How to Avoid the Flu

how to avoid the flu consult your physician before taking any over-the-counter vitamins or medication and before getting a flu shot the winter is time for skiing and outdoor fun not getting the flu. Here's how to avoid it.

You will need a flu shot a multivitamin hand soap plenty of water garlic and some common sense

step 1

Get a flu shot in October November or December local pharmacy schools and hospitals and maybe even your school or work place will announce when they're offering them each season check online to determine when the flu is at its peak in your area

step 2

Take a multivitamin daily especially one high in vitamin C

step 3

Eat a balanced diet with lots of vegetables getting too few or too many calories can place extra strain on your immune system.

step 4

Exercise daily especially throughout the winter raising your body temperature actually helps to clean your blood killing off nasty stuff lurking there.

step 5

Wash your hands often if there's a sink nearby scrubbing with plain old soap and water is just as good or better than antibacterial gels wash even more frequently before during and after you prepare food before you eat after you use the restroom after handling animals and when the people around you like classmates co-workers or family members are sick.

step 6

Clean counters and surfaces often especially those that come in contact with hands or faces often like phones or remote controls.

step 7

If someone near you sneezes turn away to avoid the blast in case they don't do so into a tissue or the crook of their arm.

step 8

Beware of little kids schools are breeding grounds for sickness and kids are unwitting petri dishes.

step 9

Avoid shaking hands and other kinds of close contact with those who are or might be sick keep your hands away from your own face as much as possible or you risk passing whatever you picked up on your fingers into your eyes nose or mouth.

step 10

Drink lots of water every day.

step 11

Eat garlic studies show it can actually kill off the flu virus and suggest it might also help bolster your immune system.

step 12

Get plenty of rest stress increases the amount of the hormone cortisol in your body which can interfere with the white blood cells that fight off infections.

step 13

if you manage to get sick do yourself and everyone else a favor stay in bed there's no need to cause other people misery did you know.

Did You Know?

The flu is a virus which means antibiotics won't do a thing to help time is the best medicine.