- Hi, I'm Dr. Josh Axe.
Doctor of Natural Medicine and founder of DrAxe.com.
In this video I'm going to share with you
the top seven foods you should be consuming in the fall
that's gonna really help heal your body
and support your body in getting healthy.
Now here's the thing to know.
Again it's so important that we eat seasonally.
Do you know when you're eating foods seasonally
you're nourishing certain organs in your body?
Now there's an ancient form of medicine,
and again I just want to mention, in this video
I'm gonna share with you the top seven.
When you get this list, write it down, put it on your fridge
and go out and get these foods.
Because these foods are the most healing
in the season you're in.
There's an ancient Chinese principle that says
consuming certain foods certain times of year
will help strengthen certain organs.
So in the fall, when you think of foods
like what you'd have at a Thanksgiving meal,
those foods really typically
are the most nourishing for your body
in that season.
So I'm gonna list these off now.
Number one is brussels sprouts.
Did you know brussels sprouts is one of the most
fiber rich foods on the planet?
Brussels sprouts are also high in sulfur,
which is really fantastic for your cellular health.
So brussels sprouts, the way that I love to cook these is
in some coconut oil.
You can bake them or saute them in grass fed butter
or coconut oil or both,
or do some ghee as well can be great.
But really just sort of saute or bake them.
You can also steam brussels sprouts as well
and dip them in something like hummus, which can be great.
But brussels sprouts an amazing fall super food.
The next food you wanna be consuming is pumpkin.
Now listen, of all the foods on this list
pumpkin is one of the most healing.
Now I'm not talking about just it being in a pumpkin pie,
but doing that as a smoothie in the morning
is amazing for your bowl and gut health.
In fact a lot of the patients I've cared for in the past
who had digestive issues, I'd have them consume
a pumpkin blueberry smoothie in the morning
and they noticed really big improvements
in their gut health.
The next food is pears.
Pears are one of those seasonal fruits that are
absolutely delicious.
Now doing pears, cutting them open, by the way
I want to mention an herb and spice that's seasonal as well,
and it's cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice.
Buy some pumpkin pie spice, sprinkle that
in your pumpkin smoothie.
Sprinkle that on pears.
You can do baked pears in the oven for dessert.
That's another great thing, but again doing
pumpkin pie spice is great along with pears.
Pears are one of those seasonal fruits.
Pears are actually another fruit that is really
good for the digestive system.
Really easy to digest.
Another food I love are turnips.
A lot of times we consume potato chips or french fries.
I like making turnip fries.
Turnip fries are lower in calories.
They are more nutrient dense and so you can actually
take turnip fries, cut them in wedges like you would
french fries, cover them in something like coconut oil.
Bake them in the oven and you have turnip fries.
Dip them in ketchup, they are delicious.
But that's a great fall food.
One of the things you'll notice about this list is
a lot of these foods are yellowish or they're orange.
That's known in Chinese medicine.
We should be eating a lot of orange foods
or pale yellow foods in the fall.
Because it's strengthening our digestive system.
Your digestive system is the strongest in the fall
and so we should be consuming a lot of these
orange and light yellow foods
there during this time of year.
One of those foods can be squash.
Squash tends to be yellow, orange and sometimes
a little bit of green.
But a lot of times squash is orange ish or yellow.
Which is very nourishing to what's called
our Earth Element in Chinese medicine.
So butternut squash is fantastic.
Spaghetti squash another favorite.
Acorn squash and of course
pumpkin is in that family as well.
But consuming squash, it's a great time of year
to consume different types of squash.
Yellow squash is great there can really support your body.
Beets, beets is great for your blood.
Really beets is kind of found throughout summer
and fall as well.
Consuming beets really helps build your blood
and your energy.
Did you know there's medical studies showing
if you consume beet root juice, you can actually
run a faster 5K time?
It gives you more energy, more brain power.
So consuming beets is really good for your blood.
And then sweet potatoes.
Another one of those orange fall foods
that's so good for your digestive system.
Now listen, you don't wanna go overboard
and eat like three sweet potatoes at a time.
But if you're eating that as your carbohydrate for the day
it can be really good for your body.
And again, the thing I love to do with sweet potatoes is
put on some of that cinnamon on there.
You can do a little bit of grass fed butter,
little bit of cinnamon on there.
Tastes absolutely amazing.
And remember it's really important that we eat seasonally.
There's something called your Chinese sort of
seasonal clock and calender.
There's also seasonal eating charts.
I encourage you, just look up Dr. Axe Seasonal Eating Chart
on Google or YouTube or Instagram.
A lot of times you can find these different sort of
seasonal eating charts so you know
what foods to eat in season.
Because when you're eating foods in season
they're riper and they have more nutrients.
Let's say for instance pears okay.
It's a prime example.
When you're trying to eat pears out of season
they tend to be rock hard.
They're really not ripe, they have less flavor.
When you're eating pears or pumpkin in season
They're more nutrient dense, they're more healing
to your body for so many reasons.
So remember eat seasonally and eat these seven fall foods
to take your health to the next level.