Suzie Cohen

Handy Tips to Keep Holidays Healthy

• Reduce Stress - Stress levels run high around the holidays, which can weaken your immune system. Make sure you remain healthy and strong by boosting your system with vitamin c and zinc gluconate glycine.



• Get Plenty of Rest - Don't let holiday parties, family obligations or last minute shopping trips interfere with sleep. Staying well-rested can help to keep you healthy



• Keep up the Exercise Routine - It's very easy to break your healthy workout habits when holiday happenings beckon. Proper exercise contributes to a healthy immune system, so make fitness part of your holiday plans.



• Eat Healthy - Christmas cookies and eggnog are delicious holiday treats, but don't exchange healthy calories for a steady diet of holiday food. Proper nutrition helps your immune system stay strong.



• Wash Your Hands - It's not just kissing a coughing Auntie Carol that causes you to catch a cold. Germs can live for several hours on inanimate objects such as doorknobs and telephones. Frequent washing with soap and water helps reduce the risk of contracting a cold.



• Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze - If you're the one who's under the weather, you can help to reduce the spread of germs by covering your mouth and nose with a handkerchief or tissue as a barrier to help keep germs contained.

Keeping Happy and Healthy Throughout the Holidays

Slogging through the slush, traveling coast-to-coast for family gatherings and making your way through holiday shopping crowds can make a person feel run down, and that's a perfect invitation to illness.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle during the holidays can help your immune system to stay strong and in good fighting condition when germs beckon. By making proper nutrition, plenty of rest and exercise part of your holiday plans, you can help to ward off illness. Still, colds and flu can strike anyone unexpectedly. You can minimize your exposure by simply washing your hands frequently to avoid transferring germs on your hands to your nose and mouth.

When a cold gets in the way of your holidays, eating properly, drinking plenty of non-alcoholic and caffeine-free beverages and getting sufficient rest can help you recover. To get better, faster, pharmacists and doctors recommend Cold-Eeze®, an over-the-counter remedy containing zinc gluconate glycine that is clinically proven to reduce the duration of the common cold.