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4 BAYSWATER NEWS, SPRING 2017
Health & Wellbeing

Nutrition is our Priority

It takes more than an apple a day to keep the doctor animals eat this compound, they're less likely to contract
away. It turns out that eating some pretty surprising influenza, herpes, even anthrax; in humans, it boosts
nutrients will help keep your immune system on guard. immunity, speeds wound healing, and may help
antibiotics work better.
Cranbrook Care engage Leading Nutrition Dietitian Centre
to review all menus and meal plans to ensure our Garlic
residents are not only having delicious meals, but meals his potent onion relative contains the active ingredient
rich in nutrients to ensure optimal health. In fact, allicin, which fights infection and bacteria. Studies
Nutrition Dietician Centre have issued 5 gold stars for our suggest that garlic lovers who eat more than six cloves a
balanced healthy menus. week have a 30% lower rate of colorectal cancer and a
50% lower rate of stomach cancer.
You can ensure your body and immunity run smoothly by
rounding out your plate with plenty of colourful servings Fish
of fruits and veggies, plus 8 to 10 glasses of water a day, Salmon, mackerel, and herring are rich in omega‐3 fats,
at the very least. The following ingredients can add extra which reduce inflammation, increasing airflow and
oomph to our body. Cranbrook Care residents have all protecting lungs from colds and respiratory infections.
these in their menus.
Tea
Yoghurt
People who drank five cups a day of black tea for two
Probiotics, or the "live active cultures" found in yogurt, weeks had 10 times more virus‐fighting interferon in their
are healthy bacteria that keep the gut and intestinal tract blood than others who drank a placebo hot drink, in a
free of disease‐causing germs.
Harvard study. The amino acid that's responsible for this
Oats immune boost, L‐theanine, is abundant in both black and
green tea—decaf versions have it, too.
These grains contain beta‐glucan, a type of fibre with
antimicrobial and antioxidant capabilities more potent R e f e r e n c e w w w . p r e v e n t i o n . c o m
than echinacea, reports a Norwegian study. When