{"id":4908,"date":"2018-10-10T13:23:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T20:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.befresh.ca\/?p=4908"},"modified":"2018-10-23T11:34:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T18:34:53","slug":"blog-immune-boosting-tonic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.befresh.ca\/wrdp\/blog-immune-boosting-tonic\/","title":{"rendered":"Kick The Cold With This Immune-Boosting Tonic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Struggling with the sniffles? If you\u2019re like me, I always manage to catch an annual cold. It usually sneaks up on me when I\u2019m stressed or busy. This was especially the case in university. Whenever I\u2019d get sick (which was a lot – university was stressful), I\u2019d run to my next-door corner store, grab a 2L of orange juice, and browse Google for a \u201cnatural immune-boosting tonic\u201d. After enough colds and an OJ overload, I ended up formulating my own immune-boosting tonic recipe: it\u2019s the only thing that really helped! <\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s an immune-boosting tonic, you ask? Well, it\u2019s pretty self-explanatory: it\u2019s a concentrated combo of immune boosting foods. Each food has its own healing properties to address specific cold symptoms. I like ginger, turmeric, apple cider vinegar, cayenne pepper, and honey. Ginger helps with respiratory viruses (like clearing a cough and sniffles), <\/span>turmeric is a straight-up immunity superhero<\/span><\/a> (but specifically helps with clearing respiratory infections and boosting overall immunity), <\/span>apple cider vinegar helps thin out mucus and balance your body\u2019s pH levels<\/span><\/a>, cayenne pepper also thins out mucus and brings your body temperature down, and <\/span>Manuka honey is antiviral, antibacterial and specifically helps with a sore throat<\/span><\/a>. Mix these with hot water and boom. So long, cold.<\/span><\/p>\n

Immune-Boosting Tonic\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Ingredients: <\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n