Dukan Diet and flu

It has been tough couple of days. Bad bad flu was the reason for me not posting. Today I am on day 6 and today is my first day of Cruise phase and first PV day.Oh dear.. you would not believe how badly illness can mess up with your diet, your motivation... The key is to stay strong, because you know its all temporary and if you have been doing everything right, the results sooner or later will show.For some reason I started even adding the weight that I lost in first few days back. Although I have not been eating much, but I drank lots of fluids - lots of teas and water to keep me well hydrated, while in bed with a fever. Another thing that was not easy is related to teas you can drink. When I am ill I am used to drinking lots of herbal teas with lemon and honey, and this was not the case this time. No lemon, no honey - just organic herbal tea. It still did the job I think... I believe the excessive amount of fluid caused my unexpected weight gain. Today I am 3kg down, which is even 1kg more what Dukan calculated for me and I am feeling all positive.

Here are some suggestions:

Foods to eat while on Dukan with a flu

Drink plenty of Green Tea 

Green tea is very useful beverage to fight bacteria causing sickness and viruses. Green tea contains caffeine so studies have found that consuming 200 to 300 mg of this substance is beneficial for health while more than that may also harm. Green tea is the rich source of polyphenols that advances your stamina to fight against any kind of disease especially Flu. During winter season, green tea is very good to relax your body. Relaxing will also help you to fight flu.

Eat Chicken Soup

Chicken soup is the fluid that you can enjoy and even fights flu. Chicken soup decreases the inflammation, which causes cold and flu. It is found that other soups and fluids are also as helpful as chicken soup to beat flu. The mixture of all the vegetables and chicken in the soup blows away the symptoms of flu. When you suffer from flu, the most irritating symptom is the blockage in chest, nose and throat. Soups are the most advantageous fluids to defeat these symptoms; whereas chicken soup is especially useful to slender the mucus secretions. If you add more vegetables in the soup then the consumption of such soup boosts your energy level. Salt is also the vital ingredient in soup as sodium can stabilize the quantity of fluid in the body as well as supports hydration in your body.

Use Ginger! It is an excellent tool to kill bacteria

Ginger is the natural remedy for many diseases. This is mostly used to reduce usual pain and fever. It has the soothing property that helps you to rest when you are sick. Ginger has sesquiterpenes, which is the chemical that can eradicate rhinoviruses - most common cold viruses. Ginger will help you a lot to overcome the flu fever. Drinking tea with few tablespoons of shredded ginger root will also help you to fight flu. Chewing raw or salted ginger helps a lot to improve your digestive system, which also reduces all the problems related to your health. Fresh ginger root can fight cough and fever, which are the main reasons for flu and cold.

Garlic and Onions are better choice in flu

Garlic flavours all the foods due to which it is mostly used in every processed food in many cultures and regions. It enhances the immune system and has many remedial benefits. Garlic contains high amount of phytonutrients that has antiviral and antibiotic properties to cure the flu symptoms. Garlic is most probably added in the spicy foods like Indian foods but if you don’t want to consume spicy food then you can use the fresh garlic in the salad. Whereas, garlic is advantageous when cooked so use its small quantity in soups, casseroles and such other foods. The allicin compound present in Garlic has anti-oxidant properties that can prevent cold and reduce the life of flu. Proper quantity of garlic supplements as a medicine, cooked garlic, dry garlic powder, garlic oil or ripened garlic extract are different methods to use garlic, which is effective and safe to prevent Flu.As well, Onions and Leeks are widely used all over the world. They are common ingredients used in almost all processed foods as well as variety of salads. The flavonoids present in onion works in combination of Vitamin C to kill harmful bacteria.

Foods to avoid during flu

• Stop consuming extremely sweet items like sugar

• Ignore the junk foods that are deprived of calories like soda, candy, etc.

• Dehydration occurs due to beverages like alcohol, coffee and usual tea

• Congestion in nose, throat and chest is caused due to milk and products of milk like cheese, butter and other dairy products

• Spicy and fried foods are not digested well during flu

• Too much of salt should be ignored so as to ignore dehydration

I hope you have found find this information useful ;)
Today I am really looking forward to some veggies. Will have some cauliflower and broccoli - it is good source of vitamin C. Dreaming about chicken veggie soup... I hope I will feel better today, so will be able to post some recipes later. 
My tip to you - eat the right food and stay positive. Its all temporary! 

xo R.

p.s. sorry for messy writing. I still have not figured it out why all my text from word comes highlighted in white... still new to blogging.. still learning ;)