Meal Delivery Ideas that Include Natural Immunity Boosters to Help You Stay Healthy
Posted by Amelia K. on Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 with 22 Comments
In the midst of cold and flu season, you know exactly why it’s more important than any other time of year to focus on living healthier: because you want to avoid all of those pesky germs that seem to be making their way around your office! And since this is probably a hot topic on your mind right now, you might be wondering what foods are natural immunity boosters, and how you can seek them out when you’re looking to order a healthy, balanced lunch. Never fear, friends! Waiter.com is here to tell you about all the delicious ingredients you can eat to help fight off illnesses. And we’ll even tell you exactly what kinds of meal delivery orders include these super tasty ingredient choices!
You might already know that chicken soup is one of the best natural immune boosters, but what other meals can you order to fend of colds and other illnesses?
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Garlicky Immunity
In ancient times, garlic was used as a way to fend off vampires. In modern times, we can use it to fight off infections and bacteria. In fact, according to a recent study in Great Britain, those who eat more garlic (six cloves or more per week) were two-thirds less prone to catching a cold. Not only that, but eating more garlic can significantly lower your risk of certain types of cancer. And since garlic is included in so many different menu items these days, it’s easy to find a delicious meal that offers some natural immunity boosting power for lunch today!
- Order it with: Yummy chorizo sausage recipes or any Italian dish, like healthy bruschetta.
Chicken Noodle Soup
While you may have thought that chicken soup as a cure for flu-like illnesses was just an old wives tale, think again. When you get sick with a cold, inflammatory white cells tend to accumulate in your bronchial tubes. This is what gives you those really bad cold symptoms that make getting through a work day really tough. Chicken soup blocks those same cells from migrating to different areas of your body. And that’s really a fancy way of saying that chicken soup is a balanced lunch that can help you stay healthier, making it a great choice to order today.
- Order it with: On the side of a healthy panini – it’s the perfect balanced lunch!
Bring on the Beef
With all the hype surrounding some of the negative impacts of red meat, many people have cut back on the amount they consumer of this tasty lunchtime ingredient choice. Unfortunately, this has led to a rise in zinc deficiencies in adults across America. Since zinc is a natural booster of healthy white blood cell development, not getting enough of this valuable nutrient can mean that your body just isn’t up to fighting off some of the infections that travel around at this time of year. You can easily help solve this by adding more beef into your diet. Because beef is a big source of zinc, it’s one of the best natural immune boosters to work into your lunchtime routine today!
- Order it with: A tasty burger or in a big bowl of Pho – trust us on the deliciousness, you won’t regret it.
Fancy a Mushroom?
Advocates of healthier living have long promoted the consumption of mushrooms as one of their favorite natural immune boosters. In fact, mushrooms have been used as a healthy way to boost immunity for several centuries. And studies have proven that this tasty veggie is more than just delicious: it helps your body create more white blood cells, while also increasing the activity of these types of cells in your body. This helps you fight off infections more easily. For the most benefit, stick with Japanese mushroom choices like Shiitake, Maitake, and Reishi mushrooms.
- Order them with: As a dipper for yummy fondue or in some tasty wonton soup
Live Healthier with Natural Immune Boosters
We all know what a pain it can be to pick up a nasty cold flu in the middle of your work week. Living healthier can be an easy way to help your body avoid illnesses like these and more. So be diligent about washing your hands and getting some moderate exercise, but also try to work some of these natural immunity boosters into some of your lunchtime meal delivery choices this week. Waiter.com will even make it easy for you: we’ll connect you to the best menus around town that feature the same meals we mentioned above, then deliver your healthy lunch right to your office door! Our service makes it easy for you to avoid some of those pesky illnesses you can come in contact with when running out to grab lunch – while still getting you a piping hot, delicious order for your midday meal!
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I feel you should mention spinach, blueberries, and oranges for their antioxidant properties and in the case of spinach, its versatility to be added to soups, pastas, and salads.
Great points, Robert! Thanks for the contribution!
The chicken noodle soup recipe is a great idea for flu season. I will definately be doing that if I get sick
Chicken noodle soup is always a good idea – enjoy!
I’m going to share this with my friend who is a nurse e practitioner, She is always getting sick this time of year
Great idea! Let us know if these ideas help!
I can’t believe I didn’t know this about meat and your immune system. I’ll have to start eating a lot more beef.
It’s a great excuse for adding more red meat into your diet!
You should show some love for tuna. I’ve found that tuna is a great food that boosts the immune system as well as the brain.
Great idea! We’ll consider it for a future post!
I didn’t know there was a real reason for the old chicken soup recommendation! I’d always blown that one off as an old wive’s tale. I know zinc is a major component of some of the homeopathic options available for cold and flu prevention and treatment that are commonly available in drugstores, but I’ll try some chicken soup with supper and see if that helps too.
Good luck! And remember that we can deliver some delicious soup right to your door 🙂
I always wondered why moms would give their kids chicken noodle soup when they are sick. I do eat a lot of garlic but 6 cloves a week sounds like to much for me to handle.
Good point – it is a lot!
There are so many supplements out there to boost the immune system that I am so confused as to what to pick. It’s a great idea just to incorporate some of these natural immune boosters into my meal plans to ward off sickness this winter.
Very true, Anna! Supplements are great, but getting the vitamins we need from natural food sources can be even better!
This is literally the best timing! My husband just got over the flu, and I’ve started to feel sick today 🙁 Hopefully it’s not anything but if it is, I will know what to eat!
Good luck – and if you do get sick, a speedy recovery!
What a great excuse to have the cheeseburger I’m already craving! You hear so much bad stuff about red meat but you hardly ever hear hear about the health benefits of red meat. And, yes, it’s nice to get the supplements in food rather than a powder or pill that’s unnatural and you wonder what chemicals come with it. By getting it into your diet naturally you can avoid that concern and still stay healthy. Thanks!
Everything in moderation, right? 🙂
I always tend to catch little colds around this time of the year, i always knew about chicken noodle soup but i had no idea about all the other options. Thanks!
Enjoy! We’ve been using them around our house this week for sure!