Ways to get rid of your cold ASAP

[John Alighieri]

My diet is healthy as fuck with one cheat day a week where everything goes!
I also take vitamins. I think it's mostly due to being run down with those crazy hours on top on training. I've been functioning on roughly 4 hours a sleep for the past 2 weeks. I thought I would have dodged the bullet but I guess not lol

Thanks for those tips. Never thought of
Zinc & B12 might have to incorporate that from now on

[Enrique "Kiko"]

It doesn't work like that. Your immune system takes 7-10 days just to reach peak "activation". Sure, these things aren't going to hurt you, and Zinc and Vitamin C will certainly do good in your body, but it is much better to eat healthy consistently and get these nutrients from the food you eat. When you are sick, rest, eat good food (not just soup, unless that's all you can stomach, and even then try to get something with some vegetables in it). Watch this too! Take care of yourself... it's all you have.

tremper is 100% correct. There isn't a "cure" for the common cold and the time it takes for the cold to get kicked from your body varies by a few days from person to person depending completely on your immune system's ability to develop antibodies for your specific strain of cold.

That being said, you do not have to suffer during your body's recovery from the cold. So symptom relief is the name of the game. Lozenges for sore/itchy throat, plenty of rest, minimum stress + maximal stress relief (however you personally enjoy stress relief), there are many OTC drugs that help with aches/pains/sleeplessness.

[tremper]

Nothing like vaporizing/eating a little MJ (I don't support actually smoking it, although I wouldn't force my choices on anyone else) for those symptoms! Better than OTC's

[lannie]

sliced union and put both beside your bed ! make a shake of greenvegetables in the morning What you also can do is an onion, brown sugar in a bowl let it rest for one day , The day after you take a teaspoon per day ....it's gross but it works ! my girlfriend runs a school also and if she is sick or jsut having a cold , i do this al the time ! try it

[Scott Elkin]

As soon as I feel myself getting sick, I start loading on the Vitamin C. Like 1,000 - 2,000 PER HOUR. You can't overdose, it is water soluble and you'll piss anything your body can't use out. I will try to take as much C as I can until it starts to upset my stomach, then I cut back. But that usually takes a day or so.

I agree with the zinc, and I will also take a garlic supplement.

I also always take this Metagenics - Essential Defense for "immune support" that my chiropractor swears by.

[John Alighieri]

As soon as I feel myself getting sick, I start loading on the Vitamin C. Like 1,000 - 2,000 PER HOUR. You can't overdose, it is water soluble and you'll piss anything your body can't use out. I will try to take as much C as I can until it starts to upset my stomach, then I cut back. But that usually takes a day or so.

I agree with the zinc, and I will also take a garlic supplement.

I also always take this Metagenics - Essential Defense for "immune support" that my chiropractor swears by.

Damn! and I thought I was going deep with my 9 grams a day LOL

[Joachim Hoff]

I've heard that silver water kills bacteria, and works against colds. I have had some friends use it, and they say it works great. I think it's a bit weird, because we know silver kills bacteria, but it might also kill bacteria we need. Anyway, here's a piece written on the subject; http://www.goldenherbs.net/?p=84

[Cody Kietzman]

Well I got a cold Friday and I tried to kill it with alcohol on Saturday...

[Scott Elkin]

Yeah, I also have a silver spray, but I only use it on the back of my throat when I feel a sore throat coming on.

Oh, and sugar is the enemy when you have a cold. Virus's feed off of sugar's, and it doesn't help strengthen your immune system.

[David Rosado]

Bout to try like every remedy in here. NyQuil has been doing nothing for me.