There are no absolute contraindications to eating when you have a cold, but it is recommended that you eat foods rich in vitamins, proteins, appropriate calories, as well as zinc, iron and other nutrients, and need to be light and easy to digest.
When the human body’s immune function will be reduced, sometimes accompanied by weakened digestive function, this time you need to supplement some high vitamin, high protein, appropriate calorie food, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, milk, soybean milk and so on. Among them, fruits and vegetables can choose apples, oranges, grapefruit, celery, bitter melon and so on.
It is worth noting that, in order to avoid irritation of the respiratory tract and gastrointestinal tract, cooking needs to be light, as little as possible to put chili peppers, ginger and other stimulating food, and the food should be soft and easy to digest, to avoid increasing the burden on the stomach and intestines. Cold and flu patients are recommended to seek medical attention in a timely manner, under the guidance of doctors and dietitians to give targeted treatment and nutritional matching.