Apart from woolen clothes, people should consume heat producing food items to beat the chill. PHOTO: FILE
Avani Agarwal, product manager, Food Cloud website, shares a list of top five heat producing foods for winter:
Garlic: Not only does garlic act as a cholesterol-lowering agent, it is also a brilliant heat producing food. Garlic contains properties that help fight the flu and other diseases such as bronchitis and asthma.
Ginger: It contains gingerols and shogaols that have thermogenic properties that help keep you warm. It helps to cure common cold and it has been effectively used to relieve sore throat. It is also used as a herbal remedy to relieve headaches and nausea.
Meat: Red meat contains iron, which stimulates the thyroid hormone to increase heat production.
Honey: It is an antimicrobial agent which has been used to treat several ailments since ancient times.
Lemon: It is a very good source of Vitamin C, which helps to build immunity to fight against common cold, cough and seasonal flu.
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Flu and colds are not seasonal, they are there all the time, in colder weather our body spends more energy trying to keep warm and the immune system lacks, especially for the weak and very young, to keep up with the invaders. Sure these things do help but you have to have them for an extended periods in order for them to be effective. Washing your hands and exercising and eating right would help, however a lot of people cannot afford all that and therein lies the problem.
This is nothing new or revealing but same old Hakimi talks. To increase metabolism there are spices which include turmeric, cayenne peppers, coffee and tea (without milk and sugar), alcohol and mostly physical activity. It is the sloth, laziness and lack of hard work that we can do without.
Suggest a good meal which contains all these heat producing food items What about Mutton karahi containing Ginger and Garlic and lemon followed by green tea containing honey ... or honey tea