If ever there was a time to eat with purpose, it is now.
COVID is spreading like a bullet train through our communities and every bite we take can help us fight this virus or invite it to take hold.
This is the first of a series to feature a COVID-busting vitamin or mineral, together with a shopping list and meal ideas that will help you boost your immunity, strengthen your respiratory system and keep you mentally resilient.
Today, Thrive is featuring the critical immune-boosting mineral:
ZINC
Zinc has been shown to be effective against COVID’s cousin SARS - (the original coronavirus from 2003). Zinc has also been shown to inhibit the replication of the common cold virus.
Here’s how you can easily build a zinc-rich meal at home.
Thrive’s ZINC-rich, COVID-busting meal plan
These items are all easy to find in your local grocery store because lucky for you - everyone is buying pasta and rice! Plus, many of these items can be found frozen (.e. chicken, pork chops, beef, spinach, kale) or in tins (i.e. oysters, crab, beans) or already fit for the pantry (i.e. oats, nuts & seeds, chocolate).
Stay tuned for Thrive’s next post on how to build a shopping list and meal plan rich in VITAMIN A - a critical vitamin for strengthening your respiratory system.
In the meantime, stay home, practice social distancing and wash your hands.
We got this.