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First things first: You do not need expensive superfoods or packaged supplements to better your health or immunity during the quarantine. In fact, you never did! According to Luke Coutinho, Holistic Lifestyle Coach - Integrative Medicine, Getting in a wholesome balanced diet with the right quality and quantity of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, pulses, whole grains, common kitchen spices, herbs and good fats are all you need to boost your immunity at a cellular level. These food groups also have numerous fringe benefits on your health and mental well-being.

For example, if you are vulnerable to stress, foods such as bananas, nuts and seeds, chamomile tea and tulsi or holy basil tea will help relax your body and mind. However, the two things that'll not necessarily help are your daily cup of joe and sugar. We are exposed to negative news, today, more than ever and a constant exposure to it can induce fear in us. It can make us feel anxious, hyperactive, etc. On top of that if we add stimulants such as sugar and coffee in our diet we prevent our body from coming back to a state of homeostasis and balance. Though coffee in itself is not the problem, putting it in a system that's already stressed and is churning cortisol to keep up with the stress, causes problems, he says.

You can also include endorphin-boosting foods in your diet, or better yet endorphin-boosting activities in your work-from-home schedule to keep stress at bay. Endorphin is a happy hormone that brings about a feel-good factor. Foods such as chocolates and smells such as that of lavender stimulate the release of endorphins. However, the most reliable sources of an endorphin boost are exercise, laughter and good sex, he explains. If you have the liberty to run a couple of laps on your terrace, do that too. A cardio activity is known to give us an endorphin rush which is as good as a high from a stimulant.

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Use this time to bring about positive changes in your overall lifestyle the way you eat, sleep, move, breathe and think.

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Start eating an early dinner to maintain a gap between your dinner and bedtime. This will allow your body enough time to digest and detoxify at night.

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Spend a part of your mornings doing Yoga, pranayama, gratitude journaling and meditation.

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Learn healthy cooking from scratch. This skill is going to save you from calling for junk food from restaurants when we resume our normal living.

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Have free time? Watch a funny movie or documentary with your family! Research shows that laughter has a connection with strong immunity as it boosts levels of natural killer cells.

We can use this time to either worry about what is going to happen next or cultivate a lifestyle and a strong immune system thatll help us sail through this. Choose the latter.

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