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On my second horrible cold in a month, spent most of last winter ill, determined this year it will be better.
Currently:
Take vit d supplements
Have stopped over stressing myself in training
Try to get 7hrs sleep but currently much less due to the coughing and feeling crap
Use anti bacterial hand stuff at work
Probably average a couple of beers a week tops.
Trying to ween myself back of coke, the worse I feel the more I seem to crave a can of the evil stuff at lunch.
What else?
Wash hands properly.
I reckon being out of doors and exposed to lots of cold air is a good thing. Does it help kill any infections/bacteria? I dunno. I just know what has worked for me.
Other than that, have you tried hammering a few nails into the ground and aligning your bed differently?
Eat properly,
get a proper nights kip - none of this 7hrs nonsense,
train properly or not at all - overreaching is just stupid,
ditch the anit-bac rubbish,
can i ask why just vit d supplement?
Have you got kids?
If so, just give in to it. There's nothing you can do.
Currently:
Take vit d supplements
Have stopped over stressing myself in training
Try to get 7hrs sleep but currently much less due to the coughing and feeling crap
Use anti bacterial hand stuff at work [b]Get rid of this rubbish.[/b]
Probably average a couple of beers a week tops.
Stay hydrated.
Eat a varied and full diet.
Avoid other humans
Become a nurse. We become immune to everything!
I've no idea what everyone gets up to as I never get ill and never have but seem to spend my life been surrounded by sick folk.
What is it you all do, or don't do?
You need vit d supplement long before the winter nights.
I think you should take them at least 6 months before ...
Avoid all children.
Vitd ...why do you need that .... are you on night shift ?
I think Vitamin C after all these years of in/out research might now be back in:
[url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C#Treatment_of_the_common_cold ]Vitamin C's effect on the common cold has been extensively researched. It has not been shown effective in prevention or treatment of the common cold, except in limited circumstances (specifically, individuals exercising vigorously in cold environments)[/url]
Wash your hands bin the alcohol gel.
Yup work front line on the NHS after a few years you'll rarely catch a cold.
17 month old and number two lands in 6 months.
What's up with anti bacterial gel?
If I could stop coughing and choking on snot I'd be able to get a bit more sleep
What other supplements are worth it then, vit c? Long story to vit d but had an issue with verrucas, was on a medical trial (for something else) and they disappeared after a decade of resistance to any treatment
Sleep with the window open and the heating off! Get a thicker duvet if necessary. There's no substitute for fresh air!
I always put on a beany hat immediately after exercise or if I rest during.
Eat plenty of veg and drink plenty of beer!
can i ask why just vit d supplement?
Take multi-vits all year round
17 month old and number two lands in 6 months.
welcome to hell
Sleep, sleep and more sleep! Bordering hibernation
Seriously, get to bed early and try to get at least 9hrs kip per night. Worked for me last year and will be doing so this year too. In fact, Im just off to bye-bye's now 🙂
I'd say don't come into contact with any other human being.
Or Brexiters...
Stay safe out there.
Simon and blobby have the answer.
Avoid people, doubly so for kids as each one is a bio weapon in disguise.
Practically you can't avoid people at all times, but you can in the few hours after hard training sessions when your immune system is compromised.
I'm getting the Flu Jab and staying as far away from my family as possible, I've got the 11 year old dirt ball, the 2 year old sneeze machine who goes to nursery which is where germs are born and the district nurse wife who literally spends all day with the sick and dying - I'm lucky to survive frankly.
I'd say if you're eating a well balanced diet then you shouldn't need any vitamin supplements but, i've now not had a full blown cold for about 5 years now. I personally think it is because I have got into the habit of taking a one-a-day effervescent vit C booster (1000% RDA) as soon as I feel a cold coming on. And so far once i've done this it seems to prevent it from becoming a full blown cold. Might all be BS and a placebo, but i'll keep doing it just in case.
Spend time with little kids going to nursery.
That way you will feel like death for a while and anything will feel better after.
Nasty little germ filled git. I do love my son but he is a bioweapon
Feel a cold coming on? Burn it off with a Chilli or two. The kind that give you a headache, not just watery eyes.
17 month old and number two lands in 6 months.
First in nursery yet? If so then all hope of avoiding colds is lost.
Also watch your sick leave go nuts for a while. I have ended up with more days off sick in the last year than in the previous 7 years combined
Avoid touching your face, rubbing your eyes or nose... This is how you infect yourself. Also thoroughly wash your hands and wrists.
Also watch your sick leave go nuts for a while. I have ended up with more days off sick in the last year than in the previous 7 years combined
Got to love vit-c.
If only. Norovirus doesn't give a fig about vit c.
embrace the winter, loads of fresh air, loads of nice ale.
i dont get colds.
I reckon being out of doors and exposed to lots of cold air is a good thing. Does it help kill any infections/bacteria? I dunno. I just know what has worked for me.
This ^^
Stay hydrated.
Eat a varied and full diet.
and this^^ work for me.
Sometimes drinking a lot of water in the colder months is hard as you don't think(or feel) you need to.
I don't get a lot of colds,and I am surrounded by germ infested students.
Build an enormous plane, wear Kleenex boxes on your feet
I am feeling better this year after popping variety of vitamins for the entire years.
Apparently regular exercise reduces chances of getting colds and speeds up recovery. Fruit veg and sleep. Good hygene before meals and getting out of the habit of touching face. Last two weeks I've been away with work, not enough sleep, poor food, been ill the entire time.
If only. Norovirus doesn't give a fig about vit c.
Neither does the cold virus.
I reckon being out of doors and exposed to lots of cold air is a good thing. Does it help kill any infections/bacteria? I dunno. I just know what has worked for me.
Cold air in the lungs actually enhances cold virus replication......
Wash your hands. There's a NHS poster about it, but if you rub the soap in for as long as it tales to sing happy birthday to yourself you'll be about right.
Be a hermit and avoid social contact, and exercise loads, outdoors in fresh air. Not in a sweaty gym full of others with colds. Offices are deadly also. Ideally find places to work where the staff don't have any kids 😉 . Work from home (and don't have kids).
Avoid airplanes and worse package holidays where you're stuck with the same people who brought the colds with them, on the plane, coach and hotel.
Wash hands, If anyone offers you the flu jab - [b]RUN AWAY[/b]
Sleep with the window open and the heating off! Get a thicker duvet if necessary. There's no substitute for fresh air!
I always put on a beany hat immediately after exercise or if I rest during.Eat plenty of veg and drink plenty of beer!
yes!
get rid of the anti bacterial gel
keep stress levels down
good luck
Ride to work as often as you can... fresh air, exercise, keeps you away from ill people...
First sign of anything I start going to bed early, avoid eating rubbish and eat really healthily, avoid over-exercising and take echinacea for a few days. Seemed to work earlier this year when everyone else went down with a cold
(If not working in the NHS) - Sleep with a nurse (regularly?)
Skip the extra vits unless you are actually deficient in something, if you think you might be see a doc about why.
Eat well, drink well be happy and just deal with it if you get it.