To honor a growing concern to improve our overall health and immune system, we will be exploring a blog series about FOOD AS MEDICINE. We will be highlighting super foods found in nature, which have immense health benefits to allow our body to heal, balance and fight off sickness with #plantspower.
If a diet-overall is not in the plans for you right now, just think of easy ways to add in plant foods into your daily life. We realize times are busy, so we need to be creative in planning our meals in easy, quick ways to pack in extra plants. During our series about Food, we will be offering some ideas to do just that in simple delicious recipes!
Hippocrates was to thank for the famous quote, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”. Whole foods act as medicine to heal and protect your body and boost your immune system. But when you fuel your body with processed foods, chemicals, preservatives and additives, your immune system is lowered, and your digestive system slows down. While this method is nothing new, it seems to have been making a comeback over the past several years as more Americans begin to look at holistic health. Dr Axe article explores the history and modern science behind this ancient concept of a healing oneself thru food.
TWO IMMUNITY-BOOSTING PLANT FOODS YOU CAN EASILY ADD DAILY
In a “Mediterranean: Food as Medicine” Class at the YMCA, we learned about the benefits of many foods found in nature! We were especially surprised by the #PlantsPower found in the lovely leaves of OREGANO and the Mediterranean staple, OLIVE OIL!
#PLANTSPOWER SPOTLIGHT ON OREGANO
The nutrition expert leading the class said that it is difficult to get enough oregano in your diet, but we found a way….Essential Oils! By packing in the superpower of oregano through a complex distillation process, 1 drop of oregano oil can power a gallon of tomato sauce or 2 liter bottle of olive oil! Read More About Oregano’s Benefits from Last Year’s Blog Post.
#PLANTSPOWER SPOTLIGHT ON OLIVE OIL
Antibacterial, to anti-inflammatory, Olive Oils has got it going on! Olives played an important role in not only ancient times of the Greeks and Romans, but also deeply intertwined throughout the Old & New Testaments of the Bible (including the Jewish Torah of course!).
Read More About Olive Oil’s Benefits from previous Blog Post.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR OLIVE OIL HEALTHIER AND “DRESS-UP” YOUR DAILY MEALS WITH ADDED #PLANTSPOWER
Click to See Youtube Video of my daughter’s ‘cooking show’ where we combine oregano, lemon and olive oil for a plants-packed finishing oil. Now you have a big bottle of infused olive oil you can use on the daily to add to food AFTER cooking to maximize the immunity-supporting #PlantsPower.
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