Immune- System Boosting Recipes
Hi fam, besides washing hands, self-quarantining, sleeping, and lowering our stress – there is some consensus around what we can consume to help boost our immune system and increase our chances of staying well and perhaps even help minimize symptoms if we do become sick. Anyhow, that’s what I’m banking on. I just thought I’d share a few ideas.
Food recipes to help us support our bodies, bolster our immune system and hopefully stay healthy or help minimize the symptoms if we do fall ill. Full of healthy probiotics, antioxidants, Vitamin C, and Zinc, these simple immunity-boosting recipes can easily be incorporated into our everyday diet.
If there’s one thing to know about the human body; it’s this: the human body has a ringmaster. This ringmaster controls your digestion, your immunity, your brain, your weight, your health and even your happiness. This ringmaster is the gut.~ Nancy Mure
what are immunity-boosting foods?
- Foods rich in PROBIOTICS (Naturally fermented foods like Kimchi, Kraut, Yogurt, Miso, Tempeh, Kombucha, etc.)
- Foods that are high in PREBIOTICS & ANTIOXIDANTS (colorful fruits & veggies, garlic, turmeric, pecans, green tea, dark chocolate)
- Foods high in POSTBIOTICS: slow-metabolizing starches that feed the healthy bacteria in our little intestine-beans & legumes, whole grains, sweet potatoes.
- Foods high in VITAMIN C (All citrus fruits, broccoli, red bell pepper, papaya, strawberries)
- Foods high in ZINC!
