Food You Should Incorporate in Your Diet for a Safe Monsoon

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Seasons come and go, and monsoon is just one of them. Season change from hot days to cold days is undoubtedly enthralling. However, it comes with a lot of changes. The rainy season has its share of health concerns, such as food poisoning, diarrhea, cold infections, and other health concerns.

 Monsoons can be dangerous to your health. Hence you need to be careful with what you consume to keep your health at bay. The food should strike a balance between nutrition and immunity. If you want to stay safe, you should eat right and stay positive.

 The following are examples of the foods you can try to stay safe during monsoon.

Turmeric

Turmeric has anti-septic, anti-viral, anti-fungal, and anti-inflammatory properties. It’s the golden spice in the kitchen and boosts and take care of the overall health. It has curcumin in it, which helps in keeping you healthy and fighting infections.

There are different ways you can consume turmeric. You can add it to your everyday food; you can also drink at bedtime. You can also grate it as it’s suitable for monsoon and every other season.

Indian Masala Chai

 Indian masala chai is a mixture of spices like ginger, cinnamon, clove cardamom, and dried black pepper. Once you place the mixture into boiling water, your journey to making a natural immune-boosting brew begins.

Cardamom and cloves are great against several infections.  Peppercorns are used to prevent and soothe symptoms like cold and flu.

Cinnamon has medicinal and anti-inflammatory properties. Even if you don’t love tea, masala tea is an excellent medical concoction that helps in steer away the side effects of monsoons away.

Garlic

Garlic has numerous health benefits. It fights cold and flu, causing viruses hence boosting your immunity system.  When you take garlic daily, it improves the number of T cells in your body, thus protecting you from virus infections like cold and flu

 Allicin is a component in garlic, which contains medicinal properties that help increase the body's disease-fighting response.  To ensure that you enjoy all the garlic's benefits, it’s best to eat it raw.

 Ginger

Ginger is a herb with antibiotics, ant0inflammarory, anti-septic and antimicrobial properties. It’s also rich in antioxidants. Ginger is a go remedy for sore throats, cold cough, and body ache, hence suitable during monsoons.

 It should be an essential part of every household.  You can eat it raw or add the spice in your soup. You can also place it in water to drink it as ginger tea, or have it with turmeric and milk.

Spinach

spinach is an awesome source of vitamins A, E, and C. It’s also a source of fiber, folic acid, and beta carotene. The nutrients and antioxidants on spinach help the body to carry out its activities properly. This, in turn, helps with a great immune system, thus preparing you for the monsoons.

You should wash these vegetables thoroughly before cooking them to remove the dirt.

You should take care of yourself during the monsoon, and eating nutritious and immunity-boosting food is one way to achieve that.