Weird foods to fend off flu and cold season

Weird foods to fend of flu and cold season (MGN)

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - It's here - cold and flu season is among us.

As temperatures drop chances of getting sick increase.

While modern day medicine and preventative measure are a miraculous wonder it's important to keep your body as protected as possible by eating immune boosting foods.

First method to keeping your body in check is an obvious one. Drinking water loosens trapped mucus and helps us keep moving when illness dehydrates the human body.

But besides drinking around the recommended eight glasses of water a day experts advise eating some surprising foods to fight colds and the flu.

Tomatoes have a high concentration of vitamin C which fuels your immune system.

Dark chocolate is also a good go to when fighting off a cold. The heavy concentration of theobromine has been proven to alleviate coughing.

While being sick in bed may make you protest anything but warm tea and Netflix shows studies say that garlic has a reputation for being one of the best cold-curing foods.

These foods may sound odd in the circumstances but science has shown how beneficial their ingredients are to boosting the immune system.

Along with that it's also key to drink ginger and green tea for their antioxidants.



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