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It is almost Christmas time and with all of the cold weather that has to be hitting all over the world, I can tell you for sure, if you are not bundling up you are going to get a cold.  Recently, I just got over a terrible cold that had me in bed for almost a week.  One thing that I found that really helped my cold is garlic.

Believe it or not, garlic is something that has been around for quite a while and it is a wonderful natural remedy for the cold and the flu and it definitely works!  You can actually ingest garlic many different ways too – in chicken soup for example.

You can even make garlic tea which will really help you.  While you might smell like garlic a bit after your cold, it will make you feel better.

People usually get confused on how to tell if a person has a cold or flu. It is also a common misperception that colds are in season during winter. But studies revealed that people are more prone to colds during the summer and spring seasons.

It is a common knowledge, and everybody believes that exposure to cold and cold water can make a person catch cold. The truth is that exposure to cold temperature is not accountable for someone who catch a cold or a flu. The reason behind it is that when a person experiences either of the two, he or she feels cold or chilled, so the misconception may be derived from that. Aside from that, cold air at times may cause runny noses, and not necessarily only during a cold. Some of the known causes of cold are having a slightly depressed immune system, malnutrition and not having enough sleep.

People who get sick on vacation are actually experiencing “leisure sickness”. In a research, it found out that when a person is busy, the body is likewise active. When at rest, the body’s defenses are also at rest. A research conducted at Netherlands arrived at the conclusion that workaholics are most likely to catch cold during vacation.

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