{"id":112582,"date":"2020-09-05T22:22:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T05:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/quarantine-cuisine-easy-meals-to-support-a-healthy-immune-system"},"modified":"2020-09-05T22:22:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T05:22:31","slug":"quarantine-cuisine-easy-meals-to-support-a-healthy-immune-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/quarantine-cuisine-easy-meals-to-support-a-healthy-immune-system","title":{"rendered":"Quarantine cuisine: Easy meals to support a healthy immune system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/quarantine-cuisine-easy-meals-to-support-a-healthy-immune-system2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 has led to limited food budgets, and shelter-in-place adds a layer of complexity to buying and planning meals. At the same time, we\u2019re bombarded with ads shouting \u201cTake this supplement to boost your immunity!\u201d So, what\u2019s a person to do?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Filling your cart with the basics might make you feel secure in the short term. But as Dr. Chu found, it\u2019s a different ballgame when you get these items home. Can you make healthy meals with shelf-stable foods? Will the family eat your creation? And does food really boost our immunity? Yes, yes, and yes \u2013 over time.<\/p>\n<p>I field questions like these often as director of UT Southwestern\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/swmedical.org\/culinary-medicine-fresh-outlook\/\">Culinary Medicine Program<\/a>. We help people transform food preparation and eating into a healthier part of their daily lives. The program focuses on creating budget-friendly meals with shelf-stable ingredients, as well as mindful eating practices.<\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 quarantine is the perfect time to build a healthier relationship with food and discover ways to make easy, affordable, nutritious, and delicious meals with shelf-stable products at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 has led to limited food budgets, and shelter-in-place adds a layer of complexity to buying and planning meals. At the same time, we\u2019re bombarded with ads shouting \u201cTake this supplement to boost your immunity!\u201d So, what\u2019s a person to do? Filling your cart with the basics might make you feel secure in the short [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":534,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}