Winter Wellness
Humidify your home during the dry winter months. Humidity during the winter should be around 45%. Below 30% can cause increased colds and allergies (along with dry skin and damage to your house). You can get an inexpensive humidity guage (hygrometer) at most home or electronics stores.

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Quick Tips
Drink fluids even in the cold winter months. Cut your body weight in half and call it ounces, this gives you an idea of how much you should be drinking each day. For example, a person weighing 150 pounds would need to drink 75 ounces of water and/or herbal tea.

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Recipes

Miso Soup
Miso soup is a great winter time meal when you are trying to fight a cold or stay healthy. It can be eaten as a stand alone or part of a larger meal.

• 2 medium size carrots
• 2 celery sticks
• 1 small onion
• 2 thinly sliced shiitake mushrooms (optional)
• 2 cloves garlic (optional)
• 1/2 tsp. thinly sliced ginger (optional)
• 1/4 cup chopped kale (optional)
• 1/4-1/2 cup cubed extra firm tofu (optional)
• 1 strip of crumbled nori (optional)
• 4 cups water
• miso

Chop carrots, celery, onion and garlic and lightly sauté in olive oil with the tofu in a soup pan. Add water, ginger, mushrooms, nori and kale and bring to a simmer. Allow the soup to cook until the vegetables are soft. Ladle out into a bowl and add 1 tsp. miso (the amount can be adjusted for taste). Serve hot with brown rice.