The news is continuing to report record numbers of flu outbreaks all over the country. Earlier this week, I posted a list of 7 non-food recommendations that can help you to avoid the flu. Now, lets talk about food and some herbs to help keep you strong enough to resist the flu.
Key ingredients for flu prevention
SOUP is a magical food during this time of year, its the best thing to be eating when its cold outside. I’m playing the soup for dinner game this month, I think you should too! I have too many soup recipes to count on my blog page. You can browse through them by visiting my blog, www.DrSusanRubin.com/blog, on the lower right side of that page, you’ll find a list of categories. Simply click on SOUP and you’ll find pages and pages of recipes.
Here are my top 3 soup recommendations, simply click on the links below to get to the recipes. These soups have one thing in common: warming herbs and spices.
1. Magical Miso Onion Soup this combination of onions, garlic and ginger will help fight off bug that might be coming your way. The miso helps support your gut flora which is also essential to good immunity.
2. Thai Chicken Soup the Asian spices in this soup, turmeric, garlic, chili pepper make it spicy but not too hot. Mung beans add crunch, peanuts and cilantro help to transport your tastebuds to Southeast Asia
3. Curried Squash Soup curry powder, turmeric, ginger and garlic combined with roasted winter squash make this soup very nourishing and digestible.
One other point that will help to encourage you to cook at home for yourself is illustrated by this disturbing poster from the FDA.
Not everyone can afford to take a sick day when they’re not feeling well. This is one of the ways that colds and flu spread.
If you cook for yourself, you won’t have to wonder whether your take out, your frozen processed packaged food or even your high end restaurant food was made by someone who looks like the people in this poster. If you make your own meals, you’ll know that the ingredients are good and you’ll be putting your own good energy into the food. There is nothing better than that.
Cooking from scratch is the most effective investment of time and money you can make to insure your own health.
Let 2013 be the year that you dedicate to more home cooked food and less take out/restaurant food. Better for your wallet, your waistline and your health.
