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It can be tough to avoid getting sick during the winter. So we have 5 tips to help you stay healthy this season, and we have a great product for you if you do happen to get sick. You also have a chance to win in our giveaway at the end of this post thanks to our sponsor.
5 Tips to Stay Healthy This Season
- Wash your hands. Washing your hands is something we all try to teach our kids from the start… and for good reason.
Hand washing can go a very long way in keeping ourselves healthy.
Washing your hands helps prevent viruses and bacteria from getting into your system, which will help to keep you healthy.
Always lather with soap and warm water for at least 30 seconds. Teach kids to sing a song like Happy Birthday while washing their hands to help them understand how long to scrub their hands.
And remember to keep a hand sanitizer with you as a backup. I like to keep one in my purse and in my car. A great idea is to give each of your kids a hand sanitizer to take with them to school in their backpacks.
- Eat healthy foods. One of the best ways to keep from getting sick is to keep your immune system in tip-top shape.
Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables gives your body the vitamins and minerals it needs to be in the best health. Cut back on sugar and other unhealthy foods as these can deplete your body of vital vitamins and nutrients.
- Get plenty of sleep. Getting the rest you need is crucial to staying healthy. Your body cannot fight off sicknesses if you don’t get enough sleep. Aim for at least 7 hours of sleep every night, but try to get 8 hours if you can.
It’s also important to ensure your kids are getting enough sleep… especially if you have teenagers. Teens tend to stay up too late texting friends and playing on their devices. Set up a charge station in your kitchen or living room and have all family members leave their devices there at night to charge.
- Exercise. Even if it is too cold for you to exercise outside, there are plenty of inside options for you.
Search YouTube for exercise routines that you can do inside with little or no equipment or download an app to help. If indoor exercise is not your thing, invest in quality workout gear that will keep you warm and take a walk or run outside. Even just 20 minutes several days a week will strengthen your body and keep your immune system strong. One of the easiest ways to get some regular exercise is to walk your kids to school and then continue walking for a nice power walk.
- Get more Zinc. Even if you think you are doing everything to stay healthy, extra zinc can keep you feeling even better.
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What to do if you do get sick
- If you do end up catching something the best thing you can do is hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Staying hydrated is so important when your body is trying to fight off some yucky germs and bacteria.
- Get plenty of rest! Your body will recover faster and easier if you give it plenty of rest so it can use the energy you do have to fight off that bug.
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Winter can be such a fun time of year… especially if you stay healthy. We hope these tips help you enjoy the snowy season with your family and friends.
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Written by 5 Minutes for Mom contributor Anna Hettick. Anna’s own blog is Food and DIY.
I try to avoid sick people and disinfectant surfaces throughout the house. We always keep tissues and medicine on hand. I carry hand sanitizer wherever we go.
Lots of liquids, zinc, and a frequent cleaning.
A lot of hand washing and taking vitamin c
I try to keep hands as clean as possible, to prevent spread of germs. This helps in the first place for prevention of getting sick in the first place.
I wash my hands constantly and use zinc lozenges to stave off colds. I also use bacterial wipes on shopping carts handles too!
We wash our hands when needed, I keep germx stocked. & we keep the medicine cabinet stocksd.
We wash hands a lot and try to eat healthy food
sanitizer and vitamin C drops
I keep everything sanitized, ESPECIALLY the doorknobs, I keep it warm in the house and we all dress warm as well.
drink lots of water, use lots of eucalyptus essential oil, and get plenty of rest.
We wash our hands frequently and take vitamins.
Take elderberry!
We get the flu shot, try to keep our hands away from our faces, use sleeves to open public doors and avoid crowds. People really are disgusting when they are sick. Cough or sneeze without covering any part of their faces, wiping noses then touching public spaces, etc. Nasty! Avoid sick people and don’t believe them when they say ‘It’s just allergies.’
Any time either of us sneezes or coughs, we immediately spray the house with disinfectant spray..
I hope all of us have a happy, HEALTHY 2018!
i just try to stay away from most people
We get our flu shots every year and we take our vitamins everyday!
My husband and I take vitamin c and use hand sanitizer
I STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF WASHING HANDS AND WIPE DOWN EVERYTHING W/DISINFECTANT WIPES 🙂
We use the simple tip of washing our hands often.
Washing hands is one of the most important things for keeping those germs at bay!
I wash my hands, eat right and exercise, and take supplements, plus try not to get wet in extreme cold.
We wash our hands often and disinfect commonly used objects.
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Lots of hand washings. Getting plenty of sleep. Drinking extra water.
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Washing hands and hand sanitizer. Try to keep them as healthy as possible so they dont get sick as much
I wash my hands a lot during cold and flu season.
We eat a lot of vitamins and drink plenty of water. We wash our hands and bundle up when we go out in the cold.
My tip is to wash hands often and well.
Sanitizer if we can’t wash hands easily
Wash hands frequently, take vitamins, and get extra rest.
I like to take vitamins and wash hands frequently.
I use Thieves essential oil to boost my immune system. I also try to wash my hands often!
I try to make sure my house is clean, I’m well rested, hydrated, eat healthy foods and plenty of hand washing.
my husband swears by taking zinc daily
We use a lot of hand sanitizer in our house. ✋✋
Well, we are lucky to live in a temperate climate so, we still go hiking and enjoy nature throughout the winter season; it was 86 degrees today even. Eat right, fresh air, clean hands, and exercise.
Always washing our hands.
We eat a lot of nutritious foods, exercise, and eat some citrus fruits.
definitely keep hands washed & clean and be sure to spray or wipe down the high traffic “hand grabbing” areas of your house like the refrigerator door, the door knobs, cell phones, etc etc
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drink lots of orange juice
We wash our hands often and drink lots of tea.
To keep my family healthy in cold and flu season, I just emphasize how important it is to wash your hands often.
We take zinc and elderberry cough drops once a day. We eat oranges,berries and grapefruit more often during the cold and flu season months.
Hands are washed often.
I get my annual flu shot and wash my hands frequently.
We take multi vitamins, drink juice and eat healthy.
We wash our dishes in bleach and sneeze in our elbows.
Using the dishwasher
Hand washing is our first defense in preventing illness. I also keep cold medicines on hand for when it arrives.
I think it is more important to make sure you wash your hands often. Thank you
We drink lots of juices and water, take our daily vitamins and wash hands often.
I drink lots of water and take Vitamin C and get the flu shot
Lemon tea and ginger makes a big difference
A tip I use to keep my family healthier during cold and flu season is to have everyone get enough sleep and drink lots of water to keep hydrated and our systems flushed out. I think taking a zinc product would be beneficial as well.
I always make sure we wash our hands, change the towels often, and wash sheets when we get sick!
get a flu shot, wash hands a lot, vitamins
We stay healthy by staying hydrated. THanks for the chance!
Avoiding people… HA! Seriously, vitamin C is a biggie 😉
Thanks for the great winter health tips.
We wash our hand often, drink orange juice, and sanitize our hands as well.
I Make sure everyone eats healthy and washes their hands frequently.
We get flu shots and wash our hands frequently
We make sure the kids wash their hands often, use sanitizer, get enough rest, and drink plenty of water.
My old standby is to use cool mist humidification. You really need one especially during the winter with the dry heat!
The main way I avoid getting ill is by getting a lot of sleep and rest and I always drink a lot of water and take probiotics to resist the illness in the first place.
We keeps our hands washed, take vitamins, get plenty of rest and drink lots of orange juice
Flu shot!
Always wash hands and take zicam when it first comes on!
We try to take vitamins everyday and wash our hands a lot.
We take our vitamins and wash our hands!
My family keeps our hands washed ,eats healthy and drinks plenty of orange juice
We wash our hands and faces often, take vitamins and try to get extra sleep.
We take extra vitamin C, wash our hands frequently and clean the kitchen and bathroom with bleach.
We try to eat healthy, balanced meals to make sure our immune systems are strong!
we wash our hands more often!
Diligent hand-washing and covering our coughs and sneezes are the most important things we do to stay healthy.
i use the vicks and then first sign of cold and then we keep warm pile the blanket on the bed and then have hot choclate if they want
Double up on Vitamin C.
We wash our hands often and drink plenty of fluids.
We do a lot of hand washing and drink orange juice everyday for our vitamin C.
Wash hands! Wash hands! Wash hands! I am always preaching this. But it is SO important!!
Hand washing is key.
Hand washing and drinking crazy amounts of fluids, lots of water and juices, preferably sugar free.
We wash our hands constantly, drink lots of water, and rest as much as possible.
Stay away from sick people (if you can), keep clean and wash regularly.
We take extra vitamin C & keep a lot of tissues.
I try to keep all hands clean, everyone well rested, drinking lots of water and eating healthy!
We are CRAZY hand washers……it’s the only thing I find that keeps us from getting sick !!
We eat healthy and make sure we get enough sleep.
we drink lots of water, and take probiotics and multivitamins.
When we know we’ve been exposed to a someone who’s suffering from a cold, we whip out the zicam. However, I have found it doesn’t work if one is already started, then it seems it is too late.
Washing our hands/using hand sanitizer when ever needed. Drink lots of natural and organic juices with Vitamin C. Take vitamins. Eat healthy brothy and vegetable soups. Drink water and tea.
My tip is I wash everything with bleach water and spray everything with lysol. I also keep all remotes in a zip lock bag we us germ x .
We try to stay healthy by making sure to stay hydrated!
We take vitamin c during the winter.
We make sure we have hand sanitizers on us and we take vitamin c supplements
to keep us healthy we eat healthy and exercise. we also do a lot of hand washing too.
Hand sanitizer in my purse and kids backpacks and constant handwashing!
We wash hands often and use hand sanitizer.
We try to keep hand sanitizer with us and make a point to get our vitamin C.
essential oils, lots of rest, and a good book.
I make sure we wash our hands a lot, eat healthy foods and use my essential oils daily. I don’t typically get sick but if I do it’s really awful.
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i wish we had better tips. mostly we really try to be great about handwashing!
We wash hands often and use hand sanitizer.
We use plenty of hand sanitizer and chicken noodle soup.
We all get flu shots and then we practice lots of good hand washing. I also make sure everyone gets plenty of sleep.
I try to employ the wash your hands & cough into the crook of your arm rule in this house. Truthfully though with my school age kids it’s hard to keep them from catching every cold that goes around!
I make sure I have plenty of antibacterial wipes and gel with me and use Lysol spray at home.
We focus on washing our hands and use hand sanitizer.
Wash our hands and lots of sleep.
Lots of liquid, handwashing, hand sanitizer, and flu shots.
Lots of extra hand washing, pro-biotics and multiviatmins, help us to try and keep the sick germs at bay.
We try to take Vitamin C and use lots of hand sanitizer
We all take vitamins and wash our hands regularly.
we wash our hands frequently and dry to get plenty of sleep.
Honestly we don’t do anything special…we’ll take cold medicine if we feel something coming on tho. @Artists4God
Lots of sleep and hand washing
I make sure we get plenty of vitamin C, always have hand sanitizer on hand.
Our family washes their hands before meals.
The best tip is to just wash your hands and cough/sneeze into your elbow or clothes and not your hands.
I wash my hands often and drink juices .
I think it’s important to get the extra rest you need when you’re sick. We also use a humidifier a lot when we have coughs.
Drink lots of water, take vitamin C and zinc
Wash your hands, drinks lots of water and take our vitamins
We take vitamins and eat healthy! 🙂
Plenty of vitamins , elderberry syrup, and vitamins!
I wash my hands thoroughly and frequently.
We make sure to have plenty of hand sanitizer and cold medicine. Also, to bundle when we go out.
We practice handwashing year round and carry hand sanitizer with us. We also get a flu shot every year.
We make sure to wash hands often and take our vitamins. tHank you
We take multi-vitamins, I keep the house clean and aired out, and I spray disinfectant spray.
We wash hands frequently and take vitamins
We take vitamins, always washing our hands and covering our mouths when we cough or sneeze
We use Kleenex, wash our hands often & take daily vitamins.
We wash hands frequently and eat healthy foods.
Lots of hand sanitizers.
We wash our hands frequently and take vitamins.
I have hand sanitizer bottles all around the house, and especially around the tissues. Usually we can keep the cold in check that way so the whole family isn’t sharing it.
Washing our hands all the time.
Take your vitamins and wash your hands
Keeping the hands clean.
We wash our hands allll the time!
We use hand sanitizer and zinc lozenges.
I try to avoid crowds as much as possible and keep hands clean.
We all get flu shots and practice frequent hand washing.
The best tip is to wash my hands all the time especially if I come in from the store.
I love brewing a pot of Throat Coat and adding honey, ginger, and Emergen-C when I’m feeling flu-y.
For us grow ups, nothing helps cold symptoms like a good hot toddy. 😜
We wash our hands often to not spread germs my son has a heart transplant so we get a flu shot too.
I tell my children not to cough on people and to wash their hands.
I wash my hands a lot to try and stay healthy.
We drink lots of water and get plenty of rest and wash our hands often
We try to eat healthy meals, take a daily vitamin, get plenty of sleep and wash our hands frequently.
We drink plenty of herbal tea, especially turmeric tea since turmeric is beneficial in helping to ward off colds.
I try to wash mt hands all the time ad get enough sleep, but I still got sick.. darn it
I keep medicines on hand for those times we get sick.
I don’t eat a lot of sugar. Sugar suppresses a person’s immune system. Sugar inhibits phagocytosis, the process by which viruses and bacteria are engulfed and then literally chewed up by white blood cells.
We tend to have good immune systems, so we don’t worry much about keeping germ free. We just stay away from those we know for sure to be sick with something like flu or strep.
I make sure everyone takes their vitamins, has a good pair of boots to keep their feet dry, and lots of hand sanitizer.
We always get flu shots and try very hard to clean hands frequently when out in the world touching all the things that everyone else touches. However, we failed miserably this year and everyone in the house got a nasty cold around Thanksgiving. It hung around forever too!
I take lots of Tylenol and vitamin C! 🙂
We all get the flu shot, take our vitamins, get plenty of rest, eat healthy, and stay bundled up.
We spend extra time cleaning services that get touched often such as: door knobs, faucet handles, and the telephone. If someone does get sick, they get a new toothbrush when they’re well in case there are germs on their toothbrush that would cause a relapse.
We wash out hands often
Lots of handwashing.
Our family drinks a herbal green drink.
Drinking lots of water, running a humidifier, washing hands, and exercise.
I swear by Zicam whenever anyone starts to feel bad. That and good old chicken noodle!
I like hand washing frequently and using lysol wipes around the house on door handles . Vitamins are a big thing in our home
We take extra Vitamin C and of course wash hands as much as possible.
Lots of hand washing, especially when we return home from being out. And lots of raw garlic if we either were exposed to something or feel like we might be coming down with something.
I have my family take vitamin c, zinc, vitamin d and echinacea daily as well as wash their hands on a regular basis.
Get lots of sleep, stay hydrated and use a humidifier.
We make sure the kids are eating healthy and getting lots of rest. Also keeping their little hands free of germs by washing and sanitizing.
We constantly wash our hands and eat healthy to stay healthy.
We take vitamins and drink extra water.
I keep a lot of hand sanitizer in the house and a lot of juice in the fridge. Thanks for the giveaway!
Drink lots of water and wash your hands often.
We take vitamins and get a good nights sleep.
We drink plenty of fluids, lots of rest, and tons of cleaning! I work in a nursing home, so I bring home a lot of germs. Keeping healthy is hard for us.
Hand sanitizer!
Always wash your hands and bundle up when it’s cold outside.
Lots of handwashing
take extra vitamins
vitamins, exercise and wash hands often.
We use echinacea, drink warm tea and exercise.
We take our vitamins every day, eat lots of fruits and veggies and use hand sanitizer.
We take vitamins and drink a lot herbal teas.
Definitely lots and lots of hand sanitizer along with various vitamins.
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Stay away from those petri dishes know as children. Seriously, do not get stressed, do get sleep and eat healthy.
Hand washing , vitamins, healthy eating and exercise
We always get out fly shots and make sure we eat healthy
try to get enough rest stock up on over the counter medicine and kleenex have frig stocked with oranges
We make sure to wash our hands often and take our vitamins.
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Frequent handwashing and drinking a lot of water.
It is hard to stay away from all of the viruses when you have children in school.I just try to make sure everyone washes their hands often.
We use hand sanitizer when we’re away from home and wash our hands a lot at home.
Get lots of rest, its your body telling you something and you can’t fight off anything if you’re always tired
A tip I use to keep my family healthy during cold and flu season is to get enough sleep every night. I firmly believe this can help keep you healthier against germs that we are going to run into anyway.
To keep my family healthy during cold and flu season we take vitamins, eat healthy, wash & sanitize our hands, stay hydrated, get 8 hrs sleep. Unfortunately, due to health issues we can’t get the flu shot.
We take vitamins daily and wash our hands often
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Lots of vitamin C and vitamins to support health
We drink extra fluids, get our flu shots, stay home if we’re sick, and wash our hands.
I make sure to wash my hands all the time, I avoid crowded places and stay away from the doctor!
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We take our daily vitamins and i’m big on hand washing and keeping our hands clean!
We drink lots of water, wash our hands often, and use thieves oil!
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To prevent the flu we wash our hands alto and take vitamins. Thank you for the chance to win!
I take a dose of vitamin C and oregano oil as soon as I feel the beginning of cold or flu.
I use a love of anti bacterial soaps and wipes to keep us healthy.
We try to take daily vitamins and wash our hands often.
We increase fluids and we wipe all remotes, light switches, faucet handles, door handles, etc with lysol wipes or clorox wipes at least twice a week.
We eat well, take our vitamins and wash hands frequently.
Wash hands, take vitamin C and eat healthy meals and drink tea and soups.
Get enough (or even extra!) sleep!
One tip to stay healthy during the sick months is to wash hands frequently and wipe down surfaces, door handles, etc around the house!
We take Vitamin C regularly. We wash our hands so much. We eat healthy.
We use the humidifier and mister more now that the air is dry that helps a lot, and treat ourselves to good juices!
we take our vitamins and wash your hands with soap and wate
We take our daily dose of Vitamin C. Always have hand sanitizer on hand, especially in public. Eat lots of green vegetables and fruits.
We wash our hands all the time. Eat healthy fruits and vegetables. Get plenty of sleep, and stay away from sick people.
We always take our multivitamins and when we start feeling sick, we start using airborne.
We make sure we get plenty of sleep to stay healthy.
We wash hands often and I keep vitamin c and zinc on hand for the family to take daily
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We frequently wash our hands,get plenty of sleep, and drink plenty of water,
wash hands regularily, lots of vitamin C, lots of rest
I’m a frequent hand washer and get the flu shot type 🙂 I also take some immune boosters if I feel sickness coming on 🙂
I try to cook meals that offer more vitamin C, zinc, and other cold-fighting goodness.
We take vitamins and get a good nights sleep.
To keep us healthy during cold and flu season we diffuse Thieves essential oil.
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I make sure we all get flu shots, wash our hands regularly and exercise regularly to keep up a healthy immune system.
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Wash wash wash hands!! Don’t touch your face and make sure to get your vitamins!! Especially D which is usually lacking in the winter!!
My tip is to take vitamin C daily and wash hands often