How to Fight Off a Cold or Flu with These Foods

Borrowed from;  RealAge Tip By Mehmet C. Oz, MD, and Michael F. Roizen, MD
To keep fever, sneezing, runny nose, and other flu/cold symptoms away, do your daily 30-minute walk & eat these five foods to give your immune system a boost.
1. Use the power of healthful protein. One of protein's many jobs is pumping up your ability to make disease-busting antibodies. Stay away from fatty red meats & full-fat dairy foods (they promote heart-hazardous inflammation). Pick up healthy-fat, high-protein foods, such as nonfat dairy, skinless white-meat chicken, ground turkey breast, tofu, fish, nuts, and beans. 2. Load up on colorful foods like: Oranges, strawberries, bell peppers, broccoli, tomatoes, kiwifruit, which are loaded with vitamin C and flavonoids that help your body churn out protective immune cells. 3. Sip hot tea. People who drink 5 cups of black tea daily produce 10 times more virus-fighting interferon than coffee drinkers.
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4. Eat 100% whole-grain cereals. Oatmeal, shredded wheat, and other whole-grain cereals deliver three nutrients proved to enhance immunity: selenium, zinc, and beta glucan. 5. Spice up your chicken soup. If you get the flu or cold, chicken soup shortens its duration by 50%. One theory about why: Cooked chicken releases cysteine, an amino acid that's chemically similar to acetylcysteine, a bronchitis drug. Up the soup's knockout punch by using infection-fighting garlic and hot red pepper, which contains capsaicin, a powerful decongestant.
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