Prepare for Changing Seasonal Mood Shifts with These Tips

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Prepare for Changing Seasonal Mood Shifts with These Tips

Guest post by Grace Cruz

While there is still some time left for autumn to arrive, the colder months aren’t too far away! As we enjoy the last few weeks of sunshine and warmth, there are many factors to take into consideration for winter. Since the days become shorter and nights longer, many people in Canada and other cold winter climates experience winter blues or seasonal depression (SAD). This can result in feeling low all the time, having no energy for social interactions, low motivation, and weight fluctuations. This blog post will introduce you to 5 ingenious methods for tackling seasonal depression to help you get your health in check before winter arrives

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Can seasonal eating keep you from getting the cold or flu?

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Can seasonal eating keep you from getting the cold or flu?

The news out there is pretty bad: the flu is worse this year in the US, and the flu vaccine is only up to 30% effective. Strangely (to me), doctors and health care workers are making blanket recommendations that everyone should get the flu shot. As for me, I’ve taken the flu shot exactly once in my lifetime, when I was pregnant with my second child, and only at the insistence of my Chinese medicine doctor (who helped me overcome secondary infertility to achieve a healthy pregnancy at the age of 41). And yet, we rarely get the flu in my household, even when we’ve been exposed to many people who are clearly sick with it. In fact, my 7-year old is the only one in our household who ever gets a cold or flu, and it's always a mild version that she's able to overcome in a day or two.

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Cold prevention and treatment without the harmful chemicals

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Cold prevention and treatment without the harmful chemicals

It’s official: summer is over and fall is underway! Kids are back in school and (hopefully) settled into their daily routines. If your family is anything like mine, you’ve already had to deal with the fallout from cold and flu season. Without fail, each time the season changes, the sniffles begin and (if we’re not careful), someone comes down with a cold or flu.

It’s not the temperature changes that cause colds and flu; it’s that certain viruses thrive in the cooler temperatures. Rhinovirus and coronavirus are the most common culprits that cause illness this time of year.

If you have realized that the fall season ushers in the first bouts of cold and flu in your household, there is something you can do to prevent illness from getting your kids (and you too!) off track this season.

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