TRIBUN-BALI.COM – During the rainy season, the cold air makes us more susceptible to infection coughs and colds.
Citing the Mayo Clinic, a cold is a disease caused by a viral infection of the nose and throat (upper respiratory tract).
Colds usually have symptoms of cough, sore throat, stuffy nose, sneezing, lightheadedness, and fever.
If you have been attacked, avoid foods and drinks that can make your cough and cold get worse. What are those?
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Here’s a list of foods and drinks that can make you sick coughs and coldsyou’re getting worse:
1. Gula
Are you a person who likes sweet tea, candy, chocolate, and other sweet foods and drinks that contain sugar?
There are some foods that pregnant women should not eat, such as some seafood which is high in mercury.
Fact Check Quoting Firstpost, it’s better to avoid this habit when you have a cough and cold, because sugar can make the condition worse.
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According to research published in Frontiers in Immonulogy in 2017, increasing sugar intake can suppress the immune system, especially when fighting viral infections.
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