Cold and flu prevention made easy

by Jacki Donaldson (Subscribe to Jacki Donaldson's posts)
Mar 28th 2008 7:00AM

Categories: Healthy Habits, Diet & Weight Loss

There's a cold season. And a flu season. But these pesky sicknesses linger year-round really, which means we must consistently fight them off and work at staying healthy. Here's how.

1. Wash your hands often, like at least five times a day.

2. Wash your hands twice when you wash them -- if you're serious about fending off colds, anyway.

3. Use your knuckle to rub your eyes. The eye is the perfect entry point for germs and knuckles are less likely to be contaminated with viruses than fingertips.

4. Run your toothbrush through the microwave on high for 10 seconds to sterilize it. And replace it every month when you change the page on your calendar and after you've had a cold.

5. Leave the windows in your house open a crack in winter. Fresh air does wonders for chasing out germs.

6. Lower the heat in your house five degrees. Lowering the temperature and using a room humidifier helps maintain a healthier level of humidity in the winter.

7. Scrub under your fingernails every night. They're a great hiding place for germs.

8. Sneeze and cough into your arm or a tissue. Coughing and sneezing into a hand puts germs right where you can spread them to objects and other people. Switch to the crook of your elbow instead.

For an extra helping of sickness-fighting strategies, take a look at this Reader's Digest article.

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eckre 3-28-2008 @ 11:23AM

Do you ever read? This post is heavily laden with germ theory, which is kind of backwards, and even the founder (Pasture) disagreed with at his death! If the FOUNDER of germ theory says there is a BETTER theory that supercedes his theory, DOESN'T THAT MAKE YOU THINK? DOESN'T THAT MAKE YOU CURIOUS??? The exact quote was "The germ (microbe) is nothing, the terrain (environment) is everything." If lots of garbage was thrown out into the streets, an eventually rats came, you wouldn't say "LOOK at all this garbage these rats brought" ?? Traditional theory says kill all the rats. Will that cure it? Or will it be only a matter of time before more rats come back? AH, do you see now how "cancers" keep coming back? And people "keep" getting sick? The garbage isn't getting cleaned out. Just more and more destructive ways to kill the rats.

Please go read the PH Miracle and become enlightened on all counts. I'll even send you my copy if you can't afford the $10.

I know reading pioneering heath books is not your thing, but give it a try.

Bechamp or Pasteur? - by Ethel, D Hume

Good-Bye Germ Theory - by Dr. William P. Trebing

The Terrain is Everything by Susan Stockton

Rethinking Pasteur's Germ Theory: How to Maintain Your Optimal Health by Nancy Appleton

Bechamp or Pasteur: A Lost Chapter in the History of Biology by Douglas Hume

The Curse of Louis Pasteur by Nancy Ph.D Appleton