Useful and harmful food for a cold: what to eat if you get sick

Not medicines alone can defeat ARVI. Equally important for recovery is the right food for a cold, which activates the protective properties of the body. It makes the treatment more effective, does not allow the disease to drag on and helps to survive acute symptoms. Along with your doctor's recommendations, include foods in your diet that will help fight infection. We talk about the most useful and bad food for colds.

• 7 foods to include in your diet for SARS
• Junk food for a cold: 5 foods to avoid

7 foods to include in your diet for SARS

The common cold is known as "mild" illness. A runny nose and cough are rarely a reason not to go to work. Doctors oppose the practice of carrying the disease on their feet, warning of complications. Moreover, the correct approach to  treatment of ARVI will alleviate the condition and  help you recover faster.

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Food for colds is just as important as medicines, bed rest, airing and humidifying the air. Of what should the diet of a cold person consist of?

1. Warm drink

I'm sure you have never heard of the benefits of drinking for colds. It helps to avoid dehydration, bring down the temperature and removes intoxication. But it is important to know what is best to drink and in how much.

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First of all, we remind you that hot drinks are not allowed. You can only fight a cold with a warm drink. It is recommended during the acute period of the disease to drink at least 6 glasses per day.

What to drink with a cold:

• Warm tea with lemon and dried oranges.

• Compote or fruit drink from currants or cranberries.

• Decoction of wild rose.

• Orange juice.

• Herbal decoctions: chamomile, raspberry leaves, mint, linden.

• Weak tea with currant or raspberry jam. But raspberries are allowed only when there is no temperature.

• A glass of warm water with adding half a teaspoon of soda and salt. Such a drink will help replenish the loss of sodium salts.

2. Spices

Spices such as ginger, coriander, turmeric, cinnamon are designed to help the body survive in the fight against infection. To do this, it is enough to add them to food, broth and tea.

3. Kashi

During sickness, we really need energy to recover quickly. Here, easily digestible carbohydrates, which are in rice, buckwheat and oatmeal porridge, will help us out.

4. Vegetable protein

Dishes from peas, beans, lentils, chickpeas — sources of vegetable protein, which affects the duration of the disease. If you include it in your diet, then you won't

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5. Wheat bran

Bran ​​from  wheat can be eaten in a couple of spoons a day and added to food such as salads. They perfectly remove toxins from the body.

6. Vegetables & fruits

This is the foundation of any healthy diet, and disease — not  a reason to refuse  healthy food. True, with a cold, it is better to use them boiled or baked.

7. Garlic & onion

These two products have long established themselves as the best cold fighters. You can eat it raw, and you can prepare folk remedies on their base.

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Junk food for a cold: 5 foods to avoid

The disease significantly weakens the strength of our body, which resists infection. Food can not only help him to endure during the illness, but also interfere. Therefore, it is worth knowing which foods to avoid when you have a cold.

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Harmful products for SARS:

1. Fried and salty foods.This is too heavy food for the patient, and salts also retain water. If you can refuse then prepare to be sick longer.

2. Sausages and any convenience foods.The reason same as with fried foods. The stomach is not able to digest them during illness, and the body, instead of resisting viruses, will spend energy on restoring the digestive function.

3. Sugar and sweets.Sugar lowers immunity and creates an environment in which bacteria thrive. Therefore, it is better to replace it and sweets with honey and dried fruits.

4. Coffee. Unfortunately for coffee lovers, it is harmful to drink coffee when you have a cold, as this drink dehydrates the body. As soon as you get better, you can safely drink a long-awaited cup of coffee in the morning.

5. Milk. If you have a lot of mucus, then     it is better to refuse milk. It only provokes deterioration. It is better to replace it with warm decoction or tea.

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