When people think about their immune system, they usually consider its role in fighting a cold or infection. But there is a direct connection between the immune system and nutrition. Our immune system is one of the most effective forms of defense against viral infections. There are two categories of immune functions in everyone’s body – the innate immunity which prevents diseases from entering the body and adaptive immunity which eliminates or prevents the growth of pathogens, such as viruses and bacteria, in our body. In a person who is malnourished, the immune system shuts down. In people who are overweight...
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Cookie Crunch and Peanut Protein Pancakes… February marks the end of Winter and the return of Spring! It’s a month where we celebrate many things including Pancake Day!! Pancake Day, also known as Shrove Tuesday came about as a date to feast using up basic food cupboard staples such as eggs, flour and milk before the beginning of Lent starting on Ash Wednesday – the 40 days leading up to Easter- which was traditionally a time of fasting It’s one of the most fun events of the year with many of us rolling up our sleeves, perfecting our pancake flip...
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