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.
Each day, Thrive will be featuring a COVID-busting nutrient and posting a shopping list with meal ideas that will help you boost your immunity, strengthen your respiratory system and keep you mentally resilient.
Today, we will be featuring:
VITAMIN A
We all know that a carrot a day keeps our eyes healthy.
But did you know that Vitamin A is crucial for maintaining a healthy epithelium lining – which basically functions as the “front line” of defense against viruses and other pathogens?
VitA is also an integral part of the mucus layer of both the respiratory tract and the intestine. (And remember folks, our intestine is home to 70% of our immunity so keeping your guts healthy is just as important as protecting your lungs!)
So anyone out there with seasonal allergies, frequent respiratory infections, chronic rhinitis, leaky gut or frequent digestive upsets – Vitamin A is your friend.
Here’s how you can easily build a Vitamin A-rich meal at home:
Thrive Nutrition Practice’s Vitamin-A 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!
For an extra COVID fighting boost - why not combine this meal plan with Thrive’s ZINC-rich meal plan?
Stay tuned for Thrive’s next post on how to build a shopping list and meal plan rich in COPPER - a critical mineral for killing viral pathogens.
In the meantime, stay home, practice social distancing and wash your hands.
We got this.