat germ, but not everyone likes them to taste. Therefore, they often use juice from alfalfa field, it is much more pleasant, somewhat similar to non-alcoholic mojito. The green juice of the plant raises immunity, “drives out” parasites, removes toxins, regulates metabolism, makes us young and healthy. And all because the chlorophyll cell is similar in structure to the hemoglobin cell and, getting into the body, instantly saturates each cell with oxygen. Accordingly, drinking the juice from sprouted wheat grains, we saturate the cells with oxygen. And this is very necessary in the cold season, when we spend most of the day in a stuffy room. And don’t forget to ventilate the room more often.
Tatiana Pavlova: We follow the skin of the face more. And about masks, creams and other caring procedures for a body wrapped in warm clothes, we remember on the occasion. But in vain. Our body suffers greatly from the cold: the skin dries up, the legs get tired more, and the back aches. Therefore, you can improve your mood by increasing the time you take for your personal care. Sign up for a massage, get a cosmetic wrap, and don’t forget masks and moisturizers. In general, get more bodily sensations!