Some people think that you should eat more fruits during a cold. Liu Jianhui, a family medicine physician at Taiwan Adventist Hospital, said it depends on individual circumstances. Eating more fruits can supplement vitamin C, but whether vitamin C can treat or prevent colds is still controversial. Moreover, most juices or fruits are cold, which may cause bronchoconstriction and aggravate coughs. Except for those with fever, they are not suitable for consumption during colds. In particular, fruits with high water content, such as watermelon and pears, are relatively cold. If you have a cough, runny nose, diarrhea, cold hands and feet, etc., eating them will make your condition worse. Eating fruits and vegetables is because fruits and vegetables are alkaline foods, which are not conducive to the reproduction of microorganisms such as viruses. Therefore, eating more foods rich in calcium, zinc and vitamins has a certain inhibitory effect on viruses. People know that eating a liquid diet that is easy to digest , such as vegetable soup, gruel, egg soup, custard, milk, etc. We also know that we should eat more foods rich in vitamin C and vitamin E. But what people don’t know is that red foods are rich in carotene, such as tomatoes, apples, grapes, dates, strawberries, etc., which are also very helpful for the recovery of colds. When choosing different medicines and foods, it is best to ask a doctor to diagnose or judge by yourself which one you have is characterized by severe fever, head swelling and pain, sore throat, thirst, coughing and spitting up yellow phlegm, etc.; symptoms of the external and internal type include high fever, headache, dizziness, and extremities. Soreness, sore throat, dry stool, etc.; symptoms of gastrointestinal cold are fever, nausea, headache, tired limbs, etc. Diet therapy for wind-cold and cold: It is advisable to eat more foods that induce sweating and dispel cold, such as peppers, onions, ginger, garlic, tofu, fresh ginger and brown sugar water, etc. Some studies believe that chicken soup can help people get rid of the flu, and drinking chicken soup can help excrete the virus from the body. Chicken soup contains a variety of amino acids needed by the human body, which can effectively enhance the body's resistance. Drinking chicken soup when you have a cold is suitable for people who are very weak, but people who are already very strong and overweight should not eat foods with warming and tonic properties such as chicken soup. , otherwise the condition may be aggravated. Diet therapy for wind-heat and cold: It is advisable to eat more foods that can help dispel wind-heat and clear away heat, such as mung beans, radish, cabbage, cabbage root, mint, tea, etc. You can cook it with fresh pear juice and rice in moderation. Serve the porridge hot. During a cold, you should try to eat less or no high-fat, high-protein and spicy foods, and do not drink alcoholic beverages, otherwise the condition may be aggravated. Pears are cold foods in traditional Chinese medicine and are suitable for symptoms such as cough, chest pain, and excessive phlegm caused by wind-heat colds. Diet therapy with both external and internal senses: The diet should be light and not greasy, which not only meets nutritional needs but also increases appetite. For example, eat more millet porridge, adzuki bean porridge, etc. To ensure the supply of water, you can drink more acidic juices, such as hawthorn juice, kiwi juice, and red date juice, to increase appetite. Vinegar, lemon juice, dried plums and other sour foods can also obviously increase appetite. Dietary therapy for gastrointestinal colds: chrysanthemum, Longjing tea, mung beans and brown sugar instead of tea. At the same time, eat more vegetables and fruits rich in calcium, zinc and vitamins, such as radishes, pears, kiwis and various mushrooms, which can relieve cold symptoms. You should drink more boiled water after a cold, because sufficient water can dilute toxins in the blood. , accelerate the excretion of metabolites, thereby reducing the symptoms of colds and shortening the course of the disease. What are the taboos for cold patients? The so-called taboos refer specifically to the dietary taboos that patients have when they are sick. As we all know, food, like medicine, has its own biases. For example, glutinous rice is sweet and warm in nature and sticky in texture, while white wine is pungent and hot in nature, etc. Therefore, there are issues of dietary taboos, including the way of eating, the quality and quantity of food, the interaction between diets, the relationship between diet and physical constitution or disease, and the incompatibility of diet and drugs. The study of dietary taboos in patients' diseases focuses on the relationship between diet and disease and the incompatibility between diet and drugs. What are the taboos for colds? Let’s talk about eating in moderation first. After a cold, appetite often decreases, which is more prominent when there is fever. Modern medicine believes that various digestive enzymes are destroyed or have low activity during fever, causing patients to not want to eat. If you insist on eating too much, you will often experience indigestion symptoms such as fullness and fullness, which will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and hinder the body's ability to concentrate on resisting external evils. It may delay the recovery of a cold or even aggravate the condition. Therefore, it is better for cold patients to eat less. How to control the degree of undereating should be based on ensuring the energy supply of the whole body. This is a question of food quality. Patients with colds are advised to eat more light, easy-to-digest foods, such as rice porridge, noodles, etc., and avoid fried and greasy foods.

Some people even propose "fasting therapy", that is, stopping eating after catching a cold and only drinking soup. Sometimes, unexpected effects can be achieved. Of course, this method is not suitable for everyone. It can be tried for patients who are usually strong and have mild colds. Please don't forget to have enough energy reserves, otherwise it will backfire. Finally, let’s focus on what foods should be avoided when you have a cold. This aspect is related to taking medicine, that is, taboos after taking medicine. On the other hand, we should pay attention to the relationship with the disease. In the early stage of a cold, if you are experiencing wind-cold evil and you are taking medicine to relieve external cold, you should avoid eating raw, cold and greasy foods. If it is a warm-heat evil, you should also avoid eating raw and cold food in the early stage of clearing away the cold. If it is not removed, strong heat will remain, followed by thirst, irritability, and constipation. At this time, fruits are needed to help. You can take pear juice, orange juice, watermelon, stem rice soup, mung bean soup, etc. frequently. Do not eat too much raw, cold, or greasy food. . What I mentioned above are mainly issues of principle. Specifically, during a cold, avoid eating or eating too much duck, pork, mutton, dog meat, soft-shell turtle, clam, vinegar, persimmon and other foods. Because a cold is an exogenous disease, treatment should focus on evacuation and relieving the symptoms. Duck meat is cooler in nature, greasy and honey-stagnant, and easily slips the intestines and astringes evil spirits. Pork meat is greasy, promotes dampness and produces phlegm, moves wind and accumulates dampness. Mutton is sweet and warm, helps heat, tends to be warm and warm, and has the effect of astringing evil spirits. Disadvantages: Dog meat is also warm in nature and can easily help heat and generate fire, so it is taboo for heat syndrome; soft-shell turtle is sweet and moisturizing, and has the disadvantage of astringing evil spirits; clams, also known as river clams, are cold in nature and have the power of nourishing yin and cooling, so eat more It hinders the evacuation of external evils; vinegar is sour and astringent, and it is easy to stagnate Qi and retain Qi after eating; persimmon is cold and astringent in nature and astringent, and eating too much can easily astringe evil spirits. Therefore, the above-mentioned foods are all taboos for colds. Eating by mistake or eating too much is often not conducive to the evacuation of external evils, and sometimes can even aggravate the condition, which requires attention