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Getting Rid Of Cold This Rainy Season

By Bridget
02 June 2016   |   2:07 pm
The rainy season is awaited by everyone as it brings some kind of relief from the scorching heat of summer. But this season also has its share of woes on our health.  The sudden change of weather, fluctuation in temperature and the highly humid air are a situation our bodies would need to adjust to.…

The rainy season is awaited by everyone as it brings some kind of relief from the scorching heat of summer.

But this season also has its share of woes on our health.  The sudden change of weather, fluctuation in temperature and the highly humid air are a situation our bodies would need to adjust to.

Below are the best tips to help you stay fit during this rainy season:

  1. Take hot drinks such as hot tea, vegetable soup, ginger tea etc. to keep body warm always. Also consider a hot pepper soup garnished with herbs and other healthy spices that rejuvenates and cleanses the system to help you from catching cold. This will also save you from getting any kind of infection occurring due to sudden change of temperature of the body.
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  1. Maintaining a good hygienic lifestyle will also help boost your immune system to fight germs and other fleeting diseases that might attack your white blood cells whose major work is to protect the body against diseases; cold inclusive. Avoid eating street-side food or water to guard you from getting typhoid and again, drink lots of healthy fluids to constantly wash toxins off your system.
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  1. Get properly covered – The most effective way not to get sick during the rainy season is to wear the type of clothing that suites the weather. This includes getting a handy umbrella handy for emergencies, rain coat or hooded jackets, and waterproof shoes and clothing that keep you warm as well. If you have a complete set of rain-repulsing items, your chances of getting sick totally decreases. They’re a bit tedious to bring so you can just leave them in your office locker, closets etc. when it is not raining.

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  1. Intake of fruits and vegetables should be on the rise this period. Vitamin C is a common element in most fruits that help fight cold. Vit C is an important antioxidant that the body uses to keep you strong and healthy. Vitamin C is used in the maintenance of bones, muscle, and blood vessels. Vitamin C also assists in the formation of collagen and helps the body absorb iron. Vitamin C is found naturally in vegetables and fruits, especially oranges and other citrus fruits. Vit C is also available as natural dietary supplement and chew-able tablets and they help fight cold always.

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  1. Do not enter air-conditioned room with wet hair and damp clothes to prevent getting viral fever or cold and cough. Go for a shower immediately if you get wet in the rain to protect yourself from cold and other infections. More-so, for those who stay mostly in an air conditioned environs (offices), this period may be a time you want to regulate how often or high you leave that AC on while working. Depending on your body system, ensure to regulate the temperature to what accommodates your system. If your system doesn’t like too much cold find alternative ways to improve and keep warm while at work. E.g. take hot tea, avoid drinking chilled drinks or water and constantly keep pullovers handy to keep warm when necessary.

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However, in other to prevent cold using Vit C, cultivate the habit of taking Vit C long before you have been infected with the cold flu. According to a research carried in July 2007 concerning the effectiveness of Vit C in treating cold in the body, researchers wanted to discover whether taking 200 milligrams or more of vitamin C daily could reduce the frequency, duration, or severity of a cold. After reviewing 60 years of clinical research, they found that when taken after a cold starts; vitamin C supplements do not make a cold shorter or less severe. When taken daily, vitamin C very slightly shorted cold duration — by 8% in adults and by 14% in children.

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