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Cold Prevention! Your Strategies Please...

collegefbfan
collegefbfan Posts: 346 Member
edited December 2024 in Social Groups
Okay folks, I am feeling better. Cold/allergy/sinus/ throat deal is gone. Never got severe at all. Hope that is related to keto WOE. We have a trip coming up near thanksgiving. What can I do to prevent any ailments as such? Any ideas welcome. I do teach the 6th grade. Keep that in mind. Oh yeah a pound and a half to go and I am in the two teens!!!

Thanks, you all are great!!!

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  • kpk54
    kpk54 Posts: 4,474 Member
    Eat well and get plenty of rest? Buy a couple boxes of tissues and teach the 6th graders how you use them when sneezing if they don't already know. :)
  • solska
    solska Posts: 348 Member
    If I take one beta glucan a day, I don't get sick. Whenever I run out, get tired, don't sleep well, or travel and get exposed to germs I will get sick then. The moment you feel under the weather take some garlic pills, drink lots of tea, and sleep more than usual.
  • pedidiva
    pedidiva Posts: 199 Member
    Good hand washing, keep hands away from the face, good sleep, optimize vitamin d levels, limit exposure to sick people, healthy food plan, healthy movement. Key for me is sleep and keeping hands away from face.
  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
    edited November 2016
    Lots of hand washing. Every time I eat, use the bathroom, or come home I wash my hands. I also keep hand sanitizer in the car for when I am out and about.

    I think coconut oil helps too. Eating it and using it topically. It has antiviral properties that may help keep you healthy.

    For example, I developed shingles last summer after being keto for some months. It was one of the mildest cases of shingles I'd ever heard off. I almost didn't figure it out because I only felt under the weather, mildly, for a few days and then the rash was no more than 2" across. I swear LCHF and coconut oil helped.
  • canadjineh
    canadjineh Posts: 5,396 Member
    edited November 2016
    If you are flying for your trip, take a little nasal mister of saline to keep your nasal passages moist and if you don't mind how you look, do like the Asians do and wear a little paper mask over your nose & mouth. It mainly works to remind us not to touch our mucous membranes with our hands. I also take a package of anti-bac wipes (the mini travel ones) and wipe down the armrests & tray table at my seat as soon as I get seated. Lots of Vit C,D,E and hand washing like everyone else said.
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  • collegefbfan
    collegefbfan Posts: 346 Member
    Great ones... people you are great!!!
  • Aquawave
    Aquawave Posts: 260 Member
    When opening doors in public, avoid germs by using the bottom of your shirt to grasp the handle or use paper towels.
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