Cough

Symptom
  • Streptococcus bacteria: Chronic cough and mucus in the lungs is driven by chronic Streptococcus bacteria that has been in the body since childhood — often from old strep throat infections. This strep sits inside the lungs and bronchial passages and percolates, causing chronic coughs, mucus buildup, and bronchitis. It can also cause chronic sinusitis, UTIs, bladder infections, conjunctivitis, and acne. The bacteria feeds on residue from dairy, eggs, and gluten.
  • Iodine deficiency: Chronic iodine deficiency lowers immunity and predisposes people to recurrent bronchitis, coughs, pneumonia, tonsillitis, and persistent respiratory infections. Iodine is essential for immune function and the body requires more of it today than in past decades due to increased toxic exposures.
  • High-fat diet slows immune response: Eating high amounts of fat — including nuts, seeds, nut butters, oils, avocado, bone broth, and chicken soup — while sick thickens the blood and slows the immune system's ability to fight pathogens. The fat ratio in chicken soup actually interferes with immune function. When the fat is removed from the diet during illness, immune cells can work far more efficiently against the viral or bacterial cause of the cough.
  • Zinc and B12 deficiency: Every cough, flu, and viral illness burns through zinc and B12 rapidly. Zinc and B12 are required by immune cells for survival and energy. Zinc also minimizes cytokine storms — the overreactive immune response that worsens mucus production and inflammation. When zinc and B12 reserves are depleted, the cough becomes more severe, lasts longer, and the person is more likely to relapse.
  • Viral mucus production: When flu and other influenza strains infect the body, the virus feeds on dairy products and eggs and excretes poison that stimulates massive mucus production. This mucus fills the lymphatic system and then drains into the chest and sinus cavities, causing the characteristic cough. Our bodies also produce mucus deliberately to try to tangle the virus and slow it down. The mucus can persist for weeks even after the flu resolves.
  • Postnasal drip and swallowed mucus: When mucus drains at night from sinuses into the lungs and is swallowed rather than expelled, it perpetuates the cough. The mucus — produced both by the body and by the virus — fills the intestinal tract, contributing to nutrient deficiency because the mucus interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. People become nutrient deficient during prolonged illness partly due to this mucus swallowing cycle.
  • Dairy and eggs amplify mucus: When someone consuming milk, cheese, butter, or eggs gets any flu or viral infection, the virus feeds on these foods and rapidly multiplies, producing a tremendous amount of mucus. This mucus fills the lymphatic system and sinus cavities. People who are dairy- and egg-free produce far less mucus when sick because the virus cannot find its preferred food sources in storage in the liver. This is why eliminating dairy and eggs dramatically shortens and reduces coughing episodes.

Sources(2)

  • Life-Changing Foods (derived)
  • compilation
    Multiple sources: Medical Medium: Brain Saver Protocols Cleanses and Recipes (2022), Medical Medium: Cleanse to Heal (2020), Medical Medium: Life-Changing Foods Expanded Edition (2025), Medical Medium podcast episodes 124 (2026-01-23) and 123 (2026-01-14), DAY 1 TAKING CONTROL OVER YOUR HEALTH live (2021-10-14), Physical Emotional & Spiritual Healing Powers Of Fresh Onions live (2025-08-26), A Healing Weapon I Would Never Go Without Total Immune Blend live (2025-10-01), Thyme Tea Shock Therapy Pathogen Exposure Shot & Cold & Flu Tips live (2022-12-29), Tips for Cold & Flu podcast (2017-03-20), Bug Protection live (2021-12-23)