Brace against the cold

Keep yourself healthy and happy through the cold with these herbs and foods:

• St John’s Wort relieves mild to moderate depression to battle the winter blues.
• Chamomile tea reduces anxiety and cabin-fever feelings. It is ideal to relax with before bedtime.
• Echinacea boosts the immune system and can prevent upper respiratory tract infections.
• Garlic improves cardiovascular function, has anti-microbial and antineoplastic properties. It also stimulates the production of white cells.
• Ginger reduces inflammation, cardiovascular conditions, blood clots and cholesterol.
• Turmeric contains curcumin which has great antioxidant properties.  It also reduces inflammation, protects the liver and helps digestive problems by improving bile production.
• Carrots and sweet potatoes contain beta-carotene which boosts T-cell production and improves the immune system’s response to infected cells.
• Salmon – the Omega-3 fatty acids in salmon increase the activity of phagocytes – the white blood cells that ‘eat’ bacteria.

Keep warm and see you soon

Manet Badenhorst