What foods support our digestive system? If we do get sick and not feel well, pick foods that are easy to digest and allow your body to use its energy to get you well. Foods easy to digest are lightly steamed vegetables, whole grain rice, clear soups and easy to digest proteins such as fish or very lean meats.
Stress runs high during the holidays as we try to keep everything organized and running for the family, man- age the parties, plan family dinners, get holiday shop- ping done and attend our family holiday dinner. As we know, stress also compromises our body. Here is where practicing positive thinking is beneficial. Posi- tive thinking also plays a large role on immune health. A study supported by the American Psychological As- sociation on how optimism is associated with immune function, showed that optimism is associated with high T cell count and high natural killer cell count. This means that just having a happier, more positive view on things actually results in a stronger more efficient immune system. They found that those people known to be more optimistic had fewer illnesses compared to their pessimist friends.
And, of course, sleep. You need your sleep….8 hours. Night is when your body does its repair and healing work. If you don’t get your sleep, your body can not rejuvenate and keep you strong.
Try this soup and add it to your fall and winter menus.
Alicia’s Magical Healing Soup (by Alicia Silverstone, The Kind Diet)
Serves 2
½ chopped medium carrot ¼ chopped medium daikon ¼ chopped red onion 2 – 3 chopped celery stalks 3-4 broccoli florets 4 button mushrooms, sliced 2-3 cremini mushrooms, sliced ½ chopped medium leek
Ginger juice to taste (grade a 1” piece of ginger and
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