Comments on: 16 Health Tips for Coping with Cold and Flu Season

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By: Monica Healthy Green Mom

Monica Healthy Green Mom — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:54:05 +0000

Some great tips here!
We follow most of them on the list, but I think the best ones for us have been eating more fruits and veggies, avoiding sugar and taking fantastic organic vitamins.

By: TV Guide

TV Guide — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:11:35 +0000

Great list. Concise and to the point. Keep up the good work!

Although…I like teh idea of a massage as much as the next man but I’m not convinced it will help

By: Derek Markham

Derek Markham — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:58:10 +0000

I meant it to be about coping with cold and flu season. All of the above are about minimizing your risk and maximizing your health…

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:11:19 +0000

You say these are tips for coping with disease, but is it really coping if your advice – on the whole – simply is to do as little as possible other than eating healthy foods and sleeping a lot, even taking days off work, as long as it takes for the illness to pass without the aid of modern medicine?

By: Derek Markham

Derek Markham — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:31:23 +0000

All of these tips are from health providers, and none of them are a magic bullet.

“Minimize your risk” is the operative phrase here.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:15:58 +0000

These all seem like guesses. I wish I could find the qualifications of anybody posting on here. Vitamin C and zinc actually have research to back them up.
Also, the amount of thimerosal (mercury chemically linked to aspirin) contains less mercury than you’d find in a can of tuna.
If it’s on the internet it must be true though so everbody should definitely believe this uncited list with no given qualifications given for any of the authors.