Warming to Raw Foods In the Winter – You Just Have To Know How!
Many people often ask me how do you keep warm in the winter so I decided to tell you how!
In the winter it makes more sense to use more warming concentrated foods of the season which include more dark colored vegetables such as sweet potatoes, winter squash and carrots plus grounding roots like onions,turnips,spring onion.
Surprisingly other warming foods are sprouted grains and seeds e.g.alfalfa,lentils,plus mustard,radish & arugula greens.
Nuts and seeds such as sunflower,sesame,pumpkin and walnuts and their raw nut butters also helps best to resists the cold.
Olive & hemp oils and avocados for fat helps your scalp , skin and hair that tend to become dried out from overheated houses.
Drinks-avoid drinking icy cold directly from the fridge, it is always best to have drinks at room temperature.
Spice up your soup! Recipe
Carrot Ginger Soup.
*1 ½ cup of organic carrots.
- 1 teaspoon of fresh ginger
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 tablespoon of white miso
- 2 cups of warm water.
Warming herbs and roots will give your soup a warming effect.
Heat the water up to 42º.
- Place all the ingredients into your blender ( vitamix from my online store) and blend to form a smooth mixture.
- Note:Using organics is highly recommended and for me the best, other foods have been sprayed with detrimental toxins!
Culinary Warming Herbs to Have Handy in Your Kitchen Include.
The use of culinary herbs and teas to spice up your food promotes a warm glow throughout the body, e.g.
Ginger: Improves circulation & reduces inflammation that contributes to stiff achy joints.
Horseradish: High in vitamin C, antiseptic and a strong decongestant.
Cayenne: Rich In vitamin C, helps to relive coughs and congestion
Black pepper: contain antiseptic and antioxidant properties.
Garlic:improves circulation by helping to prevent the blood from clumping together.
The Importance Of Clothing
What we wear in the winter also helps a great deal. Organic cotton,hemp & linen and sustainable woolen clothing will make a huge difference apposed to synthetic modern day lycra, sports & underwear & fashionable clothing that contain a huge amount of petroleum and chemicals that leak in to the body through the skin no matter how much you wash them! Protect the kidneys by using long john´s with a T-shirt tucked into them.
Wearing bright colors e.g red or copper contributes to “feeling warm” and sprinkling some cayenne pepper between your shoes and socks can help warm your feet!
Want to know more?
Beverley Pugh.
Using Food As Medicine
Hippocrates Health Educator, Raw Food Chef & Coach
beverley@rawfooddietforlife.com
+34629867785
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