Hello and welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition.

By now, we are well into the cold and flu season.

And you may have already caught a bugger too.

There's definitely some icky stuff going around already. And maybe

you're being proactive. You're taking an extra vitamin or some sort of supplement to boost

your immune system. Or maybe you've stocked up on extra hand sanitizer. No matter what precautions

we take, we still might end up fighting off a pesky

cold or flu bug this time of year. And that's why we want to help you be prepared to handle

whatever might come your way this colder flu season using real food nutrition. And of course,

you can use these tips if you have a family member that's sick

as well. So take a moment to think about a time when you've been sick with a cold or flu bug.

What foods do you crave? Or do you just lose your appetite altogether? I think it's extremely common when you're feeling ill

to just not really want to eat anything or maybe carbohydrates are the only thing that sounds good.

Yeah, comfort foods, right? Exactly. Maybe nothing sounds good or maybe you have an upset stomach

or nausea. And in that case it's

really hard to get anything in so today we are going to be focused on foods to eat when you're

sick your body is under a lot of stress so it's more important than ever to nourish yourself

with healing foods and keep out the foods that just add further stress.

And by doing this, I think it can really reduce the severity and the duration of the illness as well.

But before we go any further, let's take a minute to introduce ourselves.

I am Brittany Vincent. I'm a registered and licensed

dietitian. I have three little kids at home, so they're always bringing things home. And inevitably,

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