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#3 - Boost Your Immune System This Winter
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In this episode, we discuss the trending topic of immune health, which is especially important with all the bugs making the rounds. Join us as we discuss how to boost your immune system this winter so you and your family can stay healthy and resilient.
We cover everything from the current state of immune challenges in our communities to the powerful herbs and compounds we use at Mungbean Health. Learn about the importance of liquid herbs and the immune support consultation we've created to make boosting your immunity easier than ever.
Tune in now and join the conversation on Instagram at @mungbean_health. New episodes drop every second Monday.
If you want to book an appointment with one of our incredible naturopaths, visit our website https://mungbeanhealth.com/
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Introduction to Mung Bean Health and Hosts
00:00:00
Speaker
Welcome to The Bean Talk with me, Rhiannon, your fertility fairy godmother joined by my trusted partner in life and in the mission of Mung Bean Health, Jeremy. Here at Mung Bean Health, we're on a mission to unlock the secrets of fertility and natural well-being one episode at a time.
Current Relevance of the Immune System
00:00:18
Speaker
Hi guys, and welcome back to our podcast. Today, we're going to talk all about the immune system because it is absolutely trending at the moment. All the bugs that are out there are really having a field day. Don't mind the extra sound effects. We've got little Romy here with us. And yeah, let's talk a little bit more about the immune.
00:00:37
Speaker
Yeah. So out in the community, we've had a lot of complaints of people's immune system being compromised. Just with everything like today with daycare, with school, kids bringing their bugs home in the workplace. It just seems to be a common occurrence that people are getting sick yeah and just not shaking it.
00:00:54
Speaker
Absolutely. And that is one big thing that I like to say to a lot of my clients about the immune system is it's a bit of a roller coaster. Often when we get on that roller coaster journey, like we get one sickness, it dampens our immune system and then we're way more susceptible to other illnesses. And we have some beautiful herbs and things that help with that viral load and like lessening that so we're less likely to get sick and essentially have that nice drug immunity. We want to get off that roller coaster. That's not why we want to stay on.
00:01:22
Speaker
In clinic year, we've been seeing so many people for immune, not only adults, we've been seeing like moms and dads, kids, even babies. Like even since Romy's been here, he's had two little colds. He's thankfully getting my breast milk and I'm giving him all the good stuff through that, but it's still really strong bugs at the moment.
Post-COVID Illness Strength and Frequency
00:01:41
Speaker
We have from like 2020 to now since COVID lockdown. Yes. And people just traveling around a lot more now.
00:01:49
Speaker
in 2024 it just seems like it's just spreading like wildfire and we haven't been exposed to these bugs before so like now we're exposed to them and we've got no defense against them and just yeah people are really struggling. It definitely seems like in COVID time when we had those lockdown what a weird time it seems like the bug was like supercharged because I remember that first winter after COVID how wild it was and it hasn't gotten any better and it seems like people get sick twice a year quite bad now in winter and then also in summer.
00:02:22
Speaker
obviously things like daycare and school spread those bugs like wildfire but yeah just everywhere and they're so strong like at the moment not normally I feel a lot of parents will be able to not catch what the kids have but at the moment it's like pneumonia, influenza A is going around, Covid again, Covid, gastro, what was the other one your mum was saying? RSV I think that's normally quite popular. Who'd been cough as well as back. Yes who'd been cough which is so scary when you've got a newborn. Your mum was saying today I think in potatoes in the schools and like another one. So the bugs are there we just need to it's like more of a time now than ever to be building up that immune system. Supporting your immune system while you can. Which obviously diet is super important
00:03:13
Speaker
But we also want to make sure that we're giving our immune system even more of a helping hand. Things like um liquid herbs, which we use in clinic all the time. There's some powerful ones. Immune herbs can be interesting taste. They can be super strong, but they're so worth it. And usually we chuck a bit of ginger or licorice in there to make it taste a little better. But I see the best results with liquid herbs and also the compounds that we use.
00:03:38
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compounds can be things from nutrients to mushrooms in there. We can do gut support which is obviously linked to that immune system and then we've also got some like off the shelf products like practitioner only very good quality that we use as well.
Virtual Consultations for Immune Support
00:03:53
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So we have decided to create a virtual immune support consultation. Because we understand that not everybody has the time to have a face-to-face Consultation, although they're still there for you if you wanted more in depth, but we thought we'd make it really easy to get you some of that immune support.
00:04:13
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Yeah, so that's very important just to have that accessibility. Yeah, it's a hard one as the one. Yeah, that accessibility just so it just makes it more convenient. Like with busy parents, you're at home, you need some support, you just don't have time for it and you're looking for something. And we just felt like in the market, there wasn't really much for it. Yeah. And I feel like if you're out there working nine to five, which many couples do, people work later and you don't have the time to book in a consultation.
00:04:41
Speaker
You can do this like anytime, anywhere. Like it could be in your lunch break. It could be before you go to bed. It could be when you're on the work site. It could be when you're on the toilet because everyone has their phone when they're on the toilet. Honestly, anytime. And then we just ship the supplements straight to your door, depending on what you need. And then it's just as easy as taking them. And that might be.
00:05:02
Speaker
Look, we usually recommend twice a day for a lot of products. You will get a treatment plan that'll be for you to, so you know how to take them. But even if you're getting them in once a day, like it's so much more powerful than not getting them in at all. yeah I always say that to my clients that miss like a dose here and there.
Supplementation for Immune Strength
00:05:17
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It happens sometimes, we're busy. As long as you're getting it in at least once and try for twice if you need to, that is where the power will lie.
00:05:25
Speaker
So yes, strengthening up that immune system. Really good. We do support kids and we do have immune consults for them, but not virtual. They just require different dosage requirements, so they'll have to book in. But if you're pregnant as well, you'll have to book in. You won't be able to do the virtual, but we'll have support for breastfeeding mums and then also... Adults. Yeah, adults. ah Really easy. As I said, you can do it anytime. yeah Also to note that kids over 12 years old are also considered adults so they can do that. Yes because with dosages and everything above 12 years that's the rule that is when they're okay so yeah if your child you still call them your child it's like 15
00:06:08
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like they're really going to be adult dosing and also no prescription medication because we want to make sure we're checking safety contraindications for you and making sure that everything you take from us is safe. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, and just getting that support that you need in time of sickness, nobody likes being sick. So as soon as you can get the support and the products to you is the super important thing.
00:06:32
Speaker
Absolutely. And if you feel like you're on that merry-go-round or roller coaster of just like sickness after sickness and can't shake it, it's time for you to reach out and start to get some of those herbs in, whether it's through a full consultation or the virtual, because it means that immune system's really weakened. And then that opens us up to a whole array of other bugs and other sicknesses, illnesses, and yeah yucky stuff we don't want to go down the road of. So it's a good time to be looking after yourself.
00:06:59
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yeah and your family and you like when you're sick you can only do so much you're still gonna take care of your kids yes take care of whoever you're taking care of so if you're sick you can't do your job properly so yes super important and and parenting sick kids is horrible it's so hard but then the one step on up on that is if you're sick and your kids are sick and you have to pair it as a sick parent horrible horrible yeah absolutely so yeah we've uh thought about it and yeah I think this should do really well and help a lot of people.
Herbs and Immunity Enhancement
00:07:31
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Yeah easy and easy way to get that support because you do need a consultation for herbs and compounds but the immune ones like they're yeah just so powerful I see it time like time and time again every year not only are they supportive of when you're actually sick so during sickness like
00:07:49
Speaker
snotty nose, cough, cold or flu symptoms, itchy eyes or watery eyes, all those sort of symptoms. Sore throat, yes. yeah Not only is it going to support that, so that acute time, but it's also going to support you if you are on that merry-go-round where you keep getting sick. So you might not be sick right now, but you might have been sick a week ago and you're just waiting for the next sickness to come home from daycare or school or from the workplace. You can still definitely do it. You don't have to be sick at the time.
00:08:20
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It's building you up so you won't get the sicknesses that are all going around. These immune packs are preventative as well. Yes. So they'll help stop you from getting sick. Yes. So not just a treatment, but also like I was saying before about that viral immune load, I see it so much in clinic. So you get sick, you build up that viral load and we need to essentially help your body clear it out. So there's some beautiful herbs, as I was saying, that we can use to clear that out, to strengthen that immune system so it doesn't have that viral load and then another virus comes along and tries to take us down. So yeah, that in itself is a preventative measure, strengthening it up. You'll know yourself as well. If you're always finding that you're picking up everything that everyone's around, if your husband's sick or the kids are sick and you're like, Oh no, I'm going to get this one. That means your immune system isn't good, isn't strong enough. So you need a little bit of a helping hand there. Yeah.
00:09:14
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And although the herbs don't taste amazing, they work so well. We have some tricks up our sleeve on ways to take them. The compound actually tastes really nice. So we make up for it there. So you take your shot of herbs and then if you have your compound, the immune one especially is really good. Created that one myself and made it really tasty. Yeah, which really helps. Yeah, absolutely. Anything that tastes nice that's medicine or supplements. yeah If only we could get the liquid herbs tasting beautiful, then we would. Your job would be a lot easier. I know it would, but they just work so well. They work so well. So you just have to look past that, yeah get past it. It's fine. It's the one little shot i know and it's done. And everybody does it. Everybody does it so well. Maybe we'll have to do a podcast on that. Absolutely. well The herbs are the strongest thing. There's nothing else that's going to be better than that. Like concentrated.
00:10:09
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and they're just so effective like the nutrients are obviously important things like vitamin c and zinc and all those things but the herbs are just yeah next next level it's obviously all in conjunction dietary stuff is important as well but when you're getting sick all the time in that immune systems week, like you need something to pull you out of it. And that's what I always say to my clients is those herbs are going to pull you out of it and allow you to be, to get past the, that rollercoaster. So yeah it's time for some herbs. I've already got the kids on some yeah really strong ones. So before I had them like mainly glycerol base, which for children, we do it in a glycerol base. It's easier for them to take, but the kids only, yeah, that, that the immune herbs that I wanted them on,
00:10:55
Speaker
they didn't have the glycerol base so I use just like normal base and they are really strong like even strong for us but you just take them and they're doing really well I've been giving it to them every day and just straight on their tongue which you don't have to do that you can do it in juice water honey whatever works but I give them their little compound next which tastes really nice and they're excited for that and they look forward to their probiotics as well. So we've got a nice little system in place. You've just got to build up that routine. I usually go worst tasting to best tasting so that then they wash it down with something nice. You get used to them after a while. Like I've been taking herbs now for so long that you definitely it just get it done.
00:11:34
Speaker
I know, I was actually saying to our neighbour that I used to block my nose. So I'd hold my nose, take the liquid herbs and I'd mix it with a bit of juice, take it like a shot and then I wouldn't let go of my nose and I'd take extra juice and then I'd be like, okay, i let go and then you don't taste it because you've only got the juice that's left.
00:11:52
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but now like I just do it with a little bit of water and just take it and that's like do the job done yeah it is what it is so it does get easier so I could note if you're in the thick of trying your herbs and you're like oh gosh they're strong or you're struggling at all just know it does get easier everybody does say that you've just got a persevere you can do it absolutely even with taking capsules and tablets was a bit hard for me i take 10 at a time put them all on half and drink them down yeah it becomes a lot easier the more you do it and you just know you are not getting this support from food alone and you need to top up with the supplements that's the most important thing it's a good point yeah i'm not eating fish every day you're gonna take a supplement basically and even if you are eating
00:12:35
Speaker
fish every day or whatever it is you need to be getting, ah you need to be careful because the soils aren't what they once were so you should be eating all organic and soaking your fruit and vegetable and really well to make sure that all those pesticides and herbicides or most of them are off. Same as like the fish you want to make sure it's like wild caught.
00:12:52
Speaker
not farmed and not only is it expensive for people but it's also really hard to find those things for every meal so you can do your best but still know that in this day and age we do need that top up so eat as healthy and as well balanced as you can but we do need that top up and immune herbs and immune support isn't something you have to do all year round it's more periodically so if you're feeling fabulous and you've finished off your bottle and maybe you've still got a couple of the immune tablets left or you're ready to reorder because you have finished reorder and make sure you've got some in the cupboard so when you start to get those first signs of sickness you can jump on it straight away rather than being like oh no I've got a sore throat let me quickly go and order some and then it takes a couple of days for your order to get there
00:13:35
Speaker
I always suggest for my clients and at the start of the winter, we always get them a little immune pack, especially if they've got immune, like compromised immune system. So it's there on hand ready for them to take.
Preparedness with Immune Support
00:13:46
Speaker
Yeah. So important to have them there and ready. Like as soon as you feel a scratchy throat or like your next glands are a bit sore, just print preventative, just start smashing them down and yeah getting that nutrients in. Yes. yeah Most of the time then you can just bypass the whole sickness, which is great.
00:14:02
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because who's got the time to be sick? Not us. Not us. So yes, we will share a little bit more about that on our socials as well. But yeah, if you have any questions for us, share with us, ask us on Instagram and yeah. Thanks for tuning in. And that's a wrap on today's dose of wellness. I'm Rhiannon, your fertility fairy godmother. Thank you for joining us. Stay connected with us on Instagram at mungbin underscore health.