Ways to get rid of your cold ASAP

Ok guys I've been sick since Friday night and I was wondering how do you get rid off your cold?

Usually I:
-Drink 1.5+ gallon of water a day trying to flush my body
-chew vitamin C tablets throughout the day (between 6-9g)
-Rest as much as I can
-increase my garlic intake
-drink lemon mixed with ginger and honey.

at night I wrap myself up in a bunch of blankets and have solid sweat out throughout the night (I stack a bunch of t-shirt next to me so I can stay dry).

It's now Sunday and I'm feeling way better already. No more runny nose, sore throat or fever. Just a blocked nose.

I try to stay away from doctors they have the tendency to give antibiotics like candy. If I can't shake it off after a week then I go see a doctor.

I would also like to hear about coaches and how to you guys manage to stay healthy.
I've scored a job that forces me to work ridiculous hours on top of training/teaching.

The last two weeks were crazy. Right after 2 hours night class I had to go to work finishing usually after 4 am. We are also slowly entering winter in NZ and temperatures are starting to drop at night quite radically. I was expecting to fall apart with the crazy hours and barely no rest/sleep


I'd be keen to hear about cold remedies and also hear from the coaches that have a job on top of running their gym :)

Why is it that most home remedies sound more unbearable than the illnesses themselves?

fresh squeezed oj and a clove of garlic will kick the shit out of it brohan

It has been proven in study after study that taking Zinc when you first get signs of a flu or cold will cut the time it effects you in HALF. A friend told me this long ago I called BS, and have researched it heavily since then to find that its well tested and true, most throat lozenges are zinc based even. Take Zinc and vitamin C and keep hydrated and you will crush that shit before it has a chance to tap out.

This sounds nuts and if a doctor didn't tell me it I would have thought so...

He said to take large dosed of vit C until you feel the need to BM (usually I take 3/4 of the high dose chewable tabs). Do that once or twice and it will kick the cold out of you. I have tried and, and...it works. It is just odd to me.

Also, if the cold is in your nose make sure to suck on hard candies or cough drops often. You don't want the nasty stuff to slide down into your chest. The candies/cough drops will help it move to the stomach.

Lastly since you have a crazy work/class/coaching schedule try sublingual B12. I liked it because it gave me the energy boost w/o the nasty caffeine buzz. You can think clearly, you have no shakes, not "crawling" hair and they aren't bad for your stomach like energy drinks etc. Plus, you can sleep after taking them. I felt that my sleep went very deep, very quickly and had no nutso dreams or side effects.

Zinc. I like zicam.

Anything with Umka in it. I prefer anything from this brand.

http://www.iherb.com/Nature-s-Way-Um...kets/8886?at=0

Thank you for this thread. I've got a cold right now, and I'd rather be shot than have a stopped up nose.

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. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjgBLwH3Wc

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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

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Originally Posted by tremper

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. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjgBLwH3Wc

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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.

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

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 :)

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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

When every my fam starts to get sick I smash a glove of garlic put on a table spoon then put ginger powder
then honey on top of that. Then plug nose and swallow lol. The garlic is a natural antibiotic which
Kills it. Then the hunger moves it threw your body. The honey has its properties too but its mostly to help it down and coat
The throat if sore. Hope this helps. take three times a day and it should be gone by day three.

Sorry that was ginger not hunger.