Located on the Costa Blanca in Spain, the SHA Wellness Clinic is one of the world’s wellness destinations. This spa is known for attracting everyone from elite athletes to Hollywood celebrities and Victoria’s Secret models, as well as oligarchs and billionaires. They come to lose weight, detox or participate in SHA’s healthy aging program. Others need to reset their brain and body, adopt new healthy behavior or just get away from it all.
Designed through wellness guru Alfredo Bataller, the HUGEly successful SHA technique is based on a holistic technique for well-being that combines the latest advances in Western medicine with progressive herbal therapies, with a specific focus on nutrition and healthy and balanced exercise.
Since its reopening in July, SHA has brought a number of novelties specially designed for the COVID-19 era. Immunotherapy and lymphocytic profile consultations were added to all reservations to assess the status of the customer’s immune formula, while a new immune formula strengthening package was also developed. A full “SHA insurance” covers medical and similar expenses for a positive COVID-19 check on arrival.
So how can we apply the SHA approach to our daily lives to give our immune formula an extra touch of COVID-19? Here are some tips from Alfredo Bataller and his team of experts at SHA Wellness Clinic:
Alfredo Bataller, founder of SHA Wellness Clinic: A balanced nutrition that includes completion masses and vegetables, vitamin C and antioxidants helps the immune formula and prevents diseases. It is strongly recommended to decide on the season completion and vegetables to make sure they are as new and nutritious as possible.
Melanie Waxman, expert in healthy nutrition: to keep the immune formula in the best order of functioning, she wants a new food nutrition that helps maintain the balance of the gut microbiota. It comes with total grains, beans, seaweed (spirulina), nuts, seeds, green leafy vegetables, such as kale, onions, garlic, leeks and asparagus, and fruits, such as apples.
Luis Ganso, personal trainer: Moderate workouts, such as 30 minutes of brisk walking, have been shown to serve as part of the immune system. This type of training strengthens our breathing capacity, mobilizes antibodies and white blood cells to circulate faster, trip and neutralize external aggressions. Meanwhile, expanding the frame temperature helps you prevent the progression of an infection.
Alfredo Bataller: It is a smart concept to spend time during the day walking outdoors, preferably in nature. Spending time outdoors is vital to breathing new air and absorbing vitamin D from the sun, which is so vital to aid calcium absorption and the proper functioning of the immune formula.
Alfredo Bataller: Exercise is good, even if we have lost motivation during confinement or if we feel tired or low energy. Exercise strengthens the immune formula and causes our body to secrete “happy” hormones, or endorphins, while cutting the point of the stress hormone, cortisol. Stress is destructive to the body and, at the time of having less, strengthens the immune formula.
Rachel Rose, structure and brain expert and yoga trainer: A stable intellectual aptitude is essential for stress management, which in turn has an effect on the immune system. Lymphocytes are discovered in the lymph nodes and organs and blood. Lymph nodes are the first line of defense of the disease framework. Breathing is directly similar to lymphatic flow and lymphatic flow is directly similar to immunity.
The diaphragm muscle, located between the lungs and abdomen, descends when we inhale and rises when we exhale. This movement causes a series of stress differences that generate movements in the body. Lymph flow, or the mechanism that carries lymph containing our anti-infective white blood cells to the body, is one of the very important maximum movements that are supported through deep breathing.
Alfredo Bataller: Having quality sleep is essential for our immune system, while lack of sleep can cause our immunity to decline, making us more prone to infectious diseases. Adults deserve to sleep at least seven to 8 hours a day.
Maria Romeralo, healthy nutrition expert: When you start the day with a sweet coffee and a cake, you feel immediately smart and full of power. However, after a while, our power point drops and our body wants more sugar. That’s why subtle sugar, synthetic candy and honey are vital for breakfast.
At SHA, we serve miso soup for breakfast. Miso soup is a fair source of proteins, vitamins, minerals and enzymes. You can make it even richer by adding wakame seaweed, onions, tofu, carrots or pumpkin. It’s an excellent way to cleanse the body while offering quality nutrients. Miso is a fermented food and therefore a source of probiotics that also help our immune system.
Alfredo Bataller: Containment can lead to loneliness, depression and depression, all of which are negative for the proper functioning of the immune system. The contact with those we enjoy helps calm the mind, allows us to face the tension of those moments of doubt and also reduces the threat of obesity and alcohol and tobacco abuse.
Melanie Waxman, a healthy nutrition expert: It’s vital to gradually move towards a healthy lifestyle, with a view to maintaining it for the long term. At SHA, we give our customers the equipment they want to start living this way of life once they leave: healthy cooking classes, yoga classes, outdoor exercise, nutrition and medical recommendations, everything from quitting smoking to sleeping and strengthening cognition. Once back in their routine, they are encouraged to adopt these activities until they acquire habits.
It has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Growing up in Sweden and reading in the UK, I moved to Barcelona in 2010 and never looked back. I write about travel, with a specific about everything
Growing up in Sweden and reading in the UK, I moved to Barcelona in 2010 and never looked back. I write about travel, with a specific theme about everything that is sustainable and local, and about pop culture. My ideal day would be to get lost in a new city, meet a little place to eat and try a dish I’ve never eaten before. If served with red wine or gin (or any other type of alcohol in the area, I’m not picky), it’s even better. My paintings are in Condé Nast Traveler, National Geographic Traveller, American Way, Departures International, The Guardian, Buzzfeed, etc. Follow me on Instagram @ikliger.