Best food stuffs that will suite you during cold seasons

During cold seasons people do feel so cold and some are affected even in their day to day routine, others becomes so ill. In fact there are food stuffs of which if they are being consumed effectively can help your body to generate heat that will reduce cold effects like flu  during such  seasons.
Such food stuffs are as follows:

• Juice or any other fluids for drinking 

   

  Cold and flu bugs thrive in dried-out throats and nasal passages, but drinking plenty of fluids throughout the day can help keep your mucous membranes moist so they’re better able to trap viruses. Then you can either blow them out your nose or swallow them so they’re destroyed by your stomach acids before they have a chance to make you sick. Not only can this help prevent colds, but it’s just as useful if you’re already sick.
  If you have a sore throat, sip your water hot with a bit of honey (to coat your throat) and lemon (to shrink swollen throat tissues and help kill off virus cells), or add honey and lemon to tea.
  How much should apply: At least eight glasses of water or other fluids each day, and more if you have a fever.
  Note: When choosing fruit juice, choose unsweetened varieties that do not have added sugars. To get the most vitamin C from your juice, grab some frozen juice concentrate from the freezer section and drink it within a week of mixing it up.

• Hot drinks like a soup 

  

  For starters, hot chicken soup raises the temperature in your nose and throat, creating an inhospitable environment for viruses that prefer cooler, drier climes. Next, just like a hot, steamy shower, hot, steamy soup thins out mucus so you can more easily blow it out. Studies have proved it works better at this than plain old hot water. And finally, according to a laboratory study of both homemade and store-bought soups done at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the soup inhibits white blood cells called necrophiliacs that are released in huge numbers when you have a cold. It’s the congregation of these white cells that causes a cold’s hallmark congestion.
  How much should you use:There’s no prescribed “dosage” for chicken soup, so just enjoy a steaming bowlful when you’re feeling sniffly and sneezy.
• Helpful hint: Vegetarians don’t have to miss out. In the Nebraska study, vegetable soup was just as effective for slowing neutrophil activity as soups.

• Herbal tea

  

• Honey and lemon tea – mix lemon and honey with a cup of hot water;

   

• Broth;

   

• Ginger tea.