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January 22, 2025 • 17 mins

How Can You Boost Your Immune System, Especially During Winter Months?

Nurture your body, mind, and spirit as you learn how to fortify your immune system naturally this winter. Reverend Ann Marie Byars, her daughter Rachelle Gianaris, and co-host Skip Mauney embark on a journey through holistic practices designed to keep seasonal ailments at bay. Drawing from Anne-Marie's personal health challenges, this episode promises to equip you with practical advice on bolstering your defenses against the cold. From understanding the power of vitamin D and K2 to uncovering the benefits of vitamin C, zinc, and probiotics, we delve into the essentials that can help you maintain optimal health even as temperatures drop.

Explore the vital link between gut health and immunity with insights from experts like Dr. Perlmutter and Dr. Jensen, as Ann Marie shares her trusted probiotic, Probiotics 10, and outlines the significance of an alkaline diet. Discover why food combinations matter and how incorporating more fruits and vegetables can transform your body's resilience. As we navigate these cold months, let our engaging conversation guide you in creating a wellness routine that keeps you vibrant and strong. Tune in for a blend of science and spirituality that promises to elevate your winter wellness game.

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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Welcome to Holographic Health Insights, the
podcast where science meetssoul for complete well-being.
Join hosts Reverend Anne-MarieByers and her daughter Rachelle
Janaris as they exploretransformative health approaches
that integrate body, mind andspirit from energy medicine to
holistic practices.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Winter is here and so are the seasonal sniffles.
Anne-marie and Rochelle sharepowerful holistic tips and
practices to strengthen yourimmune system naturally, From
nutrition and lifestyle changesto energy medicine techniques.
Learn how to thrive in thecolder months and keep your
health in peak condition.
Hello everyone and welcome back.

(00:53):
I'm Skip Mauney, co-host slashproducer, back in the studio
with Reverend Anne-Marie Byersand Rochelle Gianaris.
Anne-marie and Rochelle, how'sit going?

Speaker 3 (01:04):
Wonderful.
How are you Skip?
I'm doing just fine, doing justfine.
Rochelle, gianaris, anne-marieand Rochelle how's it going?
Wonderful, how are you Skip?

Speaker 2 (01:06):
I'm doing just fine, doing just fine, rochelle.

Speaker 4 (01:10):
Doing well, thank you .

Speaker 2 (01:12):
Very good.
So today we're in the middle ofwinter, snowstorm going on, and
so keeping your immune systemup where it should be is a
challenge.
So the question is how can youboost your immune system,
especially during winter months?
Ann?

Speaker 3 (01:30):
Well and, as I've learned from dealing with some
very severe illnesses in thepast myself, keeping your immune
system strong is importantyear-round, but especially right
now, with all of the peoplebeing inside and viruses and
bacteria proliferating becausewe're not getting good fresh air

(01:50):
.
Also, the cold air lowers theimmune system, so when it's
below like 40 degrees or 45degrees, your immune system is
automatically lowered.
So you want to really boost itto take care of all of those the
cold air and those viruses andbacteria that are more prolific

(02:12):
this time of year.
One thing that is reallyimportant is upping your vitamin
D, because we get out in thesun more in the summertime, we
get more vitamin D through ourskin, and we don't get that in
the sun more in the summertime.
We get more vitamin D throughour skin and we don't get that
in the wintertime.
So it's important to supplementwith vitamin D and studies have

(02:33):
shown that most people aredeficient in vitamin D and they
were originally recommending 500units of D daily, but now some
people are upping that to takingbetween 5 and 10,000.
Taking vitamin K2 along withthat really helps to assimilate

(02:57):
it better in the body.
So that's what I use is avitamin D with K2 supplement.
So that's what I use is avitamin D with K2 supplement.
Then we have our good friendvitamin C.
As we talked about in anothersegment, vitamin C was found to
prevent scurvy and otherdiseases in sailors, but also it

(03:18):
boosts your immune system andit's important to supplement
with vitamin C because we don'tget enough fruit with vitamin C
in the wintertime and so addinga vitamin C supplement really
helps with that.
Then we have zinc.
Zinc is important for theimmune system, for the skin.

(03:42):
Limocene and zinc are bothimportant for the skin.
And then we get into probiotics.
Dr Perlmutter has said recently, in the 90s and 2000s, how
important the gut is for theimmune system.
Dr Jensen said this back in the1930s how important this is.

(04:06):
So I use a probiotics calledprobiotics 10 that we carry.
That is good for all of theareas of the body and it's a
good all around probiotic thatsits on the shelf, I don't have
to keep it in the refrigerator.
The gut bacteria is reallyimportant for getting rid of

(04:27):
those invaders that come inthrough our food, through the
gut.
So boosting your good gutbacteria with a good probiotic
and digestive enzymes with goodprobiotics to help the food
digest well.
And then we get back to justmaking sure we eat a good

(04:50):
alkaline diet.
Viruses and bacteria reallycannot live in an alkaline
environment.
And so keeping the body morealkaline, eating more fruits and
vegetables, fruits andvegetables, being careful how we

(05:11):
combine foods so that, forexample, you don't want to eat
meat and potatoes togetherbecause the byproduct of that is
an acidic condition.
So if you eat meat you want toeat it first, or alone and or
with vegetables.
Fruit digests really quickly,so you want to eat that first
and you want to eat plenty offruits and vegetables because
they create more alkaline ash.

(05:31):
So eating a good diet is stillyour first medicine.
I didn't say at firsthippocrates said it many, many
years ago but you want to have agood alkaline diet.
You want to have your goodprobiotics and your vitamin C
and zinc.

(05:52):
Then when I feel like I'm comingdown with something, we have a
product called ImmunoWell thathas good mushrooms in it and
boosts the immune system.
It's another synergisticsupplement.
I take one of those daily as aprophylactic.
But then when I feel like I'mcoming down with something, I

(06:14):
will take about four of ourComplete C throughout the day.
I'll take about four ImmunoWellthroughout the day.
I usually take about two of theprobiotics 10, to keep my gut
bacteria working really well.
I take about 10,000 units of Dwith K2 a day, so that is what I

(06:34):
do personally.
I also use a colloidal ionicsilver blend that I boost with
some natural energy signatures,antidote viruses and bacteria,
so that actually works as anatural defender for me as well.
That's something else that I dopersonally.

(06:55):
So those are things anybody cando.
Once again, making sure thatyou get good brands Ours are all
synergistic, as I said, and sowe're happy to help anybody with
those.
But regardless of what you dokeeping your stress low, making

(07:16):
sure you eat a good diet,boosting your good gut bacteria
and those other supplements wetalked about- Very good.
Well, I was going to ask acouple things.

Speaker 2 (07:29):
What you mentioned to increase your alkalinity, you
said eat more fruits andvegetables.
Are there any particular fruitsand vegetables that accomplish
that better?

Speaker 3 (07:40):
Well, one of the most alkaline fruits is watermelon
and also lemon, so you can drinklemon water, eat watermelon,
and there are just fruits andvegetables in general tend to be
more alkaline.

(08:00):
Meat is on the acidic side, asare sugar.
Sugar is extremely acidic, buta natural sugar in a fruit is
really good for the body andgives it energy.
If you read Dr William Lee'sEat to Beat Disease, he talks
about certain foods that reallyhelp target certain switches in

(08:23):
the body that keep you healthy.
For example, strawberries areextremely good as cancer
fighters, as are blueberries.
So these foods actually help towork with the cells of the body
to prevent really cells fromgetting out of tolerance and

(08:45):
feeding the good cells of thebody.
So that's what you want tothink about.
Doing is feeding the cells ofthe body, keeping the body
alkaline, and I was really happywhen I had some blood work
recently and the urinalysis wasflagged on the alkaline scale.
That means that what I'm doingis working, and so part of it is

(09:11):
the foods you eat, and weactually have a chart called our
80-20 chart, because one of DrBaroudi's researches showed that
it's better to eat 80% alkaline, 20% acidic.
So I am vegetarian, mostlyvegan, and so most of the foods
I eat are on that alkaline tomid alkaline scale.

(09:34):
When you eat bread and it'smore on the three quarters of
the way, meat is very acidic, asin sugar, so you want to avoid
sugar.
Sugar is not good for the body.
I'm talking about white tablesugar and breads and cakes and
things like that.

(09:54):
So they create an acidicenvironment.
And we all got through theholidays and so that's why some
people quickly came down withthe flu or something like that,
because they did not eat as muchof an alkaline diet through the
holidays because of all thetreats.
There are ways to makehealthier treats using coconut

(10:16):
sugar instead of table sugar, etcetera.
So and using whole grain flours, like whole and organic whole
wheat or einkorn flour, which isan ancient wheat, because they

(10:38):
digest more slowly and processthe sugars at a more level rate.
So if you're going to have atreat, it's better to make your
own than to buy somethingunhealthy off the shelf.
Sourdough bread has goodbacteria in it that also feeds
that good gut bacteria.
Adding that some pomegranatejuice, that feeds the good
bacteria.
Those are things you can do toreally help to create a better

(11:05):
environment.
And, once again, stress isacidic.
So in our 80-20 chart we havewatermelon and lemon on the
alkaline side, along with prayerand meditation, and on the
acidic side we have sugar, meatstress and things like that.
People think artificialsweeteners are not a problem,

(11:28):
but they are.
They cross the blood-brainbarrier, they are not good for
your brain or your body and theyactually make you crave more
sugar.
So, if you get one thing out ofthis podcast today, if you're
going to have a sweet treat, usesomething like coconut sugar or
a natural sweetener Honey isgood for the immune system and

(11:52):
do something like that and avoidthe table sugar.
Avoid the artificial sweeteners.
And, rochelle, you've raisedyour daughter as mostly a
vegetarian and what's herfavorite food?
Strawberries.
And how many ear infections hasshe had?

Speaker 4 (12:13):
This is hard to believe, coming from me who's
struggled with them as an ittybitty baby.
She has never had an earinfection.
Now she's had fluid on the ears, she's had colds, but we've
never had a sick visit at thedoctor and she's never had an
ear infection.

Speaker 2 (12:29):
Wow, very nice.

Speaker 3 (12:31):
Seven years, seven and a half.

Speaker 2 (12:35):
Wow.
Well, in talking about food, Itry to eat a pretty clean diet.
I eat a lot of fish.
I try to avoid red meat.
Although my wife is a carnivore, she loves red meat.
I don't worry about that.
But I try to eat clean.
And, of course, today, when wehave this episode about eating
to boost your immune system.
I had a sausage biscuit forbreakfast.
I shouldn't even be talkingabout that.

Speaker 4 (12:56):
It's about the balance.
It's about that.
There's about the balance.
It's about there's always ascale.
You can't eat 100% healthy allthe time, but it's acknowledging
.
Okay, I did have a treat thismorning.
How can I get back on the railsfor the afternoon and the
evening to kind of balance thattreat out?
Like she said, making yourtreats yourself, making your

(13:18):
biscuits you can control theingredients a lot better when
you are able to make themyourself.

Speaker 2 (13:25):
Very good.
Well, and Anne touched on this.
But, rochelle, I was going toask you, and I think the answer
is obvious Can stress reductionthat's what Anne talked about
and better sleep, can thatimpact immune function?

Speaker 4 (13:39):
Absolutely.
Those were two things that Iwas actually going to comment on
too, skip, so I'm glad youbrought those up.
I have struggled with stressfor a long time, starting in
high school.
Really, you know, I was very go, go, go was in all the
activities, all the like honorsclasses and just very high
stress.
I always had a full plate.
And then I went to collegeearly.
What was I thinking?
And then not.
And then I went to collegeearly.

(14:00):
What was I thinking?
And then, not only that, but Igraduated early.
I went for my master's rightafter that.
So my body was done.
It was very tired and veryoverstressed and not replenished
.
So I actually was so depletedafter I believe it was after I
graduated with my undergraddegree.
I was 21 years old, had myundergrad degree.

(14:20):
I was 21 years old, had myundergraduate degree.
Life was great.
My body crashed.
I turned to my mom.
I said what do I do?
I can't even get to the doctor.
I felt so terrible.
We looked at the stress.
I rested, I laid on the couchand I just rested, watched some
good wholesome movies, read somebooks, got myself to the

(14:41):
supplement shop.
This was before we even knewholographic health and I was
taking a lot of magnesium, a lotof vitamin C and D, with K2 and
a really good multivitamin, andI just babied my body back to
health.
Basically, now I'm very muchmore aware of stress and how it

(15:04):
does affect our bodies.
So I'm a huge fan of yoga,specifically yin yoga, which is
great for balancing If you'vegot an active lifestyle and
you're moving a lot.
The yin yoga side of thingsreally helps loosen your
connective tissues and it's moreof a relaxation.
The yin yoga side of thingsreally helps loosen your
connective tissues and it's moreof a relaxation, but you are

(15:25):
also working those deep muscletissues to kind of bring balance
back that way as well.
But the important thing is findmovement that you like that
feels good.
Recognize when your body startsto show you the signs that
you're getting tired or honoringyour body.
Listening to its signals, Ithink, is one of the most

(15:46):
important things.
And sleep I get eight or ninehours of sleep every night and I
feel wonderful.
I think in the winter too, it'svery important to take
advantage of the dark that wehave.
God designed it that way.
He gave us the extra dark inthe winter so that we can reset
our bodies and really helpreplenish and de-stress and read

(16:10):
some more books and turn offthe screens.
That's really hard to do, butturning off the screens and
honoring the dark and that ourbodies can really use that time
in that dark to replenish andreset and repair, because that's
when our bodies naturallyrepair themselves is when we
sleep.

Speaker 2 (16:32):
Very good, Very good to know I've taken lots, lots of
notes.
Remember this stuff becauseit's really.
I'm fascinated by it and I, youknow, like I said, I try to eat
clean, but as far assupplements and meditation and
all that I'm not good but I'mgoing to get better.
Every episode.
I'm going to get better, soI'll report on that.

(16:54):
All right, very good.
Well, anne-marie Rochelle,thank you so much for being here
again today.
Love it, love what you guys aredoing and I can't wait until
our next episode.
I hope you have a good rest ofthe week and we'll catch you in
that next episode.

Speaker 4 (17:07):
Sounds good.
Thank you, Steph.

Speaker 1 (17:14):
Thanks for joining us on Holographic Health Insights.
If you're ready to dive deeperinto transformative health
approaches, visitholographichealthcom or give us
a call at 800-566-1522.
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