Good and bad foods for colds. Let’s eat properly!

Do you catch colds often?  If you catch a cold, taking appropriate medicine is a good idea, but eating foods that are good for colds and avoiding foods that are bad for colds is also a good idea.  So, let’s find out together which foods are like that.

Good and bad foods for colds. Let’s eat properly!

References

• March 25, 2024 Korea’s Health Chosun
• Newsis in Korea, March 26, 2024
• Korea's Digital Times, March 20, 2024
• February 18, 2024 Hidoc in Korea
• Korea's Tax and Finance Newspaper, November 28, 2023

 

Good food for colds

Garlic

• Rich in prebiotic substances that help the growth of beneficial bacteria in the intestines
• Helps build microorganisms that contribute to the immune system.
• Increased production of macrophages, T cells, and B cells in the body that perform immune functions
• Cells that regulate immune function are activated
• Reduces the onset and duration of cold and flu symptoms

Good and bad foods for colds. Let’s eat properly!

Ginger

• Zingerone and shogaol (both ingredients that give ginger its spicy taste) have strong bactericidal properties against typhoid fever and cholera bacteria.
• Excellent antioxidant effect and prevents genetic damage caused by free radicals
• You can drink it decocted with lemon.

Oyster

• Contains zinc.  Excellent for relieving cold symptoms such as coughing and sore throat.
• Zinc also prevents rhinoviruses from taking up residence in the mucous membranes of the throat and nose (viruses that cause colds that multiply in the nostrils and throat).

 

Bad foods for colds

Coffee

• Makes your throat dry.  A dry throat makes your throat sore and causes frequent coughing.
• Cold medicines and complex painkillers contain caffeine.  If you take a drink containing caffeine along with medicine, the central nervous system will become excited due to excessive caffeine.  Causes dizziness or heartburn.

Good and bad foods for colds. Let’s eat properly!

Foods high in sugar

• Ice cream, chocolate, candy, etc.
• Foods high in sugar weaken the germ-destroying ability of white blood cells that fight cold viruses.  Mineral imbalance occurs in the body.

Good and bad foods for colds. Let’s eat properly!

Dairy product

• Continuously producing phlegm
• Makes phlegm thicker
• Calcium in dairy products interferes with the absorption of cold medicine
• If you really want to eat dairy products, eat them 2 hours after taking the medicine.

In this post, we looked at good and bad foods for colds.  Remember, if you catch a cold, please eat carefully.