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Winter Wellness: Eating and Living With the Cold Months
Warming foods, immune-supportive herbs, and small habits to feel well through winter.
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Winter asks more of the body — less sun, less movement, more indoor air. Small shifts in food and routine make a real difference.
Warming foods
Stews, soups, bone broth, root vegetables (squash, sweet potato, beets, turnip), warming spices (ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, turmeric).
Vitamin D
Most people in temperate climates need supplemental vitamin D (1,000–2,000 IU/day) from late autumn through early spring.
Daylight
10 minutes of morning daylight outdoors anchors your circadian rhythm and lifts winter mood.
Move indoors
Strength training, mobility, walking. Don't let the cold stop daily movement.
Sources & references
- The Nutrition Source — Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
