#Foods for Better Health

[beanghostprincess]

Laios saying he's stronger and better organized than Shuro because he eats 3 meals every day and sleeps properly is probably one of the most encouraging things a fictional character has ever said to me

[himanshihealthexp]

Top 10 Natural Foods and Diets for Better Health and Immunity

The cells in our body react to everything that our minds want to say. Negativity brings down our immune system. Our body makes us good or bad physically and mentally. So, keep your mind and health properly. Our health is a very important investment, not an expense. Let's discuss:-

What is Health?

Health is a complete state of physical, chemical, mental, and social well-being and with the absence of mind.

It is a great resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive way of emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.”

Good health is a central system for handling stress and living a longer and more active life. We explain the meaning of good health, the types of health a person needs to consider, and how to preserve our good health.

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This definition is according to the idea based on the past few decades that have seen modern science take significant strides in the awareness of diseases by understanding how they work. It also discovers new ways to slow or stop them, and acknowledges that an absence of pathology may not be possible.

Types of Health

There are two types of health i.e. Mental and physical health.

Our Spiritual, emotional, and financial health makes perfect health. There is a link to lower stress levels and improved mental and physical well-being.

For example,

People with good financial health, they may worry less about finances and have the means to buy fresh food more regularly. Those with good spiritual health may feel how-to calm and know the purpose for good mental health.

Immunity

Immunity refers to the body’s ability to prevent the action of pathogens. Pathogens are foreign disease-causing agents, such as bacteria and viruses.  Antigens are also known as the foreign particles that are attached to the surface of pathogens and stimulate an immune response in the body. The immune response is the body’s defense system to fight against antigens (foreign particles) and protects the body.

There are various types of immunity, including innate immunity, passive immunity, and also acquired or active immunity. It is a visual showing active immunity as a process of making antibodies and facing the immune system to fight against it. However, passive immunity “borrows” antibodies from another person.

What conditions affect the immune system?

Many problems and disorders have damaged or disrupted our immune system. Some health conditions cause our immune system to attack healthy cells or make it hard for our immune system to protect us from harmful germs. They include:

Allergies- When our body is hyperactive against a harmless substance (such as food or pollen), the immune system launches a response against it. Our body fights these allergy triggers by releasing histamines that cause allergy symptoms. There are some symptoms shown against these allergy-like sneezing, coughing, running nose, and some breathing problems.

Primary immunodeficiency disorders: These PIDD disorders are inherited. There are more than 100 disorders that prevent the immune system.

Infections: Many infections like HIV - are well-known infections that weaken the immune system. These infections lead to serious illnesses.

Sepsis: It is the enormous response of your body’s immune system against infection. These trigger widespread inflammation and cause a downward spiral of events that can end in organ damage, organ failure, and death.

Cancer: Certain types of cancer like sarcoma, leukoma, etc affect the immune system directly. These harmful cancers occur when immune cells grow abnormally.

Medications: Some medicines, like corticosteroids, can weaken our immune system. These medications help prevent a failed transplant (rejection). But, these drugs increase our risk of infection and disease.

Top 10 Natural Foods and Diets

Let's discuss the best foods to strengthen the immune system

1. Broccoli

Broccoli is enriched with vitamins and minerals. It is Packed with vitamins A, C, and E, as well as fiber and many other antioxidants in broccoli. It is one of the healthiest vegetables you can put on your diet.

This is the key to keeping its power intact is to cook it as little as possible. So, this great natural food will great in rise your immune system. Great food that boosts the immune system.

2. Dark chocolate

Our favorite Dark Chocolate contains antioxidants that may help to boost your immune system by protecting the body’s cells from free radicals.

When our food breakdown, it forms free radicals while reacting with pollutants. These free radicals will destroy your normal and healthy cells and leads to disease.

Don't take it too much, as it contains so many calories. It is also not beneficial for our health.

3. Citrus fruits

Citrus fruits are a great source of Vitamin C, That’s why it helps us to build up our immune system.

Vitamin C is used to increase the production of white blood cells, which are key to fighting infections.

With such a great variety to choose from, it’s easy to add a squeeze of this vitamin to any meal.

Famous citrus fruits are:- Lemons, oranges, grapes, etc.

4. Turmeric

Turmeric is a yellow color spice that we use in cooking. It also worked as a medicated ingredient. Consuming turmeric may improve your immune response.  Curcumin is a compound in turmeric that makes it so effective.

Curcumin has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.

5. Spinach

Spinach is a good source of vitamin C as well as antioxidants and beta carotene. It increases the antigen-antibody fighting ability of our immune systems.

Light cooking makes it easier to absorb this vitamin A and allows other nutrients to be released from oxalic acid as an antinutrient.

6. Ginger

Ginger is good for cooking and teas.

It has anti-inflammatory and antioxidative properties that offer so many health benefits. However, it is necessary to confirm whether or not it can effectively prevent illness.

7.  Yogurt

One popular phrase “live and active cultures” is printed on the label. Yes! it is all about yogurt. These cultures may stimulate your immune system to help fight antigens.

You can make yogurt to sweeten yourself with healthy fruits and drizzle honey.

It can also be a great source of vitamin D too. Vitamin D helps you to regulate the immune system and is thought to boost your body’s natural defenses against foreign particles.

8. Garlic

Garlic is the most important ingredient in almost every cuisine in the world. It adds a little zest to food. Of course, it enhances our immune system.

Early civilizations recognized its value in fighting infections. It may also slow down the hardening of the arteries, and there’s that it helps lower blood pressure.

Garlic has the immune-boosting quality that seems to come from a heavy concentration of sulfur-containing compounds called allicin.

9. Kiwi

Every fruit has its own quality. It fulfills our needs to make a body fit and happy.

Kiwi, are naturally full of a ton of essential nutrients, including folate, potassium, vitamin C and K.

Kiwis also provide nutrients to keep the rest of your body functioning properly.

10. Green tea

Green Tea is full of flavonoids, a type of antioxidant. EGCG is called Epigallocatechin gallate. It boosts the immune system. This perfect Green tea is steamed and not fermented, so the EGCG is preserved.

Green tea is also a great source of amino acids. L-theanine9 a type of amino acid) may aid in the production of germ-fighting compounds in your T cells.

Conclusion

Healthy is a great outfit that looks perfect on everybody. Here we have seen a list of the top 10 natural food that foods to strengthen the immune system. We all need to take of our health and immune system. As greatest wealth is our health.

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

me stubbornly forcing myself to drink green tea and rest from my THIRD COLD THIS MONTH

[petite-anni]

It will help, you will be good❤️

[icewindandboringhorror]

"We can get through this by working together, reach out to your friends, community is all we have, a social network will be your security in the world, now is the time to lean on others!"

I do agree, and it's scientifically sound (pretty sure there is data about how people with better social networks live longer and etc) but also....augh..... what about the severe social issues, difficulty to leave the house, physical issues which lead to like zero socialization energy a majority of the time, etc. etc. Social support can be a replacement for structural support, but.. I guess I just wish it didn't have to be. Community is extremely difficult to build, even moreso if you're someone who has issues with social cues or group conversations or even just being around others in the first place. And blah, nuance, of course I'm just complaining or maybe being too negative or maybe misunderstanding, but, I hardly have the energy to brush my hair once every 2 months.. how am I supposed to maintain a wide social network and be active in a Community and Join Groups lol... sometimes it kind of feels like "er.. well if thats my only option then...... ruh roh". It's overwhelming

[mejomonster]

being sad because of chronic illness is like... go to therapist. therapist says "well don't be so negative! maybe you can go do X more!" and you're like "well no I physically can't." and then they go "well maybe your doctor could do more, have you checked X Y Z?" and you go "well I have 5 doctors, and saw 4 others, and they've ran a ton of tests and done surgeries for the past 5 years, and I was MUCH worse before so comparatively they've done a lot, and they don't intend to do more, this is as good as it gets, and this is how it is probably going to be for my whole life. So no, I don't think I'll have more energy/ability to do X more in a year." therapist "well, never say never, maybe in a year you will be better!" me "yes. but i will also feel pretty emotionally crushed if i plan to be perfectly healthy in a year, then i'm not and still can't do any of the things i made myself excited to do." therapist "well... focus on what you can do! what can you do today that you like?" and i'm like "well i had to work today, to keep my healthcare, and i had to sit up to see you, which also exhausted me so... either i'll use the rest of my spoons to shower and eat dinner, or watch 1 show episode and eat dinner..." therapist "oh well... maybe you can do something fun... on the weekend?" me "well if i don't grocery shop, i will probably have energy to see 1 friend for a few hours. i may try to do that." also me - just do not mention the nonstop nausea and pain even doing things i like because we will re-enter the beginning of the loop where the therapist asks why can't you take more medicine, isn't there more treatment options, and i have to very hopelessly remind myself that no actually there is no option i'm not already doing and this pain is just something i have to fucking live with and i'd really rather not RUMINATE on that depressing ass situation over and over again.

[matiixoxo]

75 soft challenge - day 03 ✅️

Stats:

calories: 1499 (really on the limit here. also this wasnt exact, I wasnt able to weigh my dinner so i just assumed, same for lunch, but i think its close enough.

breakfast - 310 (overnight oats are so good)

lunch - 269

snacks - 423

dinner - 498

so I've noticed I've been snacking way too much. before the holidays i could go an entire day without snacking, but now i feel like i need a morning snack, afternoon snack, etc. so, I'm giving myself two challenges

1. no snacking for as long as possible.

2. any "nutritional shit" (aka chips, chocolate, sweets, stuff like that) limited to once a week.

water: 2L

workout: active resting day (because I had a horrible headache and it wouldn't stop). got off the bus a stop earlier and walked around for about 30mins

reading: the secret history

[bloominginsilence]

The right person can't find you if you're still stuck on the wrong one.

[samarecharm]

Man. Goro being in strikers wouldve been soooo fucking good. Especially w the surprisingly good writing and plot??? You have to live w the consequences of your mistakes? You dont get to just Die and leave the mess you made behind? You have to confront the people youve hurt and accept that they may never forgive you? That people who care about you and love you will support you even when youre at rock bottom as long as u show a willingness to change and do better? This wouldve been a perfect way to tie up Goros whole story in neat little bow 😔😔😔

[kindred-spirit-93]

penelope canonically retreating to her room and refusing food = she puts on some weight, the reason being both lack of physical activity as well as her body being on constant emergency mode (so what little she does eat ends up being stored away bc the body doesnt know when the 'starvation' will end). whats more her constant stress elevates cortisol levels which in and of itself leads to weight gain esp in the abdominal area.

tl;dr chubby penelope send fucking t w e e t

[aethyrmazz]

If you haven’t already I HIGHLY recommend supporting your local vegan restaurant. This was the first thing I ate going to Veg and one of the many reasons I keep going back, aside from the lush bushy green decor that causes a beautiful and distinct separation between you and the ugly outside city. I've eaten vegan before but never like this.

This dish was light and natural in flavor, and had beautiful ingredients; turmeric white corn grits, hard seared Cajun oyster mushroom steak, fried brussle sprouts w/ applewood smoked salt and umami shallot oil, sweet and sour caramelized bacon agridulce, and raw cashew Parmesan.

The drink is called Blue Butterfly Iced Tea 🦋 contains blue butterfly flower, lemongrass, ginger, orange peel, and chrysanthemum 🍋🫖🍊

I can’t wait to eat here again!

🦪🍄🥩🥬🍎🥓🍚🍴🥂

[buckpaws]

im so fucking annoying about caustic but i love it. someone will say he only eats boring food and i show up 1 foot tall being like uhhhh actually on pg.92 of the official apex legends cookbook, his favorite food is moi moi from okonkwo's you think his big ass hasnt Experimented with the menu 🙄

[ceruleanmusings]

in sickness and in health - mickames

summary - when learning she's sick, james takes care of mickey in the best way he knows how.

tag: @myloveforhergoeson @partiallypearl @witchofinterest @raging-violets

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"What are you doing here?" Mickey asked. Or at least tried. She had to stop and start a couple times due to the rounds of coughing that plagued her at the sight of him. James. Sitting outside her window on the fire-escape, as if it were the most normal thing in the world.

"Kelly said you're sick," he said.

She blinked owlishly, nearly blinded by his smile. Or the sun. Her watery, half-lidded eyes couldn't handle more than the darkened room she'd been confined to for the last few hours, buried beneath her blankets until she heard a strange series of taps outside her window. Now she really wished it was just a dream. "No, I mean what are you doing here? How did you find the apartment?"

"Oh. Well, Logan—"

"Goddammit, Logan!" Her curse would've had much more effect if her words hadn't turned down in volume halfway through, leading her to clear her throat a couple times until it came back.

Her pointed a red cylinder at her. "You should've known it was only a matter of time."

Mickey made a face. He was right. The Boys were strangely persistent when they wanted to know, have, or get something. It was a blessing and a curse. Mostly a curse, which is why Aunt Kelly worked hard to keep them from learning where they lived. The only address they had was her last apartment. They'd moved to this one soon after for the space and told her and her sisters to keep quiet so they wouldn't find out where it was. They're destructive, she explained. This is a nice place. I want to keep it that way. As if they needed the explanation. They'd seen their whirlwind first hand. They didn't need to be told twice.

"Shouldn't you be at—" she tried asking four times before giving up, body nearly holding in half as a rapid-fire series of coughs bulleted her elbow. Huffing, she flopped back against her pillows and focused on getting her breathing back to normal. Her head pounded, or was those her sinuses? Her throat was scraped raw and she didn't know whether to keep wearing the large hoodie or take it off. It should be illegal to feel hot and cold at the exact same time. "Why?" she finally managed to ask, motioning to him out the window.

He shifted from his previous position—sitting cross legged—to lean his arms against the windowsill. His elbows touched either end of the frame. "Being sick sucks," he said, resting his chin on his arms. Then he tilted his head to the side, eyes swinging upward. "Being sick alone sucks even more," he added a few moments later, an afterthought.

Her mouth twisted to the side. That look in his eye, the tender tone to his words, the feather-soft sigh, they lasted only for a second until he pulled his veil back down but she knew sad musings when she saw it. People thought nostalgia was the bitter pill to swallow, of nothing being the same anymore. Nothing being like how one wished had to be even worse.

"Thermos?" She rasped, pointing to the red cylinder in his hands. Her tactic worked, quickly putting the light back in his eyes.

"I brought you soup." He passed it through the window. Their fingers brushed and she frowned. His skin felt ice cold compared to hers. Setting the thermos next to her, she grabbed the half empty bottle of hand sanitizer off her nearby nightstand and held it out to him. With a small pout, he rubbed the quick-drying liquid on his hands. And she thought he was terrible about sunscreen. "I don't care if you get me sick."

"Uncle Gustavo would," she said.

"I'd be out of his bald for a few days. He'd thank you."

Her mouth opened to protest then she shut it a second later. He was right. Uncle Gustavo would probably throw a parade in her honor for getting one of the Boys away from him. Not that she'd show up for it. Crowds and too much attention was her own personal nightmare. Probably should've thought of that before getting in a band.

"What kind?" Steam wafted past her nose once the seal broke. Something thick and creamy sloshed along the inside of the thermos. She wished she could smell it. At least the heat would help soothe her throat.

"It's Bubbe's Penicillin Punch. Guaranteed to make you feel better in no time. And don't worry, I asked Mama Knight to make it."

"That's probably safe." Her raspy chuckle made her sound like an eighty-year-old smoker. "Since you can't boil water." And the last time she ate something he made, her face was up close and personal with the toilet for two hours. He'd held her hair back; that was nice.

James grumbled about being able to boil it, just not knowing he had to watch it while Mickey poured the soup into the cup of the thermos. It slid out smoothly, chunks of carrots, celery, corn, noodle, and chicken bobbed along the surface. Throwing her head back, she downed half the contents in one swoop.

"You don't want a spoon? I can get you one!"

She shook her head, blocking her mouth with her hand and she quickly chewed and swallowed. The minced food and brother slid down her throat, giving her a flash of relief. "Takes too much time." Plus, the last thing she wanted was for him to launch himself off the fire escape just for cutlery. She dragged her tongue along the edges of her mouth, catching the slow dripping beads of soup before she dropped her hand. "Noodles need to be appreciated to the full extent of their noodle goodness."

"You said noodle twice."

She nailed him with a look. "You bet I did."

Her raspy laugh returned when his mouth opened and closed in rapid succession, like a fish gasping for air. Finally he draped his arms through the window, fingers lightly flicking the panda-shaped sticky note stack that had fallen onto her blankets at one point, and pressed his cheek up against his arm, looking right at her. Heat crawled up her neck, which she knew had nothing to do with her cold. "Marry me!"

"I need a diamond first."

"I can give you my last name!"

She took another swig, blocking her smile with the small cup. "You said this was your bubbe's recipe?" He nodded. She mimicked him, savoring the taste on her tongue. "Thanks for sharing her with me."

James' eyes crinkled in the corners, a bashful smile curling his lips. he pointed his chin inward. "What're you watching?"

She settled back into against the pillows, "A League of Their Own."

At least she was. Last time she checked. She had blinked, just blinked, but when she opened her eyes the light in the sky had turned to a setting golden orange, the shadows on her wall tilted and stretched, and her window sat empty. Frowning, Mickey rubbed her wet, crusted eyes and sat up straighter.

Low chatter, running water, shifting pots and pans, and wafted in through the cracked door. Sammi's shoe cubby had every space accounted for. Her mint green messenger bag hung off the post of her bed.

Realizing it was later than she thought, Mickey pushed out a yawn, stretching her arms into the air. They landed unceremoniously in her lap and she spotted the panda sticking to her side of the raised window. Humming, she plucked it off with two of her fingers.

Didn't want to wake you. Hope you feel better! xJames

She traced a finger along the x before his name.

With a full belly and equally full heart, she definitely did.

[mantisgodsdomain]

We have nothing against the british people, as individuals are not responsible for the crimes that their countries commit and no culture is a monolith. We are however heavily biased against many parts of british infrastructure, like their stupidly tall and narrow buildings and their ridiculously steep stairs that they put everywhere for no reason and that we have to navigate with a cane.

[bigmammallama5]

hi 2 things 1: bone eater looks really really cool holy shit pls keep us posted and 2: is there like a story behind him or anything? i dont think ive actually seen him on your blog before

1. THANK YOU I'm so nervous. This is the second time I've built him and I haven't done much sculpture in a REALLY long time, certainly nothing this large in clay that wasn't a vessel. I've had to fix his left knee about three times even with a ridiculous amount of slip/score action, so hopefully I finally got him together (he's also got some support under his hips and wrists). He is. Very heavy lol. I think I may need to pick a connection point along his middle to cut him into two pieces, if only for drying and transportation purposes...

2. And kinda! He's actually been on my blog but in drawn form a couple times in my explorer supergirl/supercorp drawtober series from 2018 and then just this past year 2023! I totally understand how you missed him though because I'm just on here barfing memes 22 hours a day. To save you time trawling back through my blog (but if you're bored I won't stop you, just follow the "arting" tag") you can see those on my artstation:

Inktober 2018: Build a World in 31 Days "TERRAH"

Drawtober 2023: Return To TERRAH

I have a very loose idea, really more of a vibe, that Bone Eater is that culture and planetary system's deity of decay in a system of three, because everybody loves systems of threes and odd numbers! With him are the Spore Mother (birth, beginning), and World Ender (death, ending) (both names still not quite confirmed but I like them). He is the connection point between life and death, consuming so that more may become. Boom, crash, ominous sounds, goofy three-eyed grins and big chompers.

Here are my most recent super rough planning sketches of this current sculpture and hopeful next sculptures from a drawpile I noodled around in with @sango-blep (who is amazing and very supportive of my shenanigans while I gently coax my brain back to drawing after my health punched me in the face this past year):

He's maybe not quite as padded as I made him originally but I'll just have to keep practicing, maybe see if I need to look into actual armature or something if I want to keep doing this in the future? If I can get him back in mostly one piece I'd really like to make the other two as well in the same scale (this is a reminder to myself to take some wet measurements today) but I'd have to adjust the pose of World Ender for him to fit in our studio kilns. Ours are 24" deep and Bone Eater is clocking in at about 20" (oops), so I'd need to lower his head. I think I picked some compact enough poses, but we'll see. I may be the one loading him into the kiln lol.

BUT YEAH that's Bone Eater and what little I have on him right now LOL.

[tayloralisonswift]

i want to get better but i don’t even know how.