Easy Ways to Avoid a Cold or Flu

If you put a group of people in a room and expose all of them to a cold or flu virus, not everyone will be infected.  Wonder why?  Getting a cold or flu is not just from exposure, but result when the body’s natural balance is off kilter.  Chances are if you have a cold or flu, you just finished working long hours, ate on the go, and had little sleep. You were probably burning the candle at both ends.
            In truth, resting deeply, eating healthful foods, following a regular schedule, moving at a gentle pace, exercising, and limiting stimulation are the basics of good health.  There’s nothing exotic about these practices.  What is unusual is that we live in a society where we have to make an extra effort to practice them and resist the pressures that lead us to neglect self-care.

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