The common cold is a common illness, especially during this season. When you catch a cold, you need to pay attention to your diet to help you get through the period more comfortably.
1. Hard-to-digest food
Choose easily digestible liquid foods such as vegetable soup, congee, egg soup, steamed egg custard, milk, etc. 2. Too greasy food
Your diet should be light and less greasy to meet your nutritional needs while stimulating your appetite. You can have white rice congee, millet congee, red bean congee, served with light side dishes like sweet pickles, turnips, pickled mustard tubers, or fermented tofu. The food should be light and refreshing. 3. Insufficient water intake
Ensure adequate fluid intake. You can drink more acidic fruit juices, such as hawthorn juice, kiwi juice, red date juice, fresh orange juice, watermelon juice, etc., to promote gastric juice secretion and increase appetite. 4. Vitamin deficiency
Eat more foods rich in vitamins C and E, as well as red-colored foods, such as tomatoes, apples, grapes, dates, strawberries, beets, oranges, watermelon, and milk, eggs, etc., to prevent catching a cold. 5. Large meal size
Your diet should consist of small, frequent meals. After your fever subsides and your appetite improves, you can switch to semi-liquid foods, such as noodle soup, clear chicken soup with vermicelli, small wontons, vegetable congee, minced meat congee, liver congee, and egg congee.