Docs say if you're ill, you're more susceptible to H1N1 virus
Docs say if you're ill, you're more susceptible to H1N1 virus
We may not be able to fight the H1N1 virus, but Mumbaikars are doing everything they can to ensure that they're prepared for it.
They've been popping vitamins and citrus fruits to build immunity and advising their friends to do so via SMS and over social networking sites.
Doctors advise that in the present situation, prevention is better than cure, even though vitamins were no foolproof method to keep the virus at bay.
"One can switch to a healthy diet and increase iron, Vitamin C and folic acid intake to stay healthy.
But people shouldn't see this as a way to escape swine flu," said Dr Jayesh Lele, president of the Indian Medical Association.
Home food
Added Dr Richa Anand, dietician with L H Hiranandani Hospital, "Immunity can't be built overnight though home food is definitely preferable to outside junk.
Food that's been improperly prepared and in unhygienic conditions could make you ill and therefore more susceptible to infection of any nature."
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But people like Valeria D'souza (29) are optimistic. The Mazgaon resident said she was upping her intake of orange juice to ensure that she was getting her daily share (or even more) of Vitamin C.
"The excess can't do me any harm, so I see no problem in drinking this much juice," she added.
Baba Ramdev Says...
Take several leaves of tulsi with a long branch of giloy (Tinospora cordifolia), crush it and take this with salt water in the morning on an empty stomach. This will improve your immunity.
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