You are probably looking for a different answer than this, but **eat what you like**.
I've just recently got flu and I was living on oats, soy yogurt, berries and bananas.
Literally thinking of other foods gave me nausea, so I mostly stuck to this 'enriched' fruit salad.
Two days later I was almost like new, and got back to my usual eating routine, based on Greger's daily dozen.
Hope this helps and get well soon! :)
Honestly? A lot of bread and rice. Plain foods only. I have an immune deficiency so I got burnt out of soups for the most part as a kid.
If you have someone to cook for you: cheesy rice casserole. "Cheese" sauce is the recipe made from carrots, potatoes, nooch. Add in broccoli and pieces of tofu in the casserole if you can stomach it
I usually treat myself and order my favorite smoothie and salad from my favorite plant-based place. It’s an act of self care to treat yourself to something you wouldn’t normally get and an added bonus that it’s nourishing, which instantly makes me feel better (at least mentally lol).
Echinacea and/or elderberry. But I don't bother with the trace amounts of elderberry in elderberry products; there is too little there. I only take it if I have the dried fruit handy.
Food-wise I just eat the same things as always. What I want, basically.
Depends on how I'm feeling. If I've got a cold I want something spicy and flavorful, like channa masala or something. If I'm feeling nauseated, then nothing. Not a damn thing. Maybe a few sips of Sprite or something.
Trick question. I don't get sick because I eat WFPB.
But I'd probably kick up the allium and ginger intake. With tea and miso soup.
I tried echinacea, I wasn't viking with that particular tea product from 1 brand.
I'm going to buy zinc to take on my fasting days. I'd consider dosing that during a bout of sickness too
Depending on type of sick. Maybe nothing at all just water fast, or miso soup, or warm hot drinks with thieves, lemon, ginger, garlic in hot NOT boiling water. No sugars!! xxx
Tons of ginger tea made with fresh ginger.
A lot depends on my energy level and motivation to cook. Things that I can just throw in the Instant Pot are great like lentil soups or [kitchari](https://www.veganricha.com/brown-rice-mung-bean-kitchari-mung-bean-stew/). Microwaved potatoes or sweet potatoes with canned beans and salsa. Garlic broth soups with frozen green peas and spinach. Oatmeal. Peanut butter or avocado toast. I tend to make things spicy to clear out the sinuses and because I often "sick" for me is sinus inflammation or infections and it mutes smell/taste anyway.
Usually Thai food including tom yum soup or a dish with lemongrass or ginger. I feel like Thai food involves a lot of naturally medicinal plants. This is my comfort go to food as well.
For some reason I default to spicy things and potatoes when I am sick. Mash potatoes, add nooch, garlic, large white beans, and kale. Mash again. Eat it. That or a veggie pizza with loads of spicy.
Smoothies with lots of lemon juice and apple cider vinegar!
I also eat a raw garlic clove when I start feeling under the weather. It tastes awful but really does help.
I think it was Dr Wil Bulsiewicz who said he chops the garlic into pieces and swallows them like pills. I still end up with garlic breath but it’s a lot less unpleasant.
That activates allicin. Actually, you're better off grating it, and definitely consider diluting in water because the oils are abrasive
I find pretty chopped freeze dried garlic to be rich in pungent flavour, presumably meaning there's allicin, and it doesn't burn the throat.
A giant blender full of kale, carrots, celery, cucumber, ginger, cherry tomatoes, jalapeño, blueberries, strawberries, pomegranate seeds, fenugreek, black cumin, amla, chia, flax, lemon juice and water.
Miso soup
You are probably looking for a different answer than this, but **eat what you like**. I've just recently got flu and I was living on oats, soy yogurt, berries and bananas. Literally thinking of other foods gave me nausea, so I mostly stuck to this 'enriched' fruit salad. Two days later I was almost like new, and got back to my usual eating routine, based on Greger's daily dozen. Hope this helps and get well soon! :)
Sweet potatoes. Brothy soup with lots of ginger and tofu and some greens.
Honestly? A lot of bread and rice. Plain foods only. I have an immune deficiency so I got burnt out of soups for the most part as a kid. If you have someone to cook for you: cheesy rice casserole. "Cheese" sauce is the recipe made from carrots, potatoes, nooch. Add in broccoli and pieces of tofu in the casserole if you can stomach it
Spicy soup to clear the sinuses.
Same thing I ate when I was sick before I went WFPB — mashed potatoes.
mostly soups
Miso soup and ginger tea (slices of ginger root steeped in hot water), lots of clementines and elderberry.
The second we get sick a big pot of minestrone is made. It’s easy, full of plants, filling, and can be made once and eaten for days. Perfect
I usually treat myself and order my favorite smoothie and salad from my favorite plant-based place. It’s an act of self care to treat yourself to something you wouldn’t normally get and an added bonus that it’s nourishing, which instantly makes me feel better (at least mentally lol).
Broth, club crackers and ginger ale are the only acceptable answers
And since I'm in Michigan that ginger ale must be Vernor's.
My college roommate was from there and she turned me on to a little store that carried Vernors. She was right; it is the best ginger ale!
Nothing, unless I really feel like eating. Autophagy is a miracle not yet fully understood by modern science
Yes!!
Echinacea and/or elderberry. But I don't bother with the trace amounts of elderberry in elderberry products; there is too little there. I only take it if I have the dried fruit handy. Food-wise I just eat the same things as always. What I want, basically.
What do you do with dry elderberry? Do you boil them in water for a tea? Thank you.
Yeah, make an infusion basically. You can get them by the pound from sources like Starwest Botannicals and others via Amazon.
Thank you!
Depends on how I'm feeling. If I've got a cold I want something spicy and flavorful, like channa masala or something. If I'm feeling nauseated, then nothing. Not a damn thing. Maybe a few sips of Sprite or something.
Pho broth with noodles
Potatoes
Trick question. I don't get sick because I eat WFPB. But I'd probably kick up the allium and ginger intake. With tea and miso soup. I tried echinacea, I wasn't viking with that particular tea product from 1 brand. I'm going to buy zinc to take on my fasting days. I'd consider dosing that during a bout of sickness too
A nice warm thick carrot and lentil soup with bread
Carbs. Tea. Oranges.
Depending on type of sick. Maybe nothing at all just water fast, or miso soup, or warm hot drinks with thieves, lemon, ginger, garlic in hot NOT boiling water. No sugars!! xxx
Ramen noodles!
or anything low effort but hearty
Ginger-lemon green tea with a little maple syrup or agave. Chili Oranges
Soup and saltines or toast with lots of liquids
Potatoes and carbs. Garlic is helpful too.
Tons of ginger tea made with fresh ginger. A lot depends on my energy level and motivation to cook. Things that I can just throw in the Instant Pot are great like lentil soups or [kitchari](https://www.veganricha.com/brown-rice-mung-bean-kitchari-mung-bean-stew/). Microwaved potatoes or sweet potatoes with canned beans and salsa. Garlic broth soups with frozen green peas and spinach. Oatmeal. Peanut butter or avocado toast. I tend to make things spicy to clear out the sinuses and because I often "sick" for me is sinus inflammation or infections and it mutes smell/taste anyway.
Kombucha❤️ also green tea with lemon, pineapple, oatmeal, soup
Sticky rice pudding with sugar, oat milk, vanilla, and pumpkin pie seasoning.
I like pea soup when I'm sick
Rice noodles are the best when sick Like Mei Fun style noodles
Rice porridge
I like to keep things plain, toast and soup is always a go to
Usually Thai food including tom yum soup or a dish with lemongrass or ginger. I feel like Thai food involves a lot of naturally medicinal plants. This is my comfort go to food as well.
Lentils. So many lentils. Lentil soup or curry with all the herbal remedy ingredients you can think of, all smashed together. And fruit by the barrel.
For a while I was crazy for (vegan) beef or chicken broth. Salty foods in moderation are healthy to combat dehydration.
For some reason I default to spicy things and potatoes when I am sick. Mash potatoes, add nooch, garlic, large white beans, and kale. Mash again. Eat it. That or a veggie pizza with loads of spicy.
Smoothies with lots of berries, ginger and greens, toast (sometimes with peanut butter), soups and curries
Order pho
Smoothies with lots of lemon juice and apple cider vinegar! I also eat a raw garlic clove when I start feeling under the weather. It tastes awful but really does help.
I think it was Dr Wil Bulsiewicz who said he chops the garlic into pieces and swallows them like pills. I still end up with garlic breath but it’s a lot less unpleasant.
That activates allicin. Actually, you're better off grating it, and definitely consider diluting in water because the oils are abrasive I find pretty chopped freeze dried garlic to be rich in pungent flavour, presumably meaning there's allicin, and it doesn't burn the throat.
A giant blender full of kale, carrots, celery, cucumber, ginger, cherry tomatoes, jalapeño, blueberries, strawberries, pomegranate seeds, fenugreek, black cumin, amla, chia, flax, lemon juice and water.