Serum creatine kinase levels (CK) can vary among healthy subjects, even when correcting for muscle mass. Age, gender, race, and physical activity can affect CK. CK is higher among black males, as well as newborns.Moreover, CK reference ranges are varied with different assays and reference temperatures.
4. Avoid eating fried foods: Fried foods are oily in nature and oil is a well-known cough trigger. Deep-frying foods in hot oil generates a compound called acrolein, which acts as an allergen that aggravates coughing and causes throat itching. So, itâs best to avoid oily, fried foods while you have a cough. 5. Avoid smoking: Smoking is one of the causes of a cough due to bronchitis.
1 Grape juice is also a great juice to drink to cure a cough. 2  Mix one teaspoon of honey in a cup of grape juice. 3  Grapes act as an expectorant; expectorants promote the secretion of sputum by the air passages, thus eliminating your cough.