Nutrition for Colds and Flu

Do you dread the winter months knowing you will be plagued by one cold after another? How many of your Christmases have been ruined with a stuffy nose? If this sounds familiar then good nutrition can help make this a thing of the past.

The best treatment for Colds and Flu symptoms is prevention! Having said that the same natural treatments will also help you to fight off an infection more quickly. The reason why so many of us suffer from one or either of these infections throughout the winter months is because they can be caused by any one of 200 different viruses. Once infected the walls of the respiratory tract swell and produce excess mucus, therefore, causing typical cold symptoms of runny/stuffy nose etc.

Typical symptoms include

• Sore throat
• Runny nose
• Nasal congestion
• Watery eyes
• Cough
• Headache
• Fever
• Fatigue
• Poor concentration

Colds spread from person to person and are highly contagious. Coughing, sneezing or hand to hand contact will easily pass the virus on. Plus the virus can also live for several hours on the surfaces around us. So trying to avoid infection is definitely not the best strategy!

In a healthy person a cold should run its course within 7 to 10 days, if your immune system is compromised in any way, you may feel as if one cold just runs into another. As mentioned above, the main aim to improve the immune system, so that fewer or if any infections occur.

How nutrition can help with colds and flu

The main aim is to naturally boost the immune system to help prevent future infections. This will be explained fully and put into practical suggestions with recipes, advice on making good food choices in shops and when eating out in restaurants. It is possible once you have optimised your nutrition, to go through a whole winter season without one single cold or flu infection!

Call now for a no obligation free chat, to find out how nutrition can help you.

Tele: 07879 657777 or email emma@thenutritionaltherapyclinic.co.uk