{"id":98619,"date":"2026-11-10T12:40:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T04:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98619"},"modified":"2026-11-10T12:40:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T04:40:59","slug":"does-hot-lemon-and-ginger-cola-really-help-with-cold-and-flu-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=98619","title":{"rendered":"Does hot lemon and ginger cola really help with cold and flu symptoms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/11\/10\/831fa210-083d-4d42-bd0d-6b9f42861b6b_f59c41b1.jpg?itok=X6z_U6gU&amp;v=1794278017\" \/><\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">Hot lemon and ginger cola is a uniquely Hong Kong drink. A few slices of ginger are heated in cola until boiling, then the mixture is poured into a glass and topped with a few fresh lemon slices.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">While some older-style restaurants or traditional Hong Kong-style <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">cha chaan teng<\/span> cafes still serve it, it is usually an off-menu item, known only to older Hongkongers.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">The drink is widely believed to help cure colds and flu. But does it really?<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3373868\/does-hot-lemon-and-ginger-cola-really-help-cold-and-flu-symptoms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hot lemon and ginger cola is a uniquely Hong Kong drink. A few slices of ginger are heated in cola until boiling, then the mixture&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[15569,5349,6053,23994,662,15612,686],"class_list":["post-98619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-cola","tag-cold","tag-flu","tag-ginger","tag-hot","tag-lemon","tag-symptoms","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}