How To Prevent Catching Cold & Flu This Season
I have not gotten sick for more than ten years now and I write what I do to prevent getting sick this fall and winter seasons.
1] Start preparing in the month of September. Preparing in October when people around you are getting sick is too late. In October, people start catching cold when an influx of visitors from the East Coast with sickness come to Arizona.
a) Stop drinking alcohol. Alcohol weakens the liver and the immune system. If you drink, be careful a day after. Drink lots of water, supplement with vitamin C.
b) Start wearing socks. No more sandals or flops. We catch cold from the foot. If you feel slight cold air in your feet one day, then you must know a pathogen is coming into your body. Keep your feet warm.
c) We also catch cold from the back of the neck. If you feel slight cold as on the foot, then a pathogen is entering your body system. Keep the back of the neck warm.
d) Remember, earlier the detection is faster your recovery (once, I felt I was catching cold, and I gave a shiatsu/acupressure treatment on one point, and I literally felt the pathogen getting away from my body. It took only three seconds.).
e) Eat well and drink lots of fluid. Sleep extra hours. Winter is not the time to stay awake late at night.
f) Be careful when you transit one environment to another: for example, getting up from warm bed to cool morning air; getting out of hot shower or from pool, etc.
g) Avoid large gatherings. If someone blows his breathe to your face, I can almost guarantee that you will get sick. Also, avoid smoking and toxic environment.
2] Become aware how the body is responding: slight headache you almost disregard in other time but be careful in fall and winter; slight sensation of chill; slight cough or dry mouth; heavy sensation in the head; slight bodyache or fatigue, runny nose, etc.
a) If you feel slight headache with slight bodyache, then, you must assume a pathogen is entering your body.
b) If you start to feel slight cold sensation or movements of air in the neck or feet, you must assume you are getting sick.
c) If one of your family member is getting sick, you must assume that you are vulnerable, too.
d) If you can prevent sickness above the diaphragm, you will recover faster: coughing or/and sneezing stage. However, once a pathogen passes through the diaphragm, then it is too late: stomachache or diarrhea. Recover will take lot longer and symptoms more severe.
3] How to prevent.
a) Immediately, start drinking lots of water. Supplement with vitamin C and Bs. Rest. Do not stay up. You must sleep well. Wear warmer clothes. Once you recover from slight headache and other symptoms, you will know that you have an immune system already build up for the season (in my opinion, you do not need a flu shot if you can recover from cold/flu symptoms as early as possible).
b) Double or triple the amount of green leafy vegetables. Eat well and make sure your digestive system is well functioning. If you have a diarrhea, you need to straighten the situation ASAP.
c) Sleep well. Add extra hours for sleep.
d) Be strong mentally. You can fight off disease like cold/flu at an early stage by your will alone (tell yourself you can beat it).
e) Remember, once a pathogen passes through the diaphragm, it is too late: stomachache, diarrhea, fever, etc. In this case, you must take medicine and other remedies, and go see a doctor.
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