Is orange juice something you should be drinking if you have the flu?

Answer 1

You must be drinking more water, Orange Juice or flat coke to help replace water loss. When you have a flu (Influenza or para influenza virus) the temperature goes very high. The hypothalamus (part of brain) that control body temperature will open the sweat pores and use water (sweating) to get rid of extra heat. You must replace this extra loss of water to make sure the body functions are maintained.Water always takes some salt (sodium & potassium) out from your body. Banana, orange juice and other citrates have these salts. I always advised children to drink flat coke with a 2-3 PINCHES of salt (Sodium Chloride) in every glass of coke.

Some doctors claim Vitamin C is necessary but this is controversial and there is not enough evidence to prove it helps.