HEALTH + WELLNESS
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COLD REMEDIES :
WHAT WORKS ... AND WHAT DOESN ’ T
AHH , CHRISTMAS , THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN MANY OF US SEEM TO THROW CAUTION TO THE WIND – WE ESCHEW WORKOUTS WITH WILD ABANDON , FAVOURING TO OVERINDULGE AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY ; WE FORGET HOW STRESSED OVERSPENDING CAN MAKE US WHEN SEEMINGLY SHOPPING TO FEED THE 5,000 ; AND DURING ALL OF THIS HEIGHTENED FESTIVITY , MANY OF US GET ILL , QUITE POSSIBLY BECAUSE WE ’ VE EATEN AND DRUNK TOO MUCH , REMOVING ANY FORM OF STABILISING ROUTINE FROM OUR LIVES IN THE PROCESS . THERE ’ S NO DENYING IT ’ S WILDLY FUN , BUT THE YULETIDE SEASON IS ALSO A MINEFIELD FOR CATCHING – AND SPREADING – THE CLASSIC COMMON COLD . THANKFULLY , ALTHOUGH THERE ’ S NO CURE FOR THE NATION ’ S MOST POPULAR LURGY , THERE IS A WHOLE WORLD OF PURPORTED REMEDIES OUT THERE , SOME OF WHICH ARE EFFECTIVE AND SOME OF WHICH ARE DEFINITELY NOT . BY POLLY HUMPHRIS
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