7 Ways To Boost Your Immune System During The Fight Against COVID-19
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Sleep
If you think you’ll get more done by sleeping less, think again. Sleep deprivation only increases your chances of getting sick and staying sick longer, which is a quick way to cut back on productivity and miss out on the things you love. Mayo Clinic reports that a lack of sleep makes you more likely to get sick if exposed to a virus and increases the time it takes you to get better if you do get sick. What’s important to understand is that your body releases certain proteins called cytokines during sleep. These proteins help you sleep but they also help fight illness. When you are sick, you need more of the proteins, so sleep deprivation makes it very hard to recover from an illness.
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