Coughing in children is a relatively common occurrence in life and can be caused by a variety of factors. In addition to the relevant treatment for your child’s cough, you also need to pay attention to your daily diet. There are no clear 8 types of food that children actually cannot consume. The common ones include the following: 1. Cold foods: children should not drink cold drinks or eat frozen fruits when they have a cough, because a diet that is too cold can lead to occlusion of the lungs and aggravate the cough, and may also damage the spleen and stomach, causing a decrease in spleen function and leading to an increase in phlegm; 2. Spicy and stimulating foods: such as hot pot, spicy hotpot, and dishes fried with chili peppers, etc. These foods not only fail to relieve cough, but also tend to cause redness and swelling in the throat and stimulate it, making the cough worse; 3. Pickled foods: pickled foods such as pickles and sauerkraut contain a lot of salt, which can easily aggravate a child’s cough symptoms; 4. High-fat foods: common ones include French fries, fried chicken wings, doughnuts, melon seeds, chocolate, cakes, etc. When children have a cough, their gastrointestinal function is weak, so these types of foods can add to the gastrointestinal burden and easily breed phlegm, making it difficult to cure the cough; 5. Seafood: such as fish and shrimp. Because the foreign proteins in foods such as fish and shrimp can easily cause the body to become allergic and aggravate the cough, it is best to abstain from eating them during coughing. 6. Excessive supplements: Some parents may give their weak children some supplements, but excessive supplements can easily lead to dryness and heat in the body, aggravating the inflammatory response and making the cough more severe.