So it was only May end/beginning of June that I was down with a cold and got these use­ful home reme­dies. I’ve barely got over that bout (or so it seems!) and I am down with a cold again. Gosh, how I hate them!

I was going through a recent Dec­can Her­ald where I found these use­ful tips! Here they are:

Fight com­mon colds and other ill­nesses
Orange juice ~ Bell pep­pers ~ Green tea ~ Pump­kin seeds ~ Sum­mer squash ~ Apri­cots ~ Ground cinam­mon ~ Gar­lic ~ Cayenne pep­per ~ clemen­tines ~ Cloves ~ Cranberries

Gen­eral pro­duc­tiv­ity boost­ers
Salmon ~ Shrimp ~ Water ~ Turkey ~ Mus­tard greens ~ Plums ~ Cau­li­flower ~ Papaya ~ Sweet pota­toes ~ Pear

Improve digestion/sleep
Black beans ~ Bran cereal ~ Avo­cado ~ Apples ~ Brown rice ~ Onions ~ Grape­fruit ~ Pound cake ~ Cucum­ber ~ Pep­per­mint ~ Pinto beans ~ Cel­ery ~ Pineap­ple ~ Melon ~ Soy­beans ~ Gin­ger ~ Asparagus

Low fat-filling foods
Salsa ~ Egg whites ~ Veni­son ~ Whole wheat pasta ~ Yoghurt ~ Cheese ~ Milk ~ Almonds ~ Snap­per ~ Vanilla Soy milk ~ Water­melon ~ Snow peas ~ Low fat frozen yoghurt ~ Tofus ~ Pota­toes ~ Diet soda
(Pota­toes is a low fat fill­ing food? Is news to me!)

Con­trols blood pres­sure and improves heart health
Bananas ~ Dark choco­late ~ Scal­lops ~ Romaine Let­tuce ~ Olives ~ Kiwi ~ Grapes ~ Spring greens

Can­cer and long terms ill­ness pre­ven­tion
Blue­ber­ries ~ Cab­bage ~ Leeks ~ Baby porta­bel­low mush­rooms ~ Toma­toes ~ Rasp­ber­ries ~ Bro­colli ~ Rye bread ~ Brus­sel sprouts ~ Basil ~ Kale seaweed

Energy and brain foods
Brin­jals ~ Raisins ~ Hum­mus ~ Wal­nuts ~ Sun­flower seeds ~ Pita bread ~ Peanut but­ter ~ Chicken ~ Turnip leaves ~ Dou­ble beans ~ Honey ~ Figs ~ Tuna ~ Spinach ~ Lima beans ~ Corn ~ Green beans ~ Cod ~ Lemons ~ Sage

(Dis­claimer: If some of this is incor­rect, I didn’t make it up! Blame the DH. And also do your own research. :-)