What to eat with coronavirus: TOP 5 foods that can save the lungs

Coronavirus attacks Ukrainians. This week, the record was broken for the incidence of not only the autumn, but also the spring wave. Almost 19,000 people fell ill on Wednesday. Our medical system starts to burst at the seams, ambulances line up under hospitals or cruise through the city and suburbs in search of free space.

In such a situation, the rescue of drowning people may be the work of the drowning people themselves. It is important to know how to help yourself and your loved ones if the coronavirus knocks on your house. And food can be an important part of this help. After all, some products contain substances that can support the functioning of the main target organ of COVID-19 - the lungs. So what to eat with coronavirus? Doctors told our site about this: nutritionist, medical blogger, rehabilitation therapist, author of the book "COVID-19: What to Do?" Boris Skachko and naturopathic physician Elena Svitko.

Foods That Can Save Your Lungs

1. Eggs. Raw yolk contains dipalmitoyl lecithin. It helps the lungs surfactant to form. This substance prevents the alveoli from sticking together, which are most affected by coronavirus and are responsible for gas exchange in the lungs. So eat it yourself and give your children a dish like eggnog. It is very simple to prepare it. It is necessary to separate the white from the yolk, and beat the white with sugar. It is important to thoroughly wash the eggshells before these, so as not to become a victim of salmonellosis.

2. Lard, butter. Our lungs are very fond of animal fat. They are a real fat trap. Therefore, in order for them to function normally, you need to eat fatty foods. A piece of bacon, a sandwich with butter - must be in your diet.

True, such food cannot be eaten at temperatures above 38 degrees. If there is no temperature, but the person still does not really want to eat, you can make a light chicken broth (a source of easily digestible proteins, which are necessary for building immune cells) and add a slice to it butter. Alternatively, you can make a light cream soup from pumpkin, chicken, cream. And again add a little butter to it. Attention! It must be of high quality, at least 82.5% fat.

3. Fatty sea fish

Polyunsaturated fatty acids take part in the formation of membranes of the walls of the alveoli, which, as we already wrote, are responsible for gas exchange and suffer from coronavirus. An excellent source of them is oily sea fish. For example, mackerel, herring, herring, capelin.

4. Pine cone jam

The gum secreted by young pine cones is an excellent natural antibiotic. Also, pine cone jam is excellent for the discharge of phlegm. And this is an excellent prevention of the development of pneumonia.

5. Greens

Green onions, spinach, arugula, parsley, etc. - must be in the diet of those who are ill with covid. The fact is that greens are a rich source of chlorophyll. And he participates in the process of detoxification of the body. Thanks to this, toxins are better removed from the lungs, that is, they are well cleansed. That is what we need for recovery.

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