03/17/2026
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!🍀 We at Andreano Chiropractic hope your day is filled with Irish Charm, good luck, and blessings of strong health.💚 Enjoy this quality time with your friends and family.😊 Sneak a peak at the green Chicago River!🟢 Feel lucky when you experience holistic healthcare at Andreano Chiropractic.🌱
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💚FOOD REVIEW:💚
One of the most popular dishes associated with Saint Patrick’s Day is corned beef & cabbage.🥬 At Andreano Chiropractic, we believe that what you eat matters, so we thought it would be fun to give a culinary review on this classic Irish meal to show how it can fit into your diet.💓
Cabbage is a superfood that’s great for gut health due to the high fibers, which act as prebiotics before fermentation, and probiotics afterwards.🥬 This supports regular bowel movements and the production of healthy bacteria. Cabbage also helps the liver detoxify, regulates cholesterol levels in and provides antioxidants for the heart, fortifies skeletal health, and strengthens the immune system through the Vitamin C content.💓 Because it is low in carbs and high in fibers, cabbage is a great pick for anyone with diabetes as it can stabilize blood sugar!🩸 The potassium in cabbage helps get rid of excess sodium, which makes it a great complement to the salty corned beef.🐄 However, as cabbage is a potent cruciferous vegetable (sharing a family with broccoli, kale, radishes, etc.), limit your consumption of this superfood if you have a sensitive digestive tract. Otherwise, cabbage is a low-calorie, mineral-rich, and high-vitamin vegetable that can be a key part of a really healthy Saint Patrick’s Day dinner!🥬 Go Green!!🍀💚
Corned beef is a beef brisket (or another tough cut) that has been cured or pickled for about a week using a brine solution consisting of salt, spices, and (often) sodium nitrate.🐄 Despite what the name may imply, there is no corn in this dish.🌽❌ The name is in reference to the big “corns” of salt that are used to preserve the meat.🧂 Be mindful, sodium nitrate, often used in corned beef to prevent growth of harmful bacteria, is a carcinogenic food preservative (it has the potential to cause or increase the risk of cancer) according to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. We highly recommend buying/making corned beef with no or minimal sodium nitrate.❌ Additionally, you can make your corned beef a bit healthier by choosing leaner cuts to reduce fat, and boiling/steaming the meat to reduce excess salt and fats that may be present in it.💨 Corned beef is a classic Irish cuisine that is good to be enjoyed, especially with cabbage, on Saint Patrick’s Day, but keep these tips in mind to make sure your body enjoys it too!🥬💚
