[Closed] Your tips for not getting ill this winter

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

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.

Stay hydrated.
Eat a varied and full diet.

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.

Your Chakras' are misaligned.Try Feng Shui.

[quote[Become a nurse. We become immune to everything!

Or a primary teacher. A few sneezes in the face mean nothing to us...

Eat onions. My granny swore by them. I think I have a worrying addiction. I can't remember the last time I didn't have raw onions on my plate from the salad bar at lunch. Don't get colds though.

I find if I combine not enough sleep with being active (either volunteering outside or cycling to 'keep fit') beyond my every day cycling to shops and appointments etc, I seem to get colds.

I can not get enough sleep and exist day to day, and be active enough to not be unhealthy, but more than that and I seem more liable to catch colds.

Having realised that, I try and be active when I'm feeling fresher and not as much when I'm not, and that seems to be the trick for me.

If anyone offers you the flu jab - RUN AWAY

Yeah as they're well known for the cause of the common cold. 🙄

Spend all your time hanging around your GP's waiting room and / or near any children you have. This will bombard your immune system with various viruses. In the short term you may get ill, but will build up super immunity. I never get food poisoning after years of eating my own dodgy cooking so I reckon the same principle applies 😉

Eat onions. My granny swore by them. I think I have a worrying addiction. I can't remember the last time I didn't have raw onions on my plate from the salad bar at lunch. Don't get colds though.

Most effective method to avoid colds is to avoid other people, or, ^ get them to avoid you.

Apparently young children can hold on to a cold virus in a transmissible form for 3 weeks.

Disgusting little things.

No silver bulllets, just be good to yourself.

Avoid touching your face, rubbing your eyes or nose... This is how you infect yourself.

... is the right answer. Stop picking your nose.

If anyone offers you the flu jab - RUN AWAY

I'm sure I'm going to regret this but, why?

Avoid touching your face, rubbing your eyes or nose... This is how you infect yourself. Also thoroughly wash your hands and wrists.

Indeed. Re-train yourself and become aware of the amount of times you'll touch your eyes, nose and mouth after touching a door handle or similar. I'm OCD when it comes to this and open doors with, say, my little finger (leaving the other three to rub my eyes should the need arise) and remember that until I can next wash my hands.

It's hell...

Avoid kids, public transport, shops and offices and you will be fine 😉

I'm sure I'm going to regret this but, why?

Anti-vaccers.. its full of toxins / mercury / brain dumbing chemicals etc

Never mind that Flu can potentially kill millions..

Wash hands on entering your home so that you don't cover door handles etc. with viruses picked up outside. Make it a family routine.

Wash hands before sitting down at your desk so that you don't cover keyboard, mouse etc. with viruses.

Don't pick your nose or rub your eyes, this gives the virus a direct route to your upper respiratory tract.

Don't waste your money on vitamin supplements.

Do take zinc and gargle with Corsodyl as soon as you get that tickle at the back of your nose and odd disconnected feeling. I have beaten off colds in this way.

Don't worry about getting cold outdoors; it has no bearing on the reproduction of the virus.

gargle with Corsodyl

That won't fight a virus; it's antibacterial.

Edit : ...though I'm pretty sure that stuff could kill just about anything. Vile!

*spits*

Edit 2 : I also think it's a little too late for preventive measures if you can feel a tickle at the back of throat, it's all about damage limitation once the virus has manifested.

I know Corsodyl kills bacteria but it works well on sore throats, which are caused by viruses. It's also excellent for disinfecting small infected wounds and spots, if you dab some on with a cotton bud.

Edit: I've just found this on the web:

"(Chlorhexidine mouthwash is also available without a brand name, ie as the generic medicine.) Chlorhexidine is active against various bacteria, viruses, bacterial spores and fungi. It kills the micro-organisms associated with various mouth and throat infections, and other common conditions in the mouth."

it works well on sore throats, which are caused by viruses

I'd rather suck on a Strepsil. They come in some nice flavours nowadays.

Edit: I've just found this on the web:

🙂 Good find! I shall review my opinion on this matter...

Don't have kids. Avoid contact with any young children, and those who own them. If you do have to come into contact with young children, wear a full biohazard suit. And spray the children with strong bleach. And don't go within at least 100m of them. And sterilise the parents so they can't produce any more.

it works well on sore throats, which are caused by viruses.

Try again.

Or - and I know this might be a bit of an unusual notion for you - you could just tell him and stop being a dick.

Garlic every day.

Worked as a teacher, the first few years I always caught whatever the snotty kids had. Started on the garlic pills and that did the trick. (Although it's possible that i caught every variation of cold on earth in the first few years and becam immune)

Or - and I know this might be a bit of an unusual notion for you - you could just tell him and stop being a dick.

Oh dear.

I've come to the assumption that some of us are just more susceptible to colds. I try to avoid touching my face too much, but I have 'dry' eyes, so in the cold they stream constantly, you try not wiping your eye while driving or on a train with the heating cranked to insane levels!

Move some where hot, sunny and deserted.

Stay away from that black and white monkey, and don't get bitten by a zombie or radioactive spider. Also, check the matter transporter for any sort of insect.

Cougar - Moderator

I'm sure I'm going to regret this but, why?

Situational isn't it. If someone offers to inject you with the flu vaccine in the park, or in a nightclub, you probably should RUN AWAY.

I'm also a garlger, but use TCP instead. I'm convinced that it makes it less likely to catch a full blown cold if you gargle at the first signs of infection

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.

Pretty sure that's where my current cold has come from, which I've since passed to my 3 year old. There was almost a perverse sense of satisfaction it happened this way round for once.

Arse. Cough and a runny nose here. HR really rather high on a ride earlier. Not really surprised given the two little Blobby Jr snot factories we have running around 🙁

Arse cough? A new term for farting?

Arse cough? A new term for farting?

Nah, been around for as long as 'air biscuit' at least. 😉

So it seems that the answer is avoid contact with anyone who is ill, wash your hands regularly and thoroughly and work in a place full of sick people. 😕

and work in a place full of sick people.

I suspect you need to have been doing that for many years to build up sufficient immunity. Best just avoid people altogether.

Install one of those detox showers in the hallway and an incinerator just outside the front door. strip off your clothes and proceed to place them in the incinerator. Once this is done enter your domicile and proceed to the shower area. Put the shower on full detox mode and scrub yourself until raw. Leave shower and proceed in to the dwelling proper. safe in the knowledge that you are germ free.

The downside of the above is that it will cost you a fortune in clothing and court fees from all the public nudity. Just embrace the common cold. I quite look forward to filling a bowl with a decongestant, adding hot water, sticking a towel over my head and breathing in the sweet fumes.

Actually one interesting observation I have made over 20 years of working on medical conferences and congresses is that the percentage of male health care workers across the world who do not wash their hands after using the toilet is frighteningly high.