shivering from this cold fall weather

Our Body During Fall Season

Brrr.....Brrr...Brrr... Did you hear that? That’s not the sound of the car engine. Wait, I think I know what it is! That’s the sound of my friend Will who’s shivering from this cold fall weather. I guess summer is really over. Now let us remind Will how to properly equip himself to be able to enjoy this season. The temperature has dropped and the colours of the trees are slowly changing. These are the changes we see and experience outside our homes. However, some people would experience increased aches and pains in muscles and joints during cold, wet and unsettled weather...

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Boosting Immunity for the winter and flu season

The immune system is a complex group of defenses found in our body that has evolved for over hundreds of millions of years that responds to disease-causing organisms that regularly attempt to infect our body.  There are two main divisions of the immune system, namely: the innate immunity and the acquired immunity. The innate immunity always works to protect the body and does not require previous exposure or any special preparation to stop the infection while the acquired immunity remembers how it dealt with an infection, thus, it becomes really effective once it has seen the infection before. Read More

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How Winter Affects Our Health

During winter, days are shorter and nights are longer which means that people will experience lack of sunlight. This event can cause a mood disorder to some individuals appropriately known as the Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) which does not only occur in winter but also during summer although it is a lesser common case. Read More

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