Avoiding cold germs and flu viruses

Here's 23 tips from Stealth Health on avoiding cold germs and flu viruses:

1. Wash your hands and wash them often.
2. Wash your hands twice every time you wash them.
3. Use this hand-drying strategy in public restrooms.
4. Carry hand sanitizer with you.
5. Use your knuckle to rub your eyes.
6. Run your toothbrush through the microwave on high for 10 seconds.
7. Get a flu shot every fall.
8. Stop blaming yourself when things go wrong at work.
9. Put a box of tissues wherever people sit.
10. Leave the windows in your house open a crack in winter.
11. Lower the heat in your house 5 degrees.
12. Buy a hygrometer.
13. Sit in a sauna once a week.
14. Inhale air from your blow-dryer.
15. Take a garlic supplement every day.
16. Eat a container of yogurt every day.
17. Once a day, sit in a quiet, dim room, close your eyes, and focus on one word.
18. Scrub under your fingernails every night.
19. Change or wash your hand towels every three or four days during cold and flu season.
20. At the very first hint of a cold, launch the following preventive blitz.  Suck on a zinc lozenge until it melts away. Then suck another every two waking hours. Take one 250-milligram capsule of the herb astragalus twice a day until you are better.  Cook up a pot of chicken soup.  Roast garlic in the oven, then spread the soft garlic on toast and eat.
21. Wipe your nose -- don't blow.
22. Sneeze and cough into your arm or a tissue.
23. Don't pressure your doctor for antibiotics.

Comments

[Orthotics Calgary]

During the late fall and throughout winter, most people are cooped up inside, often times sharing space with others who may be sneezing and sniffling. You may not be able to completely prevent colds and flu this time of year, but by practicing good hygiene and being careful to avoid cold germs, you may escape cold and flu season unscathed.