With the weather getting colder, this Myth Buster focuses on winter illnesses, and chicken soup is on the table.
I'm sure many of you take comfort in a hot bowl when you're not feeling well, so here's what i found out about the common "go-to" remedy and other things we've all heard can help fight a cold.
On cold fall and winter days, a bowl of soup sounds soothing, and if you're sick you may want to make it chicken soup.If you put vegetables and carrots and all that good stuff in there it does relieve you.
Common cold myth: chicken soup fights colds.
-That's true.
-According to Dr. Saria Saccocio with Danville Regional Medical Center, chicken soup thins mucus which opens airways. It also helps prevent dehydration like other fluids.
Fluids are key, but is food? Does feed a cold starve a fever mean you should eat more to get over illness?
According to Dr. Soccocio, "No, I don't think so, not necessarily. It depends on what you eat, I would suppose."
-That's false.
-Dr. Saccocio says eating nutritious foods are a big part of keeping our immune system strong, but eating more is not a key to cold recovery.
Finally, it is easy to let exercise fall to the wayside when the weather gets colder, but make time for it...
Myth: exercise fights infection.
-That's a fact.
-It reduces stress, boosts our immune system, and reduces the number of colds we get.
-Don't do intense exercise activities when you have a fever or severe respiratory symptoms because that may make your illness worse.
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