Foods that keep the body warm and good for resistance in winter

Winter is a favorable time for the development of viruses that cause coughs, runny noses, colds, fevers, sore throats, etc. Therefore, it is necessary to nourish the body to improve resistance to help prevent disease effectively.

Below are some tips to help improve the body's resistance and prevent disease in winter.

• Increase foods that keep the body warm and are good for resistance

On cold winter days, in addition to wearing warm clothes, choosing the right foods also helps increase body heat production. Foods rich in nutrients, antioxidants and immune-boosting effects will help keep the body warm in winter.

You can refer to some of the following foods:

- Ginger: Ginger contains Gingerol - a powerful antioxidant that helps improve resistance, fight inflammation, prevent and reduce inflammation symptoms. In addition, ginger has a sweet and spicy taste, warm properties and is an effective medicine to treat colds, flu, coughs, sore throats, or keep the body warm in winter.

When the weather turns cold, you can add ginger to your food, drink ginger tea, suck on ginger candy, ginger jam... to keep your body warm.

- Garlic: like ginger, garlic is also a spice with good antibacterial properties. Eating garlic will help the body increase resistance, warm the body, prevent colds and flu. Therefore, garlic should be used regularly to prepare dishes in the winter. In addition to garlic, you can also use hot spices such as chili, pepper...

- Citrus fruits : fruits such as oranges, tangerines, and grapefruits contain high levels of vitamin C and flavonoids that can increase resistance and fight disease. This is a food that should not be ignored and should be used regularly in the cold season.

In addition, you should pay attention to your eating habits and limit the use of cold foods. When you use cold foods in winter, your body will easily catch a cold. It affects your health and causes respiratory diseases such as: sore throat, cough, sore throat, cold... Therefore, you should limit the use of cold foods and add spicy foods to keep your body warm.

Eating cooked food, drinking boiled water, and keeping food clean: these are things that need attention not only in winter but also in all other seasons to ensure health. In addition, the cold and humid winter climate in the North is favorable for bacteria and viruses to grow.

When the weather turns cold, you can add ginger to your food or drink ginger tea to keep your body warm.

• Add healthy fats

Fat is always considered bad for the body and eating a lot of fat will quickly make you feel tired and sleepy. However, there are good and bad types of fat. Fats from fish, nuts, avocados, etc. are all very healthy and should be added in the cold season to help you feel full longer and full of energy. In addition, adding 1 spoon of butter every day helps keep your skin healthy, your body firm and provides energy for winter mornings.

• Drink enough water every day

In winter, the air is cold, so many people tend to drink less water and only drink when they feel thirsty. However, even when the weather is cold, the body still needs enough water to function normally and stay healthy.

In the body, water accounts for up to 70% and acts as a machine to transport white blood cells (immune cells) throughout the body. In addition, some toxins can be eliminated with water through sweat glands. And when drinking enough water, it has the effect of increasing metabolism, helping to absorb other essential nutrients better. Therefore, drinking enough water every day is extremely necessary for the body's resistance.

Note that the cold winter weather leads to a decrease in body temperature, constriction of blood vessels, and poor circulation. Therefore, you need to drink warm water to dilate blood vessels, improve blood circulation, and prevent hypothermia to avoid catching a cold.

• Exercise and physical activity

Another way to boost your immune system in winter is to make a habit of exercising regularly every day. Exercise not only helps warm the body in winter, supports more flexible muscles, but also helps eliminate toxins and improve blood circulation. Thanks to that, the body encourages the production of immune cells - white blood cells, protecting the body from disease.

Washing your hands regularly with soap and clean water can help prevent infectious diseases.

The minimum time to practice each day is about 30 minutes, at least 5 days a week. You can choose the sport you like to practice such as: walking, jogging, jumping rope, cycling, playing badminton, playing ball...

• Wash your hands often

Washing hands regularly with soap and clean water can help each person prevent infectious diseases and avoid spreading diseases to others. According to statistics from the Ministry of Health , nearly half of infectious diseases with high incidence (over 100,000 people) such as: flu, diarrhea, dengue fever, hand, foot and mouth disease, dysentery, mumps, chickenpox... are related to clean water and environmental sanitation.

Washing hands with soap also reduces diarrhea cases by nearly 50%, respiratory infections by more than 25%, and stunting by 15% in children under 5 years old. Washing hands with soap also reduces the risk of hand, foot, and mouth disease, flu, etc.

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