The Meluka Australia Blog — immune health

Boost Your Winter Immunity: The Gut-Sleep Connection and How to Master Your Slumber

Boost Your Winter Immunity: The Gut-Sleep Connection and How to Master Your Slumber

As winter settles in and the days grow colder, keeping your immune system strong becomes crucial to stay healthy throughout the season. Beyond the usual strategies like diet and exercise, sleep is an often-overlooked yet vital factor in winter immunity. Yes, that nightly ritual isn't just about feeling refreshed, it's a key player in fortifying your body against seasonal bugs. Your secret weapon against winter bugs Sleep isn't just downtime for your body; it's essential for maintaining a robust immune system. During sleep, your body produces cytokines: proteins crucial for immune function. These cytokines regulate inflammation and help your body...

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Understanding the gut-immune health connection and how postbiotics can help with Chloe McLeod

Understanding the gut-immune health connection and how postbiotics can help with Chloe McLeod

After the covid pandemic, interest in immune health has been higher than ever. No one enjoys getting sick, so how can we optimise our immune health? Well, evidence shows that improving our gut health is a really good place to start. Let’s look at the role our gut health plays in our immune health, what postbiotics are and how they can help! What is the gut-immune health connection? The evidence is increasingly showing the influence our gut health has on our overall health.  Our gut microbiota is a collection of mostly bacteria that live in our gut and provide us...

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