Mistakes when adding orange juice, coconut water, C effervescent that every F0 makes

Not only drinking coconut water, Ms. Hoa also made her children drink 1 more cup of C effervescent, 1 cup of orange juice every day in the hope of speeding up the SARS-CoV-2 virus out of the body.

The eldest son tries very hard to drink it all but the youngest daughter always tries to hide. But hiding can’t be with Ms. Hoa, a mother who is extremely principled in life.

Not only was she supplemented with 2 liters of water of all kinds per day (not counting orange juice), she was also given a “special” diet with a lot of protein by her mother.

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“Eat a lot to have the strength to fight disease. Health it will overwhelm. I think so, but perhaps because of feeding my child, especially drinking too much fruit juice, including orange juice, sour C, so I have digestive disorders for a few days, “said Hoa.

So how are the F0s currently supplementing with vitamin C, drinking orange juice daily to effectively increase resistance?

Talking to reporters, Dr. Luong Y Phung Tuan Giang, President of the Institute for Research and Development of Traditional Medicine of Vietnam said, Orange is known to be a very healthy fruit. Oranges are rich in micronutrients such as: Calcium, Phosphorus, iron, zinc, vitamin C, folate, vitamin A, vitamin E, β-carotene…

For a long time, oranges are often used to increase resistance, prevent infectious diseases and improve health for people who are sick and after getting sick. In the context of the increasing Covid-19 situation, oranges are the fruit of choice for many people to strengthen their resistance and rehydrate when they have a fever.

Orange is a succulent fruit, so it is often squeezed to drink, drinking orange juice properly will help increase health, prevent disease and help improve symptoms of Covid-19 patients.

Doctor, physician Tuan Giang said, people with fever should also add orange juice to strengthen the immune system, fight fever-causing agents, eliminate toxins from the body, regulate body temperature, stimulate digestion, providing water and electrolytes.

The best time to drink orange juice is 1-2 hours after breakfast or lunch and should be drunk immediately after squeezing because if left for a long time, it will lose all its nutritional value, especially vitamin C (antioxidant). , increasing the important resistance in oranges).

Orange juice should only drink about 200ml per day. According to research, 200ml of pure orange juice contains about 60mg of vitamin C, equivalent to 100% of vitamin C needs of the body in 1 day.

“So drinking too much orange juice will cause an excess of unnecessary vitamin C for the body. As for children, drinking only about 100ml of water is enough.

In addition, orange juice is very good, however, it is necessary to drink it properly and at the right time, otherwise it will cause health problems such as:

Drink on an empty stomach: May cause gnawing, stomach pain;

Drink immediately after eating full: May cause indigestion, abdominal distension, inhibit the digestive process of previous food;

Drink at night before going to bed: Causing nocturia, affecting sleep, increasing the risk of urinary stones;

Drinking orange juice with milk: This combination will cause the protein in milk to react with tartaric acid and vitamin C in oranges, affecting digestion, causing bloating, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. expressed.

In addition, in some cases, it is necessary to limit drinking orange juice such as people with peptic ulcer disease; people with kidney failure, kidney stones; People who are taking some western medicine such as antihistamines, β-blockers, proton pump inhibitors, etc.

Normally, Oresol is used to replace lost water and electrolytes in specific cases such as acute diarrhea, high fever, vomiting… but it has a difficult taste. Many people, especially children, find it more difficult to cooperate when taking drugs. Therefore, choosing orange juice, coconut water are natural juices that rehydrate and electrolytes very well and can be replaced.

However, it is necessary to pay attention to drink properly, do not abuse drinking too much, pay attention to the above recommendations.

Herbalist Phung Tuan Giang recommends that in order to increase health and prevent Covid-19 it is necessary to take proactive care of health, apply many protective methods as well as medicine.

Agreeing with this view, Dr. BS Truong Hong Son – Director of the Vietnam Institute of Applied Medicine Getting enough nutrients is one of the best ways you can strengthen your body’s natural defenses against disease.

The supplement of vitamin C with F0 to improve resistance, and accelerate the body’s recovery in terms of cells and related indicators.

However, F0 in addition to eating foods containing a lot of vitamin C such as oranges, tangerines … also carefully supplementing vitamin C tablets every day will risk leading to an excess of vitamin C.

Therefore, if F0 eats vegetables and fruits every day, she has enough vitamin C needed and does not need to supplement vitamin C with functional foods.

According to the announcement of the United States Department of Agriculture: 100g of oranges contain 53.2mg of vitamin C, while the same weight but pineapple contains 47.8mg, mango contains 36.4mg.

In addition, vitamin C is also abundant in other foods such as bell peppers, broccoli, cantaloupe, grapefruit, kiwi, potatoes, strawberries, tomatoes…

“Also, another preventive measure to prevent viruses and flu is to take care of yourself. You can do this by: getting enough sleep each night, exercising regularly, eating a well-rounded diet. nutrition, do not drink stimulants such as caffeine and alcohol too much”, said Dr. Truong Hong Son.

N. Huyen