Ten Tips to Stay Healthy through the Cold and Flu Season

Do you feel that your clothes feel already tighter? Feel exhausted?

What about anxiety and cravings?

Here are some tips on how to go through the Holidays and Cold and Flu Season without gaining too much weight, staying healthy and feeling fabulous.

1. Start your day with a glass of warm water with juice of ½ lemon. This simple drink will help detoxify liver and colon as well as suppress appetite. As for me, I take a glass of warm water with 1 tbsp organic apple-cider vinegar and ½ tsp organic honey.

2. Eat as much as you can high-fiber foods (regular bowel movements are an important mechanism for removing toxins from your body and loosing some weight) such as fresh fruits, raw green leafy vegetables (kale, collard greens, dandelion greens, spinach, arugula), whole-grain oatmeal, barley, asparagus, beans, cabbage, carrots, garlic, kale, sweet potatoes, cranberries, prunes. More on High-fiber foods

Also consume plenty of foods that are high in pectin, such as apples, carrots, beets, cabbage, citrus fruits.

3. Wash your hands – 80% of dangerous germs will be eliminated. And don’t touch your face:germs enter you through your face (eyes, nose and mouth). Some adults touch their faces more than 100 time, and kids…

4. Take a break from protein, dairy products, fat and sweets, and try to eat more:

soups, such as Pumpkin Soup, Mushroom Pumpkin Soup, Butternut Squash Soup, Fennel Soup, etc;

grains, such as brown rice, millet, quinoa, buckwheat (especially good for weigh loss) and

seasonal vegetables. Recipes

5. Drink more water, and teas with nettles, ginger, clover, dandelion, burdock root.

6. Use detoxifying spices such as turmeric, coriander, cumin, fennel, rosemary, oregano, ginger. Try Immunity Boosting Spices Mix.

7. Have omega-3 foods daily (walnuts, flax seed oil or freshly ground flax seeds, salmon)

8. Between meals have healthy snacks (walnuts, raisins, almonds, prunes, figs, carrots, celery, etc.)

9. Get some exercises – at least take a walk before and/or after your meal more on walks

10. Take time to reduce stress and  relax: listen to music, enjoy nature, spend time with your friend, dance, or maybe have some extra sleep .

And never forget to breathe, smile and be happy.

Look forward to hearing from you: let me know how I can help you.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition and Relationship Expert

NaturalCounselor.com

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