{"id":1,"date":"2022-01-06T07:49:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T07:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preview.seedprod.com\/13235\/?p=1"},"modified":"2023-10-26T15:41:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T15:41:59","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preview.seedprod.com\/13235\/2022\/01\/06\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"A dietitian’s guide on what to eat when you have COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As we learn more about the immune system, the more we come to understand about how integral our gut microbiome\u00a0is to\u00a0regulating immune function in the body.\u00a0One of the easiest ways to support the health of the microbiome is to eat more plant foods. Ideally, you should eat at least 30 different varieties\u00a0each week to keep your\u00a0microbiome varied and working optimally. Indeed, early COVID research has already indicated\u00a0that individuals who follow plant-based and pescatarian diets appear to have some protection against the development of severe symptoms thanks to lower levels of inflammation in the body. For those with COVID, this means that focusing on natural, plant-based food is crucial, as is avoiding home-delivered fast food. Even better, add in a probiotic such as plain yoghurt with cultures, kefir or fermented vegetables daily for a smart, extra nutrient boost for your gut microbiome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The more plants the better<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Found in highest concentrations in lean red meat and oysters, zinc can also be found in shellfish, legumes, nuts and seeds (pumpkin seeds especially). So, once you feel like eating again, indulging in a little more seafood and adding in a daily snack or two of nuts and seeds is an easy way\u00a0to boost your intake of zinc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nutrient-rich protein<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Food businesses forced to close or curtail hours include Nomad restaurants in both Sydney and\u00a0Melbourne,\u00a0Anason in Barangaroo,\u00a0Sydney new player\u00a0Shell House,\u00a0legendary Darlinghurst cafe Bills plus Melbourne drinking den Black Pearl and city stayer Lucy Liu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The past\u00a0year has certainly been an interesting one and, from a dietary perspective, things have not been all bad. More time at home has meant that many of us have been able to commit a lot more time and energy to food preparation and healthy eating, which is only a good thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not all good news, though, with a growing\u00a0habit for ordering our meals\u00a0straight to our door,\u00a0as well as desserts and alcohol, resulting in plenty of fat and calories sneaking into our diets each week. With this has come a few extra kilograms, collectively blamed on COVID,\u00a0although it’s almost two years since the pandemic began.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we learn more about the immune system, the more we come to understand about how integral our gut microbiome\u00a0is to\u00a0regulating immune function in the body.\u00a0One of the easiest ways to support the health of the microbiome is to eat more plant foods. Ideally, you should eat at least 30 different varieties\u00a0each week to keep […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-recipe","category-restaurant","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.seedprod.com\/13235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.seedprod.com\/13235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.seedprod.com\/13235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.seedprod.com\/13235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.seedprod.com\/13235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/preview.seedprod.com\/13235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36,"href":"https:\/\/preview.seedprod.com\/13235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/36"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.seedprod.com\/13235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.seedprod.com\/13235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.seedprod.com\/13235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.seedprod.com\/13235\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}