New Delhi: As the temperature drops, don't be tempted to warm your belly with rich macaroni and cheese and creamy soup. Instead, get that toasty feeling from superfoods: healthy eats that are loaded with nutrients, antioxidants, and immune-boosting powers that your body needs to power itself through cold weather.
Here are few super foods to naturally keep you warm in this Bone chilling winter.
Cinnamon:
Cinnamon help increase the body`s metabolism and generate heat. Add it to your regular coffee or milkshake to reap the benefits of its warmth without much effort.
Sesame:
Infusions of sesame help cure chronic respiratory disorders like pneumonia, bronchitis and asthma. Sesame paste when applied on hair helps cure dandruff.
Ginger:
Taken daily in small quantities, ginger keeps the body warm besides strengthening resistance power in the winter season. It aids digestion and is best known to be helpful in curing cold and cough during the cold weather.
Honey:
It is like another medicine for the cold and flu in the winter months. Easy to digest, honey is considered warm and hence its regular intake helps in keeping the body warm. Highly recommended in winter and excessive use of honey is forbidden in summer.
Turmeric:
A pinch of turmeric boiled with milk and taken warm not just reduces inflammation in body, but also keeps the body hot from within.
Saffron:
Saffron is like the magical ingredient of the queens and kings who used it to keep their health in prime and skin glowing. In winters saffron can be boiled with raisins, milk and almonds and taken daily before going to sleep.
Dry Fruits
Add them to your daily salads, milk or eat them raw. Dry fruits including almonds, dates, and walnuts are good in generating heat in the body. They also help in curing Anaemia and other iron and vitamin deficiency diseases.
Eggs
Filled with essential proteins and vitamins, eggs help body fight infection in winters. This powerhouse of energy is in no doubt a hot favourite amongst many during winter.
Hot soups
Nothing is more comforting than the warmth of hot soups in winters. Undoubtedly, eating hot soups during winters is the easiest and healthiest way to get warmth when your body gives up due to the extremely cold weather outside.
Pepper
Either opt for white or black pepper. Is it one of the winter spices that help in keeping the body warm when it’sfreezing outside. The antioxidants present in pepper also keep the cold and flu at bay.
References:
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