What to eat when you have a cold for vegetarian/non
vegetarians: As I am fighting a cold myself and I am sure many of you are
since stuff is going around, I figured I’d offer some ideas: ·
Hot lemon tea with honey- honey is shown to have
some antibacterial properties and can help with your cough, the warmth can
hydrate you and soothe your throat ·
Chicken soup- can get sinuses flowing- If
vegetarian any vegetable broth based soup can work as well ·
Spicy foods- cayenne pepper and the like can get
your sinuses moving as well, therefore helping the duration of the cold (also
may help dulled taste buds due to illness) ·
Oatmeal or hot cereal- can also be very
soothing, get your sinuses going ·
Water, and more water! Seltzer is fine also. The important point here is to hydrate ·
Vitamin C- oranges, clementines, orange juice, strawberries-
these all have it! -Helps with healing/shortening cold duration ·
Zinc- you can add zinc supplements as symptoms
start for about 5 days. Any longer and
you run the risk of breaking down your immune system ·
Salads if you can tolerate- all the extra
vitamins can help you! ·
Fruit- for same reason as salads. ·
Try the Outshine frozen fruit bars for some
extra fruit/hydration to help soothe your throat. Hope some of these tactics work and that you feel better
soon! |
