"America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system."
--Walter Cronkite
The annual
flu season is here, on top of 2020’s COVID-19 pandemic for which obesity is one
of the major risk factors for increased susceptibility. According to Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, since 2010 there have been between 12,000 and 61,000
deaths a year from influenza (seasonal flu).
More than 210,000 Americans have died in 2020 from COVID-19.
A strong
immune system is one of the best defenses against threats to our physical health,
including the seasonal flu and COVID-19.
Eating foods such as blueberries, flax seeds, and broccoli build a
healthy immune system. Limiting and eliminating foods that cause inflammation such
as all animal foods (meat, chicken, milk, cheese, ice-cream, yogurt) and
refined or added sugars, is crucial to our health.
Every bite,
every meal is a choice. Do I choose to
eat to create health or eat to invite disease and inflammation? Will I choose to make a salad of local
organic greens, tomatoes, blueberries, and cucumbers or a beef burger filled with saturated fats on a refined wheat bun for lunch?
Build a
strong immune system. Make most of what
you eat fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes. Choose organic whenever possible. Buy from your
local farmers.
With love,
Nancy
Heinrich, MPH
Founder and
Wellness Architect
Growing
Healthy Kids, Inc.
