31 Oct 09 Build Up Your Defense Against Swine Flu

Everyone seems to be worried about the H1N1 virus, or better known as swine flu, this flu season. While yes this should be a concern on everyone’s mind, it’s also something you shouldn’t feel constant anxiety about. The key to fighting off any flu is simply by making sure you have the right good nutrition to keep your immune system as strong as possible. These are a few tips to strengthen your immune system, and keep you feeling as great as possible through any flu season:

One of the main things you can do, is take a vitamin supplement, to ensure you get all the essential vitamins that your body needs. Unfortunately not enough people realize that they are low on some of the most essential vitamins, and this can cause you to be more likely to get sick. The vitamins you should look for in a good flu fighting supplement are:

-Vitamin D, as this vitamin helps by creating more antimicrobial agents within your body. Essentially providing your body with more materials to build more cold/flu busting soldiers in your blood stream. Vitamin D is very important, and a common vitamin that many people don’t get enough of daily. This should be a first check off in your search, especially during cold and flu season.

-Vitamin E is a good immune system strengthener, and a vitamin that is hard to get from eating food alone. A supplement is a great way to get more vitamin E, which also strengthens your body’s infection fighting capabilities.

-Vitamin C is pretty much the cold and flu fighting staple. Vitamin C helps your body build more white blood cells, which is the key way in which your body fights off any infection. The really cool thing about vitamin C though, is that it boosts your body’s interferon antibodies, which protects your cells from even being affected by a flu virus in the first place. So drink that orange juice to get your daily share!

Finally, eat foods rich in bioflavonoids, as they help your cell receptors resist flu viruses. Bioflavonoids can be found in foods such as dark chocolate, blackberries, and even green tea. Good nutrition is your best route to avoiding swine flu this season, or giving your body what it needs to fight off the virus. So keep your mind at ease by strengthening that immune system.

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09 Oct 09 The Go Green Diet

Eating an environmentally diet is not only better for the earth, but also better for you, and your wallet. Going green in your eating will have you feeling better, looking better, and doing more for the environment. The key way to do that is to eat essentially vegetarian. Meat based diets contribute to deforestation, world hunger, and consumption of fossil fuels and water. If everyone in the US adhered to a vegetarian diet, it would cut oil and water waste by almost half. So it’s worth doing your part to save our valuable natural resources.

While eating vegetarian sounds like a chore, especially if you were raised on meat, it’s actually not that hard. In the beginning, try just cutting down on the intake of meat. Buy it less, and instead focus on vegetable and fruit options instead. Cut down your meat portions. You’ll leave the meal feeling better, and you won’t be compromising flavor. The cooking options might have to get a little more creative, but that can be fun in itself as well.

After that you can try a meat substitute. Try veggie burgers, or vegetable chicken tenders, anything like that. They still taste great, and will leave you feeling even better. Plus the vegetable substitutes have more healthy lean protein, and little to no fat and cholesterol. Same great taste, without the horrible consequences of eating fatty meat laden meals.

Also to help you feel great on your new diet, try to incorporate one meal a day made from raw food. This means uncooked vegetables and fruits. A salad is a good way to combine the two into one great tasting dish. By making sure the food isn’t cooked, you ensure that all the natural digestive enzymes and antioxidants remain intact. These are ridiculously healthy for you, and you’ll feel the effects of that raw food meal in no time at all.

By now you should be feeling so great you’ll never want to eat meat again. If you get a craving, just remember how bad producing meat is for the environment. Don’t forget to think about how good you feel now as well!

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