The fall and winter months have their good and bad points. The kids are back in school and that means no more daycare and scrounging for last minute babysitters when you are unexpectedly called into work. School also means germs. Lots of germs everywhere, and small children who share everything and aren’t that concerned with basic personal hygiene. Then inevitably the Petri dishes that are your child’s hand come home and give you a big hug. Bacteria and viruses are unavoidable. The most you can do is protect yourself so you can save your sick days for shopping, not actually being sick.
The media has been overrun by H1N1 facts, figures, and has basically made every mother in America terrified to let their children out of the house. Fortunately I have been a little obsessive compulsive for years. I wash my hands regularly and always have a bottle of hand sanitizer in my purse. I never shake hands. I also never touch public door knobs, handles to bathroom stalls, and public toilets. It has always amazed me that people will take the time to put down a toilet seat liner, but will proceed to touch every other surface in that germ ridden bathroom. Last time I checked, no one ever contacted the flu from a viral infection on their behind.
Stock your medicine cabinet with Vitamin C, zinc, and Echinacea. Use these all as a preventative measure. If you feel the first initial symptoms of a cold, up your intake of Vitamin C from 250 mgs to 2,000 mgs a day. A few recent studies shown that this treatment can actually lessen the severity and duration of your cold. You’re daily 8oz glass of orange juice with oatmeal won’t cut it this time. You would have to drink about 22 glasses every morning to reach your new intake goals.
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Head to a warehouse store and purchase the largest bottle of Lysol you can get your hands on. Sanitize the things are most often touched in your house. Some are obvious such as door knobs and the handles to the refrigerator and toilet. Others aren’t so instantly apparent and these are the places where germs thrive. Don’t forget about your remote control or alarm clock next time you are disinfecting your home.
The best thing you can do for yourself this fall and winter to avoid getting sick is really quite simple: get more sleep. I don’t know about you, I will never argue with someone who offers to watch my kid so I can take a nap. You will be no good to anyone if you are sacked out on the couch because you lost sleep over work or mounting chores.
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