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Who does not know it? Constant exhaustion following a cold. Various foods can provide relief and help you get fit once more.
Frankfurt – Cough, runny nose and sore throat? Then you, like so many people at the moment, are affected by a cold. Because with autumn and the colder season, colds come back and cause trouble. And it often takes weeks until you feel completely fit and recovered once more.
The right diet can help. Like the show Service time from WDR explains, the right foods can’t cure exhaustion following an infection, but they can help you feel fitter once more.
Healthy foods: 30 different vegetables per week
You can access vegetables, herbs and seeds. You should eat 30 different types of vegetables per week. After an infectious disease, the body needs material to develop an immune response. A variety of vitamins and substances are necessary. White flour, sugar, sausage and ready meals should be avoided.
Eat these foods in quantities: vegetables, herbs, seeds. It is better to avoid these foods: white flour, sugar, sausage, ready meals
Proper nutrition to combat exhaustion: “Chilli tends to improve your mood”
Vitamins B, C and D are particularly important for the body. But the minerals magnesium, zinc and selenium should also be consumed in abundance. However, vitamins that are found in food are better than combination preparations in tablet form. Nutritional doctor Matthias Riedl also explains it on WDR: “There is only an intake recommendation for vitamin D, but only if there is a deficiency.” Among other things, caution should be taken once morest overdoses when it comes to dietary supplements. In addition, indigestible fiber is particularly important. They harden people once morest infectious diseases.
Anyone who suffers from exhaustion following an infectious disease should pay attention to proper nutrition. (Symbolic image) © Imago/Yuliia Blazhuk
Red lentils, for example, contain B vitamins as well as zinc, selenium and magnesium, making them a real all-rounder. Peppers, on the other hand, contain a lot of vitamin C, mushrooms provide some vitamin D and fennel contains magnesium and fiber. Hot spices also have positive effects. As Riedl explains, chili and pepper have a positive effect on the psyche: “Chili tends to make us feel better.” In addition, ginger and horseradish have a biological, antibiotic effect once morest viruses, bacteria and fungi.
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