Cold and Flu Compendium Cold and Flu Prevention Try to avoid the following dietary habits: Eating saturated fats (supplement your diet with Vitamin E and F when you haven't avoided saturated fats).   Eating devitalized, overly cooked or processed foods   Eating excess starches and glutenous foods ( very mucus forming)   Eating wrong food combinations (see food combination chart)   Drinking with meals, because this dilutes the digestive juices needed for digesting food.   Eating sweets, especially after a heavy meal.  Sweets will stress out the adrenal glands, and temporarily lowers the body's immunity.  Sweets, including fruit, after a heavy meal  will ferment in the intestines, creating alcohol and acetic acid, a condition which is mucus forming. Back to Articles | Back to Home Page