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8 WAYS TO MANAGE STRESS FOR A HEALTHIER IMMUNE SYSTEM

WORK IT OUT Try an indoor workout – run up and down the stairs, or do brisk housework to burn up cortisol and work off that adrenaline.

✣ As you breathe out, you signal to the parasympathetic nervous system to instruct your body to calm down. Breathing exercises, whereby you breathe out for longer than you breathe in, will keep you Zen-like.

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