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FEATUREWINTERHEALTH
The
BIG CHILL!
With the winter months not far away, now is the
time to get your body prepared for colder times
A
s well as Christmas, winter is Good bacteria - Modern medicine and Tony Bishop-Weston - Foods for Life
traditionally a time for coughs, lifestyles take their toll on the good See www.foodsforlife.org.uk,
colds, viruses, bugs and sickness. bacteria in your gut. We need these www.news.foodsforlife.org or
Absence from work cost the UK economy probiotics to help process food and to www.optimumnutritionists.com
£13.2 billion last year, with minor extract vitamins to support the immune Tel: 0871 2884642 Text: 07944 068432
ailments, such as colds, being the most system. Anitibiotics, viruses, alcohol and
significant cause of lost working days. the modern diet can all hinder the
Go Healthy Winter Tips!
There are a number of theories on why growth of the good stuff which will in
we seem to be more ill in winter, many of turn leave more room for the bad stuff The winter months can play havoc with
them logical assumptions about different to flourish. our immune system - overheated
social behaviour in colder weather. We offices, freezing temperatures outside,
stay indoors more, with artificial heating, Revitalise with vitamins and minerals lack of sleep and a few parties too
less fresh air and oxygen, sharing bugs - Satsumas and grapefruit come in season many all put a strain on the body leave
with others in closed quarters. In winter soon, but better still is the winter harvest you feeling run down and susceptible
we also eat less anti-oxident rich fresh of curly kale packed with vitamins and to illnesses. Incorporating Comvita’s
foods, have less sunlight and immune minerals. Of all the colours of food, green Manuka honey based Winter
boosting vitamin D, drink less water, is probably the most important. There are Wellness products into your daily life
suffer more dehydration and take less a selection of branded green drink mixes can greatly improve the immune
exercise as we go into hibernation mode. you can buy with ingredients such as system and prevent many coughs and
A Nutritionist’s winter advice will be to algae, seaweed and extract of dried colds typical for this time of year.
support your immune system and avoid greens. You’ll miss some of the benefits of
foods and drinks that play a part in freshly juiced drinks, but they are much Also worth a try is All Seasons
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Keep hydrated – In the summer you are the new Vitamin C, having a profound grown and cultivated with clean,
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this may not be the case in the winter. holiday may be a good idea to boost your amber glass to preserve all nutrients,
Drink herb tea or water regularly between vitamin D levels and provides the chance this Spirulina will really help to
meals and avoid alcoholic, caffienated and to grab some of the local fruit and veg prepare your immune system for the
sugary or artificially sweetened drinks. whilst you are there. winter onslaught.
Stock up on Anti Oxidents – Aim for a If it all goes wrong and you do get ill then Optima Health & Nutrition’s
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made from frozen blackcurrents, some of those ancient remedies such as biologically active components
raspberries and blueberries. Shop bought mustard foot baths and eucylyptus, or naturally occurring in the Echinacea
smoothies are less fresh and usually even a woolly hat in bed just like Angustifolia and Purpurea species.
pasteurised – better than juice, but not as grandma used to!
good as freshly squeezed. Eat dark SAD LIGHT BOX Do you get fed up
coloured winter veg such as beetroot , just thinking about the dark mornings
red cabbage and sweet potato. and long evenings? The lack of natural
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Winter Fats – Winter is a great cause the ‘winter blues’. Using a Light
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