No oranges when you have a cough?
This taboo is based on the belief that fruit acids of oranges that irritate the throat and cause gastroesophageal reflux, which can trigger or aggravate a cough. These are two unrelated misconceptions.
First of all, oranges do contain fruit acids, but the fact is that food mainly irritates the digestive tract, while cough receptors are located in the respiratory tract. So that food do not trigger coughing as long as there is no choking when eating.
Gastroesophageal reflux disease can also trigger coughing, but this disease is caused by gastroesophageal structural and functional problems and oranges are not the main cause of the disease.
No cold drinks when you have a cough?
A normal diet does not affect the body's core body temperature, much less increase the risk of getting sick.
When cold food entering the digestive tract, there will be minimal irritation to the respiratory tract. Compared to cold drinks, where the irritation of cold air will be more pronounced.
No meat when you have a cough?
Meat foods do not stimulate the production of phlegm which is mainly produced by the secretion of cupped cells of the respiratory mucosa with the inflammation of the respiratory tract.
Unless you have an allergic reaction to meat, food absorbed in the digestive tract does not trigger respiratory inflammation to produce excessive secretions.
No eggs or seafood when you have a cough?
Eggs and seafood foods are common types of allergenic foods, so there is a probability of recurrent coughing and wheezing after eating them. However, if you are not allergic to these foods, coughing is not a contraindication.
No sweet food when you have a cough?
In fact, instead of triggering or aggravating a cough, sweet food may be able to reduce it. Some studies have shown that gargling with sucrose water can increase the cough threshold.
No milk when you have a cough?
People may feel that sputum thicking and difficult to swallow after drinking milk. This is due to the thick texture of milk, which can also be produced by other similarly thick liquids.
No spicy or fried foods when you have a cough?
The increase in secretion triggered by spicy food stimulation is transient and does not permanently stimulate the production of sputum.
We need to know that cough receptors are mainly located in the respiratory tract and not in the gastrointestinal tract, so that food has little effect on coughing.Coughing, as a neurological reflex process, is a self-protective mechanism of the body to maintain a clean airway.
