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Whatever you put in your body, eventually gets filtered through your skin, making the foods and beverage you consume vital. The foods you eat during cold and flu season are crucial to the upkeep of your health in that it will either serve as nourishment or slowly begin to compromise your health.
As a preventative measure, here's a recipe to a delicious ancient drink -- golden milk -- that will help get you going again.
Golden Milk Recipe:
Almond milk: you can substitute for coconut, rice milk or any other milk of choice (3 cups)
Turmeric (3 tsp) - (if using fresh turmeric, use mortar and pestle to grind it into powder form)
Cardamon (2 tsp) - powder
Cinnamon (1 tsp) - ground
Ginger (1/2 tsp diced) - fresh or ground
Black Pepper (1/2 tsp) - peppercorn or ground
So here's how you make it...
Warm milk over medium heat, add spices and stir. Allow mixture to come to a boil for about 10-minutes, and then reduce the temperature to low heat. Strain, then pour into a cup and of course let it cool for about 2-minutes and sip and enjoy.
TOP 5 BENEFITS FOR USING TURMERIC:
This touted kitchen spice is most popular as an ingredient in Indian cuisine. In addition to its savory flavor, it is what creates the yellow tint in curry powder. Among its long list of nutritional benefits, here's a list of turmeric's top five benefits:
- Anti-inflammatory benefits, making it great for inflamed digestive tracks
- Natural detox, including organs and blood
- Evens skin tone, great for external and internal use to help keep skin looking toned
- Antioxidant, helps fight free radicals, which causes pre-mature aging
- Immune system strengthener, has antimicrobal, antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties
- Avec Amour
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