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Keep anti bacterial gel in your bag & use it regularly. If you go to a hotel, wipe down surfaces with anti bacterial wipes, especially door handles & TV remotes

My dad always said theres no cure for a cold, you need a brisk walk. I dont say you always feel like it, but often you feel less stuffy with some fresh air. But make sure hand wash is a must

I have found Vicks First Defence Spray quite effective if you use it immediately you feel the first symptoms of a cold.

Wash hands regualarly, eat healthily, and we swear by elderberry extract to cut any cold or flu down to size fast.

try and keep away from people who are sick or showing signs of the cold

Don't Touch Your Face
Cold and flu viruses enter your body through your eyes, nose, and mouth.

washing hands! - but in reality I believe what will be will be - they make you stronger in the end!

multivitamins!!

Keep dosed up with Vitamin C

I think washing hands is the single greatest thing you can encourage children to do as a preventative measure against illness.

I take vitamin C over winter and ecanacia tablets to prevent cold and flu as both are supposed to boost your immune system and I think health comes from within.

If I start feeling a cold coming on then cups of bovril laced with Cayenne Pepper really help clear my head and keep it at bay.

I think it's impossible to avoid every bug and we need to be exposed to some bacteria to build up a healthy immune system. I do, however, carry a little bottle of anti-bac in my bag when out and about and give my hands a little clean if I've been on the bus, public toilets etc where my hands may have touched things that really are less than clean in cold and flu season.

My grandfather used to sleep with an onion under his pillow as he reckoned would keep the colds and flu away.So I have read,onions do in fact have antiseptic properties so he may well have been right.

Wash your hands, especially before eating, and I take selenium to boost my immune system. Finally eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, and keep hydrated with plenty of fluids. I do all this and #touchwood have not had a bad cold for a few years now.

lots of hand washing and vit c

Wash hands well , carry a tissue , get flu jab

flu jab is the first port of call. then good hygiene, wash hands , use tissues and bin them properly

Taking COLLOIDAL SILVER regularly during cold or flu season often prevents colds and flu altogether.
Taking Colloidal Silver at the very first sign of a cold or flu often knocks the budding infection out within just one or two days. It is a natural remedy that's highly effective, I always use it!

Wash your hands regularly and do not touch your face with said hands!

As the first sign of a cold have drop of oil of oregano diluted in a drink (it's really strong). I work with small children and since I started using this am rarely ill with colds or flu.

Regular use of hand sanitiser and keeping immune systems strong by consuming plenty of vitamin c such as by having a few satsumas each day

Lots of Vitamin C!

Wash your hands regularly. That means every time you go near a sink. I once went shopping and got talking to a little girl in a shop who gave me a tatty teddy to hold. I should really have washed my hands as soon as possible, but left it until I got home. I was ill all weekend and could only think I'd caught something from the teddy - no offence to the child's mother, but it could have done with a good wash.

Get the Flu jab as early as possible in the season, and quite simply, there is no way to avoid the occasional 'cold' so......as far as possible just stay away from others whilst you have a runny nose.