Your Guide To Keeping Well Over The Festive Period

By Meaghers Pharmacy

We’re well and truly in the festive season, and what a fantastic time of year it is. It’s such a busy time of year, filled with making memories and long overdue catch ups. As part of this, it’s also time for a little over indulgence and enjoying ourselves. Which is why it can be a little bit more difficult to take care of ourselves over the festive period.

We’ve put together a few tips to help care for yourself during this busy time of the year, plus some of our top picks to help you stay at your best.

Prioritise Gut Health

While it’s the best time of year for over indulgence, the Christmas season can often leave us feeling sluggish and bloated. One way to help with this is to prioritise your gut health while still enjoying yourself. Add extra fiber into your meals, whether that be almonds and walnuts as part of your breakfast or extra veggies with your dinner.

Another step in prioritising your gut health is to invest in a gut health supplement, such as Symprove. Symprove is Ireland’s number one live and active bacteria supplement, meaning that the millions of friendly bacteria that Symprove contains are able to reach your gut alive, getting to work in your gut straight away.

Symprove can help reduce bloating, cramping and pain, aid your immune system and much more. Choose from four tasty flavours, Mango & Passionfruit, Strawberry & Raspberry, Pineapple and Original, and start your day with a shot of Symprove, ten minutes before eating or drinking anything. Shop Symprove here.

Focus On Good Sleep

It can be easier said than done at this time of year, but ensuring that you get a good night’s sleep is essential. Achieving a restful sleep is one of the main building blocks of keeping your immune system at its best. One way to help achieve this is building a good routine, starting with going to bed and waking up around the same time each morning and night. It may also help to ensure your sleeping space is comfortable, cosy and relaxing, by keeping your bedroom cool, dark and quiet and lowering the time spent looking at screens before bed.

If you’re looking for a supplement to help you relax at night, Vegan Nights by Dr Vegan is an advanced nootropic formula that helps you relax and have a better night’s sleep with naturally-sourced ingredients, including L-Glycine, L-Theanine, with Magnesium, Zinc, Chamomile and BioPerine, it helps put your mind and body at rest so you have complete sleep.

Managing Your Stress Levels

Another point that can be easier said than done, but managing your stress levels over Christmas, and throughout the year, can be super beneficial for your health. Try to make time for yourself over the busy season and do something that calms you: whether that’s a short walk, curling up with a book, watching your favourite Christmas film or even just taking 10 minutes to yourself in the mornings. A supplement that can help with that overwhelming feeling that often pops up is FabÜ R&R, a unique supplement with 8 active ingredients. It is based on the ayurvedic herb, Ashwagandha, and botanical extracts blended with B vitamins and magnesium to support your psychological function, nervous system, mental performance and reduce tiredness and fatigue.

Maintaining Energy Levels

Think of Christmas as a marathon, rather than a sprint, so to help keep your energy levels up throughout the whole festive season, adding a supplement to your daily routine may be a good step to take.

Revive Active is a super supplement made in Ireland that stands out with a unique formulation of vitamins, minerals and amino acids to help you get the most from your busy, active lifestyle. Packed with 26 active ingredients specially formulated to support your energy levels, immune and nervous system, heart and circulatory system, thyroid function, normal teeth and normal fertility and reproduction.

Aid Your Immune System

Keeping the sniffles at bay over the festive season by aiding your immune system will also help you with your general wellbeing. Caring for your gut health also helps your immune system, but another great product to keep you feeling your best is Zooki Vitamin C. Vitamin C supports the immune system by acting as an antioxidant that protects immune cells from damage. Thanks to the liposomal delivery system, Zooki products have up to 4 times higher absorption than conventional supplements: as the nutrients are wrapped in the same building blocks that make up the walls of our cells. These building blocks form a shield around the nutrients, which is called a “liposome” – this is how the precious cargo is transported at a tiny scale!

Oonagh O’Hagan

Meaghers Pharmacy Paid Partnership with Meaghers.