feeling sick with a cold what should I eat

looopyloops

I seem to have come down with a cold, wondering what sorts of foods I should be eating to get rid of it. any suggestions?

jr1985

Anything Micro-nutrient heavy... fruits and veggies are loaded with disease fighting power! Plus veggie soup just warms you up and makes you feel better... I vote that! hope you feel better!

pastryari

I eat soup when I'm sick.

sunman00

lots and lots of vegetable soup; delicious too!

pinky_pinkster

- warm water with lemon
- lots of tea
- veggie soup
- vitamin pill
- lots of protein and iron

bellygoaway

Chicken Noodle Soup!

ChaseAlder

When I'm sick, the answer is whatever sounds good. I don't care. I'm sick.

looopyloops

thanks for the suggestions, I will make a veggie soup, have been taking vit c pills, and cold fx, have 2 days to rest and get better before I have to go to work.

Serah87

I do 1 tsp of honey and 1/4 tsp of cinnamon, mix well, 2 x's a day for several days, and the next day it's gone!!

vim_n_vigor

Depending on how sick I am and what sounds good - brothy soups like vegetable or chicken, and smoothies with bananas, pinapples and oranges are my favorites.

adm603

May sound stupid, but I try to gather enough energy for one good workout. One where I will sweat a lot. I wear a sweatshirt too. A good sweat helps get me kick started to fighting a bad cold. Then hit the soups, lots of liquids and go to bed early and rest up.

BobOki

Hey, just to go further on what others are saying, go to the store and grab IceBreakers Frost and a Sucrets, Keep munching on those all day, they will VASTLY help your throat feel better and keep your nasal passages oepned up better so you can drain faster and get better quicker! Ice Breakers Frost taste amazing and are only 2 cals each, and sucrets which are more for really sore throat are about 10 cals.

melonclarinet

Get your vitamin C. I prefer to actually eat produce containing my vitamins and minerals rather than taking pills. It seems to work better for me. When I started to feel like I was getting sick, I started eating a combination of oranges and berries spread out throughout the day and it kicked it. I've heard that your body can only absorb so much of a vitamin at a time, so spreading it out helps, but I don't know how true that is. Also, don't forget to drink lots of water to flush out your system.

looopyloops

thanks for the tips, soup is on, full of onions, garlic, shalots, celery, red pepper, green beans, carrots, some of the kale salad from costco, some tyme and cilantro, and 2 veggie bouilion cubes, should be ready in a couple hrs. regarding the good sweat, would sitting in the sauna help, saturday when I was first feeling a bit ill, I did a couple workout classes and sat in the sauna off and on for almost an hr. Should I try that again today, have a zumba class I can do this afternoon.

bemeagain27

I always have chicken noodle soup and green tea when I'm sick. Not sure if it actually makes me better or its psychological. But works every time

Whatever you do, try not to eat junk. Your body needs all the help it can get from the vitamins in vegetables and fruits.