Explaining immunity to kids
These days, my son and I have been staying home every day. Besides "suspending classes but not learning," we also need to ensure sufficient exercise and nutrition to maintain immunity. But for a child a few years old, immunity is quite abstract, so I used the following soldier analogy to explain it to him.
Immunity is like soldiers holding shields. Frontline soldiers provide protection in the throat and nasal mucous membranes, and they need to fight in warm body temperatures. When body temperature rises by 1 degree, immunity can be enhanced by 5 to 6 times. So when we get sick, it's often accompanied by a fever. A fever is precisely the body's response to strengthen protection when germs invade. To maintain immunity, first keep your body warm, wear enough clothes, and drink warm water.
Another line of defense in the body is in the intestines. The intestines are the body's largest immune organ, like the Great Wall filled with soldiers, with 70% of immune cells, like soldiers, also in the intestines. If the intestines are unhealthy, germs will accumulate and invade the body, so it's important to eat more fruits and vegetables and exercise more to promote bowel movements.
Boosting immunity is not an overnight task. Besides a balanced diet and more exercise, I recommend everyone drink a small amount of green tea every day. Green tea not only contains high levels of vitamin C but also high levels of plant-based antioxidant polyphenols. Because it doesn't undergo fermentation, its antioxidant nutrient content is higher than other types of tea. It also contains rich amino acids, which can enhance immunity; catechins can directly interfere with cold and flu viruses from invading the human body. Green tea tastes sweet, is cool in nature, and enters the heart, liver, lung, stomach, bladder, and large intestine meridians; it can clear the head and eyes, relieve thirst and vexation, promote diuresis, and detoxify.
The catechins in green tea can also adhere to the surface of viruses, preventing them from invading and infecting the human body. Gargling with green tea can prevent germs from invading the throat mucous membranes and also prevent tooth decay.
Immunity is like soldiers holding shields. Frontline soldiers provide protection in the throat and nasal mucous membranes, and they need to fight in warm body temperatures. When body temperature rises by 1 degree, immunity can be enhanced by 5 to 6 times. So when we get sick, it's often accompanied by a fever. A fever is precisely the body's response to strengthen protection when germs invade. To maintain immunity, first keep your body warm, wear enough clothes, and drink warm water.
Another line of defense in the body is in the intestines. The intestines are the body's largest immune organ, like the Great Wall filled with soldiers, with 70% of immune cells, like soldiers, also in the intestines. If the intestines are unhealthy, germs will accumulate and invade the body, so it's important to eat more fruits and vegetables and exercise more to promote bowel movements.
Boosting immunity is not an overnight task. Besides a balanced diet and more exercise, I recommend everyone drink a small amount of green tea every day. Green tea not only contains high levels of vitamin C but also high levels of plant-based antioxidant polyphenols. Because it doesn't undergo fermentation, its antioxidant nutrient content is higher than other types of tea. It also contains rich amino acids, which can enhance immunity; catechins can directly interfere with cold and flu viruses from invading the human body. Green tea tastes sweet, is cool in nature, and enters the heart, liver, lung, stomach, bladder, and large intestine meridians; it can clear the head and eyes, relieve thirst and vexation, promote diuresis, and detoxify.
The catechins in green tea can also adhere to the surface of viruses, preventing them from invading and infecting the human body. Gargling with green tea can prevent germs from invading the throat mucous membranes and also prevent tooth decay.