Foods you should and should not eat when you have a sore throat
Get well soon
- You need to take enough medicine to recover quickly.
- You need to limit your speaking to reduce damage.
- You need to avoid the wind because the throat and the wind are not friends.
- You need to drink enough water to relieve discomfort.
Shouldn't
Spicy dishes:
Spicy dishes are spicy dishes, very stimulating and beneficial for digestion. But it is not beneficial to people sore throat level. The reason is because sore throat makes the entire throat red. Depending on the type of disease and each person, some people have a lot of burning sensation, some people have a little burning sensation, and some people have no burning sensation. But there are definitely people whose sore throat feels like it's burning and the entire throat hurts. Eating spicy foods like chili, pepper, and ginger is really harmful. It will make your throat feel sore and swollen. You will feel hot and uncomfortable and your illness will seem worse. In essence, these spicy dishes heat up the inflammation, only aggravating the feeling.
These dishes are hot peppers, especially baby chili peppers, black pepper, ginger, and lemongrass.
Grilled and fried dishes:
Two dishes that are not suitable for people with sore throat are grilled and fried dishes. Especially for the elderly and people with hypertrophic tonsillitis. Because the main symptoms of these people are pain. Swallowing saliva is also painful.
Hard foods such as grilled or fried will go into the throat intact. Even after being chewed, they still have very hard and sharp edges. When swallowed, these hard walls will rub against the walls of the throat, causing great pain. They even scratch and damage the surface, which is not beneficial for recovery.
Dishes in this group are grilled meat, skewered meat, roasted meat, fried shrimp, and fried fish.
Special dishes, kumquat:
Thick and sticky dishes are also not suitable for people with sore throat. Because the throat is inflamed, it will be rough and rough, forming different protrusions. When eating thick, clogged foods, they easily get stuck. There are two possibilities: your throat is sore food this lingers. Food residue will stimulate coughing. On the other hand, special dishes are difficult to swallow. When you have tonsillitis or eustachian tube inflammation, the thickening and blockage make it even more difficult to swallow. As a result, sore throats get worse and coughs become more frequent.
Dishes with sticky and thick characteristics are egg yolks, potato soup, taro soup, and sauces containing tapioca starch.
Alcoholic drinks:
You should immediately abandon the notion that alcohol has antiseptic properties and will disinfect the throat. In fact, many types of sore throat are caused by viruses. Second, drinking alcohol does not have enough alcohol concentration to disinfect. On the contrary, they only cause more harm.
What's more harmful is that alcoholic drinks cause a burning sensation. Drinking it will increase the burning sensation in the throat. Alcoholic drinks will cause sudden changes in temperature such as drinking cold beer or cold wine. They make sore throat worse. People who are drunk often lose control of their upper respiratory muscles, secrete a lot of fluid, and have to open their mouth to breathe when sleeping. Breathing air does not go through the nose but goes straight through the mouth, without being filtered, warmed or humidified, which will increase the severity of sore throat. Therefore, it should be avoided.
Recommended
Looking at the list above, I see that it is too much. So why avoid it all? What to eat? Please choose from the following dishes.
Food is available vitamin C:
Foods high in C are natural fruits. Oranges, lemons, grapefruits, guavas, apples, mangoes, pineapples, and mangosteens are rich in vitamin C. Avoid eating these foods. Natural vitamin C is much better than vitamin C in pharmaceutical preparations or functional foods. If you have a sore throat, you should grind it to eat so it will be easier to eat and eat more.
Foods containing zinc:
Zinc is a multi-purpose trace element. We often hear that zinc has an effect on male sexual power. That's true, but it's not enough. Zinc is also a trace element that increases resistance, especially in cases of viral infections. Therefore, taking advantage of eating foods with zinc when you have a sore throat will be very beneficial.
Foods rich in zinc include: oysters, clams, white radish, coconut milk.
Honey really suitable for people with sore throat. There's nothing better than every morning when you wake up and have a sore throat, just eat a small spoonful of pure honey. It will be very beneficial. But remember, it's standard honey, not mixed honey.
Honey is suitable because honey is soothing and will help you relieve a sore throat. Honey has antibacterial properties, so it is beneficial to fight bacteria and viruses. Honey has immunogenic properties, so it is beneficial to create strong resistance. With such effects, it is recommended to eat real honey appropriately.
Mint:
Peppermint has the effect of clearing mucous membranes full of fluid. If you have a sore throat accompanied by a cough, a sore throat accompanied by phlegm, a sore throat accompanied by itching, and a sore throat accompanied by a runny nose, mint is an option.
You should not eat mint but use mint in the form of mint candy. Just take about 2-3 pills a day and you will immediately feel your throat soothe. If you have a runny nose, mint is also very beneficial. Because immediately, this herb constricts blood vessels and clears the nose immediately. Not suitable for people with sore throat in the red, painful stage.
Apple cider vinegar:
Apple cider vinegar is a food that should be on the list of people with sore throat. Apple cider vinegar is acidic, so it has the effect of killing or inhibiting bacteria. Vinegar stimulates immune proliferation, so it is beneficial to prevent superinfection. People with chronic sore throat are very suitable for this dish.
You can use apple cider vinegar in food, cooking dishes, soups, and noodles. Or you can also use it mixed with honey: 2 spoons of apple cider vinegar + 1 spoon of honey. Divided into 2 times, breakfast once and dinner once is very good.
Smooth, cool dishes:
Sore throat is characterized by burning. There are additional symptoms of pain when swallowing and speaking. Therefore, foods that relieve burning pain are very useful. If they are cool, smooth, easy to eat, and reduce mechanical friction, then nothing can compare. Cool, smooth soups are suitableWhen you have a sore throat, you should eat cool soups such as spinach, jute, sweet potato, gourd, luffa,...
The benefits of these soups are to soothe the burning sensation deep in your throat. This soup is also very easy to eat, easy to swallow, and does not make you uncomfortable when eating or chewing. The dish is slippery so it does not mechanically damage the surface, helping your throat feel softer.
Cool dishes are usually soup with fresh spinach, jute, ginseng, sweet potato, gourd, squash, and luffa. Very beneficial.
(Dr. Yen Lam Phuc_suckhoedoisong.vn: http://viendinhduong.vn/vi/dinh-duong-hop-ly/thuc-pham-nen-va-khong-nen-dung-khi-viem-hong.html)