How To Avoid The Common Cold That Usually Occurs During The Winter

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Approaching winter always brings with it the common cold that everyone dreads. You cannot escape being attacked with a cold, but can follow some common home remedies to try and get away from catching the cold.

If you have a cold, best is to avoid meeting and hugging others. This way you can stop the cold from spreading further to your loved ones. Read these guidelines carefully and follow them for your safety as well as for the others too.

Many people believe that by blowing nose frequently they are pushing the bacteria away. This is not true. In fact it makes your cold worse by blowing your nose. Though when you blow out, the mucus in the nasal cavity does get cleared, within a few minutes more mucus gets formed making it a breeding ground for bacteria and virus. So when you have a cold, it is better not to keep blowing your nose all the time. Besides you could be releasing more bacteria in the air and helping it spread.

When you have cold, make sure you drink hot beverages which is soothing for your throat and follow it up with plenty of water or juice. Your body needs the extra fluids to flush out the toxins. Besides with toxins out of the body, your immunity system gets stronger and fights the cold.

Though you do not feel like it, you must have a healthy breakfast when you are suffering from cold. This increases the interferon gamma levels substantially in the body by up to 4 times the normal levels. This happens to be one of the most important compounds that fight the virus in the body.

Listen to your m other and grand mother, drink lots of home made chicken soup and broth. This is the best-proven traditional remedy for your cold.

You nasal blockage gets cleared when you have hot soup due to the aroma as well as the heat. It is soothing on your throat as well. The chicken gives protein and strengthens the body immunity to fight the bacteria.

Anybody having a cold should spend as much time as possible in the outdoors getting his or her body exposed to sunlight. The vitamin D that you get from the sunlight is good for the body and helps fight the cold causing bacteria. More over ensure that you open all the windows of your room and maintain good ventilation and fresh air in the room. Stale air contains bacteria and keep causing the infection again and again.

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