Art of Diet

Diet While Having Flu

A well-sustained immune system enhances your body to flight infection. During flu pick time your diet should contain great variety of colourful fruits and vegetables, legumes, fish and lean meat. These foods contain phytochemicals, which boost your health.

If you have flu you should focus on eating foods that improve your immune system, so you can recover quickly. Flu is caused by viral infection and ginger is a natural anti-viral, so it helps to fight off illness. Ginger has been used for centuries to relieve a sore throat and loosen up congestion due to a cold.

Consuming grapefruits, oranges, lemons and lime enhances your immune system.  Also minerals like selenium and zinc keep your immune system durable. The following protein- rich foods contain these minerals meat, nuts, beans, seeds, eggs, dairy and fish. Vitamin B12 a powerful immune booster, you can get it by eating meat, fish, eggs and milk.

Throughout having flu you need to drink plenty of liquid. The grandmother’s chicken soup contains valuable nutrients; proteins, vegetables `and liquid.  So go for it!

Once you recovered from flu fill your diet with fruits, vegetables, legumes, eggs and lean meat to get your health back to strong again.

Eta Mama’s Chicken Soup

This chicken soup contains proteins, vegetables and lemon.

Ingredients for 4 persons:

Chicken breast cubed	2
Carrots chopped	3
Parsnips chopped	2
Celeriac sticks chopped	2
Tomato chopped	1
Green pepper chopped	1/2
Garlic chopped	3 cloves
Salt	Up to taste
Tarragon	1 tsp
Bay leaves	3
Freshly squeezed lemon juice	1
Water	1litre
Butter	1 tbsp

·      Place the chicken breast cubes in 500ml water season it with salt and pepper cook it for 30 minutes.

·      Melt the butter in a medium size soup dish

·      Add the vegetables and stir them for 5 minutes

·      Pour 500 ml water, season it with salt, tarragon and bay leaves

·      Add the cooked chicken soup

·      Cook the soup for 15 minutes

·      Finally add the lemon juice and serve it