Friday, September 5, 2014

Boost your Immune System Now at Cranes Pharmacy


Incorporate some Nutritional Ideas

  • Reduce pro-inflammatory foods in the diet including saturated fats (meats, poultry and dairy), refined foods, and sugar.
  • Emphasize foods high in essential fatty acids such as oily fish, nuts & seeds. 
  • Eat a minimally processed diet rich in antioxidants, phytonutrients and bioflavonoids.
  • Include foods which have mucolytic and immune enhancing properties, such as ginger, onion, garlic, chilli and fenugreek into the diet.
  • Avoid mucus-forming foods such as dairy, bananas, sugars, grain products and excessive cold drinks  
  • Do eat Chilli, Horseradish, Garlic, Honey, Orange, Tomato, Grape fruit, Shitake mushrooms, Lemon, Ginger 
  • Do not eat Dairy foods

Try Immune Booster soup  

Ingredients:
8 dried shitake mushrooms
6 cups chicken stock
4 cloves garlic,
chopped 2 tbsp ginger
grated 1 onion diced
1 chicken breast,
diced ½ cup white miso paste
½ cup spring onions sliced
¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped
¼ cup fresh basil, finely chopped
Method: Soak mushrooms in hot water for 10 mins. Place all ingredients except herbs in saucepan bring to boil, reduce heat, simmer for 10 minutes. Slice mushrooms add with soaking solution. Simmer further 3 mins. Place in warm bowls. Sprinkle with basil and parsley Serves 4

Throw in some Lifestyle Changes  

Your immune system will strengthen with as little as 1/2 hour exercise per day. This could be a low impact walk around the block. Your immune system is also strengthened with sleep 8-9 hours per night.


Take some Supplements

  • Super Mushroom Complex boosts white blood cells one twice daily 
  • Astra 8 immune tonic strengthens immune system one daily
  • Zinc Fix  one serve daily yo increase Vitamin C and Zinc
  • Bactevir   is like a natural antibiotic.  Take one three times a day
These are all available at the pharmacy.  Ring 9969 4700 for delivery.

If your Immune System is not bouncing back come in for testing.