Healthy Diet - from your Local Coop Member Pioneer
Keeping a Healthy diet without your normal shopping
With the Coronavirus continuing to dominate our daily lives at the moment, one of the issues we face is that some foods we would normally buy (like pasta, or canned tomatoes) are not always available when we go shopping.
The British Nutrition Foundation has outlined some ideas about using food items that might be less popular and still on the shelves. These include:
- Packs of noodles, couscous, bulgur wheat, quinoa or barley may still be on shelves as opposed to Pasta and rice.
- Beans and lentils
- Canned vegetables and fish.
- Nut butters
- Dried fruit
It can also be a good time to try out a packet or can of something that you bought but have never got around to cooking! You can find the full article at https://tinyurl.com/tc6627w
With many of us at home with children as the schools are closed it could be a good time to try out some simple recipes to make together.
Can what I eat stop me getting the virus?
It is also important to mention that no food or supplement can protect you from getting the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Nevertheless, having a healthy diet is important in supporting our immune function and many nutrients influence the body’s ability to fight infection.
You can find out more on the immune system and how different food and nutrients can help with that here.
If you need some inspiration on what to cook, the Co-op has a full variety of different meals to suit everyone – You can find out more at https://www.coop.co.uk/recipes/healthy-recipes
With the Coronavirus continuing to dominate our daily lives at the moment, one of the issues we face is that some foods we would normally buy (like pasta, or canned tomatoes) are not always available when we go shopping.
The British Nutrition Foundation has outlined some ideas about using food items that might be less popular and still on the shelves. These include:
- Packs of noodles, couscous, bulgur wheat, quinoa or barley may still be on shelves as opposed to Pasta and rice.
- Beans and lentils
- Canned vegetables and fish.
- Nut butters
- Dried fruit
It can also be a good time to try out a packet or can of something that you bought but have never got around to cooking! You can find the full article at https://tinyurl.com/tc6627w
With many of us at home with children as the schools are closed it could be a good time to try out some simple recipes to make together.
Can what I eat stop me getting the virus?
It is also important to mention that no food or supplement can protect you from getting the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Nevertheless, having a healthy diet is important in supporting our immune function and many nutrients influence the body’s ability to fight infection.
You can find out more on the immune system and how different food and nutrients can help with that here.
If you need some inspiration on what to cook, the Co-op has a full variety of different meals to suit everyone – You can find out more at https://www.coop.co.uk/recipes/healthy-recipes
