Here are a few tips on how to choose the right foods for angina.
Soft Food
Of course, the choice of products with angina is rather limited. The reason is that you need to try not to eat hard and rough food, for example, fried foods and chips. Avoid dry food, food with sharp edges, because when you swallow such foods you will experience pain, and it is very difficult to swallow. Give preference to soft and smooth food. The simplest option is to skip the foods through the blender, until the puree state. In dry food to improve the swallowing process is best to add a little warm milk.
With angina, the use of foods such as pudding, cottage cheese, eggs, gelatin, bananas, oatmeal, yogurt, watermelon, cheese, pasta, mashed meat, vegetable puree, milkshakes is recommended. These products are considered soft. It is worth considering that dairy products increase the production of sputum, which can increase irritation in the throat. And although dairy products have soothing and nutritious properties, nevertheless, if the sore throat is accompanied by a cough, it is better to limit their reception.
Liquids
Paradoxical as it may sound, but with angina, it is best to drink liquids at room temperature or cool drinks. Hot food will only increase the symptoms of sore throat. Try to avoid juices with high acidity, or in which spices are contained. These juices include lemonade, tomato juice, orange (in color) juice, grapefruit juice. It is advisable to drink salted broths, because salt reduces pain when swallowing. And the most painless thing is to drink drinks through a tube.
From time to time, it is worth making cool baths in your throat - eating fruit ice cream or frozen fried potatoes, but you need to be careful not to overdo it, otherwise complications can not be avoided. Preference is also given to drinks, in which the necessary quantity contains calories - vegetable and fruit juice. Give up coffee and alcoholic beverages.
Cooking food
With sore throat it is worth forgetting about raw vegetables. Before eating foods with angina, it is best to rub them, add oil or other lubricating products, this will facilitate swallowing food. Do not eat hot and spicy food. Hot food should be cooled to room temperature.