Tips for Staying Healthy in Cold & Flu Season - Reserveage Blog

Clean your hands

Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.

Cover your mouth and nose

Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around you from getting sick. Flu and other serious respiratory illnesses, like respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), whooping cough, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), are spread by cough, sneezing, or unclean hands.

Avoid close contact

Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too.

Practice other good health habits

Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces at home, work or school, especially when someone is ill. Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food.

Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth

Germs are often spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose or mouth.

Stay home when you are sick

If possible, stay home from work, school and errands when you are sick. This will help prevent spreading your illness to others.

Don't forget to supplement with Resveratrol!

Human research was conducted to assess the effects of repeated doses of resveratrol (1000 mg/day for 28 days) on circulating immune cells in healthy individuals. These function as a first line of defense and as a bridge between innate and adaptive responses. The results were that resveratrol was safe and well-tolerated and was associated with signifcant increases in the numbers of circulating gamma delta T cells and regulatory T cells.