Sick Day? Michigan’s Favorite ‘Feel Better Fast’ Foods

As the son of two Michigan school teachers, taking a day off of school for anything other than being genuinely sick was impossible. That said, on the days I was really sick, I knew two things were going to happen:

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1. I was going to watch the Price is Right and a slew of Gilligan's Island and Scobby Doo reruns and
2. Peanut butter and jelly with Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup would be on the menu for lunch.

Michigan Resident Say These Sick Day Foods Make Them Feel Better in 30 Minutes

Delsym recently commissioned the data gurus at OnePoll to find out what foods Michigan turns to when they are under the weather and, surprisingly, peanut butter and jelly didn't make the list!

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Topping the list of go-to comfort foods for Mitten residents, at 65% is soup, followed by plain broth at 42%, crackers, and popsicles tied at 35%. What's more interesting is that Michigan residents claim they feel better just 30 minutes after eating any of these meals.

So what shouldn't you eat on a sick day? Unsurprisingly, spicy foods, chili, and ginger were all named as enemies of an upset stomach. What surprised me was that mac and cheese only received 22% of the love given to comfort foods.

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So, there you have it fellow Michiganders, when the sniffles hit, grab your comfort food, gather the sick troops and scatter the healthy ones, and indulge in some much-deserved downtime. After all, there have to be reruns of Scooby-Doo on somewhere, right?