1. Eat foods that are easy to digest and taste good

Due to fatigue when having a cold, the patient often does not want to eat. Accompanied by a sore throat, it is also difficult to chew and swallow. Therefore, caregivers need to pay attention to preparing liquid, easy-to-digest foods that are suitable for the patient's taste. Some dishes that people with flu should use are: chicken porridge, chicken soup, minced meat porridge, egg porridge, onion porridge, perilla. These dishes are easy to swallow, easy to digest, rich in nutrients, and have a cooling effect, which is very good for colds and flu.

2. Drink a lot of water

People with flu should drink plenty of fluids to soothe their throat, relieve cough, and to prevent dehydration if they have a high fever. Should drink filtered water, broth, fresh fruit juice, warm lemon juice mixed with honey ...

3. Supplement anti-inflammatory foods, increase resistance

Vegetables rich in vitamin C are good for people with colds and flu.

When you catch the flu, your resistance is often reduced, which can easily lead to complications. Therefore, the patient's diet should pay attention to adding foods that have anti-inflammatory and immune-boosting effects.

• Vegetables and fruits are foods rich in vitamins and minerals to help supplement nutrition, fight inflammation and strengthen the body's resistance.
• In the diet of people with flu, it is advisable to increase vegetables, especially dark colored vegetables such as green leafy vegetables: spinach, kale, broccoli...; fruits rich in vitamins, especially vitamin C such as oranges, grapes, strawberries, papaya, apples, pears, bananas...
• It is recommended to add foods rich in zinc such as: beef, egg yolk, fish, shrimp, eel, oysters, oysters, pig liver, milk, soybeans... Zinc has anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory effects, helping to enhance activity. immune system action.
• Some spices such as onions, garlic, ginger, turmeric ... have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, which are very good for people with flu.

4. Foods to avoid when you have a cold

• Do not eat processed foods, which contain a lot of fat, which can cause nausea and indigestion.
• Limit foods high in sugar.
• Do not drink alcohol, beer and stimulants such as coffee, carbonated drinks ...

• People with flu should not eat processed, fatty foods.
• In addition to nutrition, people with colds and flu need to rest and rest.
• Keep mouth, throat and eyes clean with physiological saline.
• If you have one of the following symptoms: prolonged fever, a lot of cough, cough with phlegm, a lot of headache, ear pain, chest tightness, vomiting, etc., you need to go to a medical facility for timely treatment to avoid possible serious complications. happen.