What food should I eat when I have a cold

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In the cold winter, due to their own resistance and changes in the outside weather, many people are prone to wind cold. Especially those who are not strong in physical resistance, or are in a state of fatigue for a long time are more vulnerable to the attack of cold. There are many ways to treat wind cold, in addition to taking some proprietary Chinese medicine, so children's cold diet needs to pay attention, in order to avoid this situation, let's talk about what food to eat.

What food should I eat when I have a cold

First: using potato food instead of refined white rice flour as staple food can provide a large amount of vitamin C, vitamin B1, potassium, dietary fiber, etc. at the same time of satiety. Yam, taro and sweet potato also contain mucin with immune promoting activity, which is very helpful for improving resistance. In addition to potatoes, eating more dark red or black coarse grains and beans is also helpful to improve immunity.

Second: the rich carotene contained in orange vegetables can be converted into vitamin A in the human body. When vitamin A is insufficient, the resistance of respiratory tract mucosa will decline, and it is easy to suffer from infectious diseases and be invaded by virus. Folic acid, especially abundant in green vegetables, is a factor needed for the synthesis of immune substances, and a large number of flavonoids can work together with vitamin C, which is very helpful to maintain resistance.

Third: fruits rich in vitamin C and anthocyanins, such as blueberries, mulberries, strawberries, etc., because anthocyanins are very effective in stimulating the vitality of the immune system. Kiwi and oranges, rich in vitamin C and flavonoids, are also good.

matters needing attention

After reading the introduction of this article, we should have an understanding of what food we should eat when we have a cold. Many experts at home and abroad have found that bad eating habits are closely related to a cold. Eating too much high salt food can reduce saliva secretion, make oral mucosa edema, congestion, increase virus, easily cause upper respiratory tract infection, and eventually lead to cold. Eating too much high sugar food can consume water, vitamins and other nutrients in the body, causing dry mouth, low immunity, and then induce a cold. Excessive intake of high-fat diet, such as cream, meat, broth, can reduce the body's immune cells antiviral ability, easy to cause a cold. In order to prevent cold, we should stay away from the "three high" diet with high salt, high sugar and high fat.