Healing Foods To Fight Against Common Cold

How well protected are you against the common cold and flu? Even if you’ve had a flu jab, you need to wash your hands religiously and take vitamin C for extra insurance. You may even want to try the herb echinacea when you first start feeling grotty. Remember also that what you eat may help prevent or treat these common illnesses. Try the tasty ideas below, and you just may avoid getting sick this season.

Healthy Foods:

Ginger :
Ginger is the best one to fight against common cold. Take Ginger as in the form of Ginger Tea for best results. It helps to reduce the cough and flu.

Vitamin C Sources : 
Foods which are rich in Vitamin C will be beneficial to fight against cold such as Citrus fruits, Potatoes, Strawberries, pineapples.

Fluids : 
Many people thinks that drinking fluids and water increase the cold when we are suffering from cold but its wrong drink more fluids to keep you from liquefied.

Chicken Soup : 
Why we need to take chicken soup because it has natural penicillin and helps clear clogged airways.

Citrus fruits : 
Citrus fruits are rich sources of Vitamin C, Try to take Orange juice, Lemon juice. It gives good result.

Hot and Spicy food : 
Chillis or spicy sauces to help congestion and gives good breathing.

Garlic :
Garlic contains flavoring agent called alliin which acts as a antioxidant and destroy radicals,oxygen molecules that damages the cells.