Simple Food ~ Sane Life

Breathing is a function of the Respiratory System. This system allows the cells in your body to live and function, and therefore you, to live and function.

Before I settle into the foods that nourish, heal and strengthen your respiratory system, take a deep breath in through your nose (mouth closed!) for a count of five, and let the breath out slowly through the mouth.

The word respiratory comes from the word respire which means:

To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.

When you breathe, you give your body and cells both the refreshment of oxygen and a removal of waste.

Life these days, as you know, leans towards a faster pace than your body can sustain for any length of time. Consider the mechanics of your body. When you move faster, for example, with walking or running, your strides are shorter and your feet lift off the ground much faster than when you use a slower, deliberate step. When life moves faster, your breathing follows a similar pattern. You begin to breathe quicker, and those are shallower breaths. When you breathe deeply, your body rests. We could call it … Rest-piration! J Take the time in life to breathe deeply and give your body the rest and refreshment it needs.
 

Breathing not an easy task for you? Let’s create a dynamic, healthy airway from inspiration to expiration. Enter, stages right and left, the nasal passages. Runny, stuffy and clogged they can decrease your oxygen intake right from the start. People tell me: “I’m not sick, I just have allergies. Why am I tired?” The reason is that not enough oxygen is getting into your body!

Fortunately, there are foods that contain two key chemicals—Quercetin and Bromelain—which can alleviate allergy symptoms and inflammation not only in the nasal passages, but throughout the body.

Quercetin has a unique property in that it is a natural antihistamine found in foods: Green and Black dried tea leaves, capers, fresh dill weed, outer layers of both red and white, fresh or cooked, onions, fresh, organic apples, buckwheat, green hot chili peppers, yellow hot peppers, raw cranberries, fresh tarragon and many other foods listed at Best Quercetin Foods.

Bromelain is Quercetin’s partner-in-crime, so to speak. Its job in this case is as a natural anti-inflammatory. Bromelain is an enzyme found in pineapples.

If you have seasonal allergies, another recommendation is to consume the honey produced in your region. This is how people used to ingest allergy shots, long before the technology for them existed.

Allergies are also an immune system response and a leaking of energy in your body and life. I invite you to explore this concept along with the foods that nourish and heal in the upcoming series of Better Breathing Days blogs!

Eat healthy, organic, whole foods to breath easier through each season!

Peace,

Karyn

As always, if you take these products in supplement form please consult your doctor or pharmacist for any drug or other health contraindications. No matter how well researched, this blog is not a substitute for medical advice.