What to drink when you're sick: the ginger advantage

When cold or flu hits, what you drink matters as much as what you eat. Here's the evidence-based approach.

Why ginger when you're sick

• Antimicrobial — active against multiple respiratory pathogens in vitro
• Anti-nausea — flu often comes with nausea; ginger is the gold standard
• Sore throat relief — anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects
• Fever support — promotes sweating (diaphoretic effect)
• Immune activation — stimulates T-lymphocytes and natural killer cells
• Congestion relief — the warming effect helps clear sinuses

Turmeric adds recovery power

Curcumin is immunomodulatory — it boosts weak immunity and calms overactive immune responses (cytokine storms). The perfect complement to ginger during illness.

Avoid sugar when sick

75g of sugar reduces neutrophil activity by 50% for 5 hours. Your immune system needs every neutrophil it has. Don't sabotage it with sugar.

INTI — ginger + turmeric + black pepper, zero sugar. The drink your immune system needs when you're fighting infection.