A team headed by lung specialist Stephen Rennard at the Nebraska
Medical Center found that in a test tube chicken soup suppressed
inflammation, which causes many cold symptoms. But chicken soup isn’t
the only food that might help heal you from the inside out. Here’s a
daily menu based on experts’ recommendations.
Breakfast
Breakfast
- Orange juice or half a grapefruit. Both are great sources of vitamin C, which could shorten the duration of colds.
- Whole-grain cereal or bread. Whole grains are rich in vitamins and minerals, including zinc and vitamin E, which can help keep your immune system healthy.
- Black tea. Real tea leaves (not herbal) have substances that speed the action of cilia, the tiny hairlike cells lining your nasal passages, helping them expel germs.
Mid-morning snack
