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By Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS
First, let’s be clear. Despite the fact that there are about seven gazillion over-the-counter “cold remedies” that promise symptom elimination, the truth is that nothing’s going to cure or prevent colds.
But did you ever notice when “something’s going around” some people get sidelined and others seem to be unaffected?
I think it’s a lot like hurricanes and houses. You can have a nasty tropical storm, but if your house is built like a brick you-know-what, it’s probably going to stay standing while if your house is built of balsa wood, it’s not. If our “house”—our body, our immune system, our general health—is robust, it’s going to be much more likely to be able to withstand the effects of any “bug” that’s going around, whereas if you’re run down and nutritionally depleted to begin with, that bug’s going to come get you and put you on the sidelines for up to a week!
“No fun!” as they say in the Twitter-sphere.
Click continue reading to see the top things to do to keep cold season from sidelining you, or—if it happens to get you—to shorten the length of time you’re out of commission.
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