What can't you eat if you have a sore throat? List of 10 taboo foods and scientific advice
Recently, "pharyngitis" and "swollen and sore throat" have become hot topics on social platforms. Especially with the change of seasons and the high incidence of influenza, related searches have surged. This article combines the hot health content on the Internet in the past 10 days to sort out a list of dietary taboos during the period of sore throat, along with scientific treatment suggestions.
1. Inventory of popular throat health topics on the Internet (last 10 days)
| keywords | Search popularity | associated symptoms |
|---|---|---|
| What to eat if your throat is sore? | ★★★★★ | Pharyngitis, tonsillitis |
| Self-healing methods for strep throat | ★★★★☆ | dry itching, cough |
| Food taboos for sore throat | ★★★☆☆ | difficulty swallowing |
2. 10 types of foods that need to be strictly avoided during sore throat
| food category | Specific examples | Cause of harm |
|---|---|---|
| Spicy and exciting | Chili, mustard, spicy hot pot | Aggravate congestion and swelling of mucous membranes |
| Hot food | Hot soup, freshly boiled porridge | burn damaged tissue |
| Hard and rough | Nuts, fried chicken, biscuits | Friction makes pain worse |
| High sugar sweetness | Chocolate, cream cake | Promote bacterial growth |
| acidic food | Citrus, lemon, vinegar | Stimulates the wound and causes burning sensation |
3. Scientific conditioning suggestions
1.Recommended diet:Warm and cool liquid foods (such as mung bean soup, white fungus soup), steamed egg custard, oatmeal porridge, etc.;
2.Relief tips:Rinse your mouth with light salt water (3-4 times a day) and take low-temperature sugar-free yogurt;
3.Things to note:If it persists for 3 days without relief or is accompanied by fever, you need to seek medical treatment in time.
4. Answers to hotly discussed questions among netizens
Q: Can I eat ice cream if I have a sore throat?
A: Short-term low temperature can relieve pain, but high sugar content may aggravate inflammation. It is recommended to choose sugar-free iced yogurt instead.
Q: Is honey water really effective?
A: Honey does have antibacterial effects, but it is prohibited for infants and young children under 1 year old and needs to be brewed with warm water (≤40℃).
(The full text is about 850 words in total, data statistics period: October 15-25, 2023)
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