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The average cold last 7 to 10 days - but you can make that shorter! Here’s how: 🌸 Take fresh extracted Echinacea at the first signs of a cold. Skip the herb in dried forms such as teas: drying Echinacea kills the active ingredients. 🍊 Load up on vitamin C rich foods especially when you’re under stress. 🫐 High quality black elderberry extracts will help relieve cold and flu symptoms, shorten the duration of winter illness. 🫖 Stay hydrated 🛌 Rest lots. Use an extra pillow so gravity is working with you to help decongest.

Stiff joints in the morning? 🦿 Limber up before you get out of bed. 🚿 A warm shower helps increase circulation to the joints. ☕️ Try scoop of collagen in your morning coffee. It helps to rebuild cartilage. 🍾 Ditch the vegetable oils and enjoy anti-inflammatory fats like fish oil, olive oil.

Feeling sluggish? Going hard on caffeine during the day, booze at night? Boost wellbeing by: 🥩 Making the first meal of the day, whenever you eat it, as nutritious as possible 🍋 Stay hydrated for mental energy 🍠Try maca, a stimulant feee way to enhance energy ⏰ Stick to a consistent sleep wake schedule.

It’s thyroid health month! Show your thyroid some love by eating mineral rich foods. 🍤 Shellfish and other seafood are good sources of selenium copper and manganese. Essential for thyroid hormone production. 🥗 Take it easy on the kale salads. If you’re going to eat cruciferous vegetables make sure they’re cooked. Raw broccoli, kale, cauliflower contain goiterogens that can slow thyroid function. 🏖 Destress. Stress can inhibit thyroid function. Slow down and unwind to balance cortisol levels.

Think about your kidney much? It’s easy to take them for granted since they usually work perfectly! There a number of things we can do to keep our kidneys healthy like staying hydrated, eating a nutritious diet, quitting smoking and exercising. Overuse of NSAIDs is a leading preventable cause of kidney damage. Over-the-counter medication’s like aspirin and ibuprofen or for short term use only. If you are replying on these on a daily basis to manage pain, speak to your doctor about kidney-friendly alternatives.

It’s Liver Health Month! Show your liver some love by starting your day with fresh lemon water 🍋, Enjoying liver loving vegetables 🥦, Incorporating turmeric into your diet since it’s a source of curcumin 🍛 Avoiding unnecessary medications💊 Check with your doctor or pharmacist to see if any of the Rx or over the counter medications you take may be putting undue stress on your liver.

Is the third Monday in January really the most depressing day of the year? That’s debatable. But we know this time of the year can be tough. Tips to help keep the blues at bay include: 🍣 Ensuring optimal intake of omega-3 essential fatty acids. 🧀 enjoying plenty of fermented foods. 💐 Declutter your environment. While you’re at treat yourself to fresh flowers. Studies show they help brighten your mood. ⛸ Spend some time outdoors.

Noticed that your skin is dryer lately? Me too. Here’s what we can do about it: 🍵 Stay hydrated. Duh. When temperatures drop air moisture content does too and we lose more of our own moisture to the environment. 🍣 Top up in healthy fats like omega-3a from fish and fish oil supplements. If you’ve never tried this for dry winter skin it’s a game changer. 🍊 Protect your collagen by getting adequate vitamin C and antioxidants. Collagen peptides supplements can really help maintain skin moisture. 🚿 Resist the urge to crank the heat up in your shower and house. This is ultimately more driving to the skin. ☀️ UV damage can compromise your skin’s moisture barrier. Consider applying sunscreen to exposed skin even when the temperatures are chilly.

‘Tis the season to eat cheese! No need to feel guilty about it, either. Cheese is a delicious source of protein, calcium and nutrients that are hard to come by from other foods. Some varieties are the best sources of vitamin K2 in the western diet. Brie, Gouda, Jarlsberg and Manchego are all high in K2. 👏❤️🧀