Secrets of Women who Never Get Sick
Secrets of Women who Never Get Sick
They survive cold season without a sniffle. They fly in germ impacted airplanes unscathed and somehow avoid stomach bugs that decimate the office. Wish you could be one of these women who never get sick? Try one of these seven secrets, and you may join this club.
1. GET A MASSAGE For the past three years, Mindy Hardwick, 38, of Lake Stevens, Washington, has dodged all the major bugs while volunteering at schools and juvenile-detention center. Her secret weapon: a monthly massage. Hardwick even sailed through a move (selling her first home) without poststress blahs. “It’s got to be the massage,” she says. “I’m convinced it’s like taking medicine.”
Most studies show that massage can reduce anxiety, blood pressure, and heart rate-and lowering these is likely to cause your stress levels to drop, one key to building immunity. “Decreasing stress increases your immune cells.” says Tiffany Field, PhD, director of the Touch Research Institute of the University of Miami School of Medicine.
“I believe getting a regular massage is like taking medicine.” Mindy Hardwick, 38
