HOW TO...RECIPES FOR FIGHTING 'FLU

One of the biggest problems with flu viruses is that the appetite wanes but one needs to eat in order to get better.  

These popular recipes from 67goingon50 are easy to digest and help restore nutrients, boosting the body's ability to fight a bug. 

Savoury Egg Custard: perfect for the sickbed

Savoury Custard: Wonder Cure  strongly recommended, easily prepared delicious high protein dish which works wonders on recalcitrant grannies, grizzly toddlers and guys who aren't coping well with 'man-flu'. Prevents dehydration.  

Medicinal Ginger Tea, relieves nausea and stomach pains; soothes a throat 

         Throat-soothing Fruit Smoothie: cools down a flaming throat

Big Chicken Soup for invalids Even if the bug hasn't struck, it's wise to make a big batch of this slow-cooked wonder and freeze it in individual portions.  It's a godsend when the invalid is ready for solid food or a body feels a 'cold is coming on'

'Big' Chicken Soup: no tins or preservatives, just easily digested goodness

Big Beef Soup for invalids  Another to make a big batch of.  A slow-cooked wonder, it freezes well in individual portions for easily digested nutrients when ill.   

Remember: the best way to recover from 'flu is rest, rest and more rest.  Also, keep warm and drink plenty of fluids. 

Also (with help from WebMD):

• try a hot bath for aches and pains
• for sore throat, gargle with hot heavily salted water or neat lemon juice, both of which can kill the bugs causing the problem
• sit in a bathroom filled with steam from a bathtub scented with a little menthol or eucalyptus oil 
• natural throat lozenges can soothe soreness 

Visit doctor if suffering from....

• earache or drainage from ear
• pain in face or forehead plus thick yellow/green mucus for more than a week
• temperature 100.4 F or higher in an infant less than 3 months of age
• temperature higher than 102 F in older children or adults
• hoarseness, sore throat, or a cough that won’t go away
• wheezing
• shortness of breath
• vomiting
• symptoms that get worse or won’t go away

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