Chicken broth, honey and lemons in the fight against colds

The beginning of the cold season, we open purchases TeraFlu, ibuprofen and other medications, which at the first cold symptoms will be taken in shock doses. British doctors warn against hobbies such methods. According to their studies, between 50 and 70 percent of those with colds, sore throats and chests, with respiratory infections, actively took ibuprofen, paracetamol or a combination of them, a month later returned to their original morbid state, but with a worsening of symptoms . This happens because ibuprofen, as an anti-inflammatory drug, relieves catarrhal inflammation, but the body responds by lowering the immunity to infection.
Studies of physicians in a number of countries in Europe, the United States and Israel have clearly indicated the positive role of some of the everyday simple dishes and foods that they can play to strengthen the body's immunity against colds.

Let's start with the "Jewish penicillin" - so jokingly called the chicken soup. For thousands of years, careful, troublesome mothers and grandmothers rushed to cook chicken soup at the first sign of colds of children and grandchildren, convincing them that there is no more effective means. And it always helped! The thing is, in the chicken soup contains carnosine, which has a powerful immunostimulating effect. The hot liquid itself already improves the movement of mucus in the respiratory tract, and hot, appetizing smell, chicken broth reduces the symptoms of cold and flu - a runny nose, cough, sore throat. Chicken soup absorbed a unique combination of nutrients and vitamins. Organosulfides, stimulating the production of immune cells, fall into the broth of onions. From carrots - vitamin A and carotenoids, they increase the level of antibodies in the body. The level of interferon and neutrophils is regulated by vitamin C. The lymphocytes are affected by vitamin E. Chicken meat has a lot of zinc, which is good for the immune system. Numerous tests have unequivocally confirmed that regular chicken broths are ill on average two times less often than those who ignore it.

In many cases, with pain in the throat or coughs, recommend honey, lemon or a mixture of this sweet couple. You do not need to brush aside these tips. His reputation for this "heavy artillery" against the cold deserved its one hundred percent result. Logically everything is clear: honey is a pantry of numerous vitamins and trace elements, which have a beneficial effect on metabolic processes. And in lemon, except for vitamins (especially lemon became famous thanks to vitamin C), a lot of phytoncides, which contribute to internal mobilization of forces in the body to fight the attacking infection. The joint application of lemon with honey reinforces the repeatedly effectiveness of this drug. There are hundreds of recipes on which you can prepare from them therapeutic or preventive remedies. But meticulous pedantic researchers wanted to test different types of honey. In Israel, the children were given 10 grams of honey for half an hour before bedtime. After a few days, the frequency of cough decreased, the sleep of children improved. At the same time, it was noted that the result was more positive from honey than from the currently popular dextromethorphan. Experts drew attention to the fact that antibacterial effects of any honey in inflammation of the throat are almost identical in effect, although even the king of honey was tested - the honey of Manuka from New Zealand. When the honey is heated, for example, in a hot drink, the bactericidal properties are lost. When using honey and lemon, honey should not be melted, and the lemon should not be peeled. And we will wipe the nose of the entire pharmacological industry with its pills and drops.