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1. Wash your hands
Do as your mother always said! THREE
Touching your eyes or nose is the main
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2. Boost your
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not take it continuously for more than removes germs
eight weeks at a time. If all around are while the added
starting to sneeze, start taking it as a moisturisers help keep your pinkies
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3. Turn off the
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Highly digestible and nourishing, it will Your body doesn’t
4. Use a supplement
make you feel better even if no one store zinc so taking a
knows why or how. supplement in winter
Research suggests that taking zinc can help boost your
from the first onset of symptoms can
shorten the duration of a cold or sore 9. Spice up your life
body’s supply – and
therefore it’s ability to
throat. If you’re cooking try spicing up meals fight a cold.
with ginger, lots black pepper or
5. Smell to be well
cayenne, and garlic. Try and make it And failing that…
into something that tastes nice and
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6. Go nuts
fluids
Drink water and fruit juices. It’s
A few brazil nuts will help boost your also good to add a few drops of
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