Dietitian Suggests Home Remedies To Prevent Cold And Cough In Winter

Are you or someone in your family suffering from cold and cough? It’s really in the air this time. The season change tends to make our bodies susceptible to these common infections. While medications are readily available to treat the common cold and cough, you know better it still takes time and it’s difficult to function with the ongoing symptoms. If cold and cough alone were not enough to tucker us out, fatigue, drowsiness, body ache, fever, headache blocked nose and scratchy throat make it all the worse. Are you also struggling with any of these symptoms? Let us help you out. 

Our kitchen is a Pandora’s Box of some incredible foods that may miraculously make you feel better. Dietitian Tanvee Tutlani, on her Instagram page, ‘dietsmart_tanveetutlani’, suggested some home remedies that may be quite helpful in relieving the symptoms of cold and cough along with the medications and may also help you to recover faster. These foods may also help to prevent cold and cough, naturally.  

Here’re 4 Home Remedies To Prevent Cold And Cough: 

1.     Vitamin C-Rich Foods: 

Dietitian Tanvee Tutlani advised consuming citrus fruits for a mid-meal snack. Vitamin C is known to boost immunity and citrus fruits have the nutrient in abundance. Here are some citrus fruits you can add to your diet. 

2.     Ginger Water: 

Ginger is known for its powerful antibiotic and antibacterial properties. That’s why many of us add ginger to tea to soothe our troubling throats. Instead of consuming too much caffeine, make warm ginger water and sip on it throughout the day. Here are the various benefits of drinking ginger water. 

3. Garlic Soup: 

A warm soup instantly warms us up and comforts us in times of sickness, don’t you agree? Make your choice of chicken or vegetable soup but don’t forget to add lots of garlic, and also ginger to reap the health benefit of the spices. 

4. Turmeric Milk 

This popular drink needs no introduction. Turmeric milk is prized for its superb health-benefitting properties, not just in India but all across the globe. The antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties of turmeric combined with warm milk offer much relief from seasonal infections. Just add a pinch of turmeric to a cup of warm milk and drink for good health.  
 

These home remedies may sure help in quick recovery from cold and cough but they can just as well work wonders in preventing infections. Dietitian Tanvee Tutlani claims to personally adopt these rituals daily to prevent cold and cough at home. 

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