For a machine like me, being ill is not an option and as they say the best cure is prevention.

As above, there aren’t many ways germs can get into the body but the most popular are the nose, mouth and eyes.

* make a supreme effort to not touch your face with your hands it really does work.
* stay away from people with colds
* stay away from everybody for an hour after intense exercise
* if the little ones have something particularly virulent wear a face mask and wash your hands a lot. You will thank me for it in the long run 🙂

Premier subscriber? Look up Matt Harts advice on supplements for colds in the back-issues. Works for me every time, take enough Vitamin C to kill it (about 6g works for me) plus the other bits and bobs (garlic, zinc, echinacea, L glutanine). Usually I’m right in about 2 days.

Do you swim a lot? I get colds pretty frequently after being in chlorinated water.