People with laryngitis don’t know what to eat or what to avoid. Read this article from Vlux Vietnam to learn more about a suitable diet.
Laryngitis is one of the most common health problems, affecting millions of people around the world. This can cause unpleasant symptoms such as coughing, hoarseness, shortness of breath, and discomfort during most daily activities. Some foods can make laryngitis worse. Join Vlux Vietnam to learn about foods to eat and avoid to help your larynx heal quickly!
1. What should people with laryngitis eat?
Drink a lot of water
To speed up the recovery process, drinking enough water is extremely important for those with laryngitis. Every day, patients should drink at least 8 glasses of water (equivalent to about 2 litres) to provide the amount of water the body needs. This helps maintain water balance and detoxify the body.
In cases where the weather is hot or the patient is exercising a lot causing dehydration through sweat, it is very important to add the necessary amount of water to compensate. This helps limit dehydration and electrolyte imbalance, creating favourable conditions for the recovery process.
Drink a lot of water
Milk and dairy products
Thanks to the ability to supplement large amounts of protein, vitamin D and calcium for the body, milk and dairy products (low-fat types) play an important role in supporting people with laryngitis. In particular, yogurt is recommended for use, not only because of its convenience in consumption but also because it contains many beneficial bacteria that have positive effects in supporting the digestive process and minimizing reflux. stomach to the pharynx and larynx.
Milk and dairy products
Honey
Honey is considered one of the top priority foods in the diet for people with laryngitis. It is not only a familiar ingredient in cooking but also known as a natural medicine with many important effects such as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and effective cough relief.
Patients can use honey with warm water, lemon juice or orange juice to drink every day. This helps provide the body with useful nutrients and effectively supports the process of reducing inflammation and coughing.
Honey
Ginger
Using ginger regularly can help soothe a sore throat and aid in the treatment of infections because ginger has strong anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties. In addition, ginger also has the effect of enhancing immunity and resistance.
There are many ways to use ginger for patients. The simplest method is to take fresh ginger, peel it, crush it and mix it with boiling water to drink every morning. Or you can make honey ginger tea to enjoy the delicious taste and health benefits.
Ginger
Fruits and vegetables
Green vegetables and fruits such as spinach, kale, potatoes, carrots, strawberries, bananas, and papaya are rich sources of nutrients with many vitamins and minerals, helping to increase resistance and support health. Quickly reduce symptoms of the disease. When preparing vegetables, you need to cut them into small pieces and cook them to increase their chewability and digestion. At the same time, limit the use of too many spices to avoid irritating the throat area.
Fruits and vegetables
Soft food
To make eating simpler and more convenient for patients, doctors encourage people to prepare foods that are soft, liquid, and easy to chew, such as soup and porridge. Especially chicken and vegetable soup because it adds a large amount of protein necessary for the patient’s body.
Soft food
2. What should people with laryngitis not eat?
Drinks containing alcohol and caffeine
Consuming too much alcohol, beer or coffee can lead to dehydration of the body, making the throat dry, itchy and painful. Besides, those with laryngitis should also limit drinking carbonated drinks, because they can increase the risk of stomach acid reflux – One of the causes of acute and chronic laryngitis.
Drinks containing alcohol and caffeine
Greasy food
Foods that contain a lot of fat such as fried foods, stir-fried foods, etc. can irritate the throat, prolong the illness and make it difficult to restore health. In addition, they also contain a lot of harmful fats and calories, causing weight gain and negatively affecting many other organs in the body.
Greasy food
Spicy, sour, hot food
Hot and spicy foods such as chilli, pepper, mustard, curry, and hot sauce, as well as foods containing a lot of acids, can irritate the throat and affect the stomach, making laryngitis worse. should be heavier. Therefore, patients should stay away from these foods, at least until the disease is completely cured.
Spicy, sour, hot food
Foods that cause allergies
One of the extremely dangerous situations when suffering from laryngitis is eating foods you are allergic to. Not only does it increase the symptoms of laryngitis, but allergic reactions can also cause serious consequences such as glottic oedema, and difficulty breathing, and can even be life-threatening if an anaphylactic shock occurs.
Therefore, always carefully check the ingredients on the menu to see if any foods cause allergies to you. Foods that commonly cause allergies include seafood, peanuts, nuts, and cow’s milk. In addition, you need to be careful with environmental allergens such as pollen, animal dander and dust mites.
Foods that cause allergies
Laryngitis, although it seems like a small problem, actually creates many communication difficulties, in living and working. Vlux Vietnam hopes that the information from this article will help you better understand what people with laryngitis should eat and avoid, to support the treatment process more effectively.
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