How do you keep from getting sick?

Washing hands and enough sleep, as so many have mentioned. But also, especially since you're a teacher and you can't just go off to the bathroom whenever - I am not a fan of antibacterial junk so until you can get to a bathroom, be conscious of not touching your face. That's usually what happens - germs get picked up on your hands, then you rub your eyes or your nose and spread the germs.

If you feel something coming on, this is what my roommate and I do and it almost always works:
Take a product called Kick *kitten* Immune (can be found at Whole Foods and other natural food stores)
Add some true elderberry syrup
Drink Celestial Seasoning's Red Zinger tea (can't remember the herb that's in there right now, but it's king of like vitamin C); for an added boost add some Slippery Elm and Licorice tincture to the tea.

Seriously, we do this every time and as long as we do it as soon as we feel something, it kicks it out, if it's not as soon as it just shortens it.

Does anyone think maybe I'm taking too many supplements? That was also suggested.

Yes. If you eat a normally healthy and varied diet all the additional daily supplements you're taking shouldn't really be necessary.

My microbiology class did an experiment on hand washing. Soap and water is great for dirt or whatever you may have on your skin, but to remove germs and microbes, you need to use hand sanitizer, regardless of the type of soap you use!

Otherwise it seems like you do everything you can to support your immune system.

Hand washing and lots of sleep. If I start to feel that sick feeling, I take Airborne, which really seems to help nip it in the bud.

Getting enough sleep-can't stress it enough!

Vitamins, eat veggies (which you already do!), and sanitize ALL the time!

I work in a kindergarten class and I have not been sick since last year. (knock on wood lol) :laugh:
Before changing my eating habits I got sick every other month, no joke.


If you feel like you're getting sick, gargle with warm salt water. Nip it in the bud before it gets bad! This has always worked for me.

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I also work at a high school and I found I was always getting sick. I'd be just getting over a cold and I would come down with strep throat or a flu or something equally annoying, and it would always set me back on working out and weight loss! Ever since I started taking the daily Cold FX, I can feel that I might be coming down with something, but it never progresses beyond that. For example, because I work for the school board, I get two weeks off at Christmas, and the minute school let out for xmas break, I felt like I was coming down with something. But because I was taking my cold FX, it didn't progress and I managed to work out every day before xmas:) oh and lots of water and a good nights sleep, and hand washing are also key!

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hand washing is important but even when you wash for the suggested amount of time your are actually only riding yourself of about 20% of the bacteria. Try keeping hand sanitizer around and using it. Also keep your everyday surfaces clean. keep eating lots of fruits and veggies (berries are great for the immune system too!). Maybe try some yummy herbal teas

DRINK WATER. When you think you've drank enough, drink another bottle. Anything with caffeine make up for it with twice as much water. I'm a nurse practitioner working in Urgent Care and all I see are colds all day long...they're ALL dehydrated. Also, once you start feeling ill, take decongestants to dry up drainage--most start viral but turn bacterial, so dry that snot up and don't give bacteria a chance to get in there and set up shop. And WASH YOUR HANDS.