Today, dear readers, I, as promised, will try to systematize the properties of food products for certain diseases. That is, we will consider which foods should be included in your diet, and which ones should be discarded.

Since the autumn period - the season of colds and the gradual weakening of our immune system, we will start, perhaps, with an antiviral diet. It turns out that with flu, and with ARVI, and with a simple cold, you need to eat right. It is not difficult to do this, you just need to give preference to fruits and vegetables rich in vitamins.

To strengthen the immune system should eat foods rich in vitamin C and other antioxidants. Citrus fruits and herbs will come to the rescue. But here you must also follow certain rules. For example, there is an opinion that with a sore throat should eat a lemon, and the throat will stop ache. Maybe this is so. But doctors believe that with angina, any acute food is contraindicated. And citric acid will become an additional irritant of the mucous membrane of the throat.

In order for the body to cope with the disease, it needs energy, which will provide protein. For this you need to eat lean meat (preferably chicken) and nuts. You can drink broths or eat light meat soups. Do not forget about onions and garlic.

For an early recovery the body must get rid of toxic substances. And this will help him a variety of drinks that do not contain caffeine. During viral diseases try to drink as much as possible fruit drinks (cranberry, cowberry), tea (with milk or raspberries, herbal with orange, with lemon), milk with honey and juices.

But some products try not to include in your diet.

This applies to foods rich in carbohydrates, for example, pasta and bread, and fatty foods, including milk. Of course, you can eat a small portion of pasta and drink a glass of tea with milk, but in everything you must observe the measure. The aching organism can not digest such food because of a decrease in the activity of the digestive enzymes of the stomach. During viral diseases, you should abandon coffee and spices, which can damage the weakened by the disease mucous membrane of the stomach.

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