Javid
October 31, 2012, 8:01am
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Ahh shit, just recovering from a cold/flu that I got on Sunday. What I like to do is usually dring lots of water and tea with A LOT of honey. I tend to not take any medication, since they only help with the symptoms and not the actual infection.
Also, I do believe that sweating it out does help(even though the science goes back and forth on this). I make sure I wear a hoody around the house and when I go to bed, to conserve as much heat as possible.
Wash your hands. A lot. Especially if you work in a restaurant/in a college town/anywhere where you handle money/etc. Keep sanitizer with you in case you’re not at liberty to wash your hands and you see people doing nasty shit nearby like coughing into their hands and touching a doorknob.
Vitamin C and zinc are only useful for preventative purposes–i.e. before you get sick. This time a year, you see a lot of advertisements for medicines with these ingredients that claim to be able to shorten your cold. Not true. The cold will last for its natural lifespan no matter what you throw at it, which is usually one or two weeks. Vitamin C and zinc are good for shoring up your immune system ahead of time, so that when you do get a cold, they kick its ass. There isn’t much use in ramming them down once you’ve already gotten a cold, except to prevent the next cold.
Don’t eat shitty food. Get plenty of nutrition. When building a meal, think protein first, then vegetables, and fill out the rest with some carbohydrates. The less processed your food is and the fewer ingredients it has in it, the better. Be wary of crap like fruit bars and fruit snacks–if it doesn’t expressly say what it’s made out of on the front of the box (e.g. full serving of fruit and no sugar added), it’s probably as bad as any other sugary snack that has nothing to offer healthwise.
Also, make sure you’re getting some water. ONE CAVEAT: the whole “eight glasses a day” thing is a myth. Technically, this is how much water your body needs, but the figure doesn’t take into account that you’re getting a good amount of water with your food. The rule of thumb is that if you’re thirsty or just feel like sipping on something, drink water. Soda and beer are like candy and pastries: good for a treat every so often, but not as a regular staple of your diet.
And the flu shot: get one. There’s no reason not to unless there’s a shortage, in which case children and the elderly are the main priority. Vaccinations don’t just improve people’s chances on an individual basis. The more people are vaccinated, the less vectors there are for the flu to spread, and the better the chances are for everybody.
And that’s how you improve your chances of staying healthy when nasty bitches are spreading contagious shit like a bunch of lazy ignoramuses.
HAELL NOOO… everytime i hear people say take the flu shot or being asked to take one, i remember this video…
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i have had nurses and family members to ask me to take one i say no. i aint gonna let no random shit injected into my body.
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HAELL NOOO… everytime i hear people say take the flu shot or being asked to take one, i remember this video…
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If you’re the type of person who gets information about their health from YouTube videos… maybe you deserve the flu.
But everybody else doesn’t, so stop being a wastrel and get the damn vaccine.