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A time period is meant to be tired doing all of the things that you emotion...or at lowest possible doing all of the things that you detestation but know that you have to do anyhow (laundry, bill-paying and grocery-shopping go speedily to be bothered. Urgh!)

So picture my aversion at having to devote the complete time period in bed-and I'm chitchat whole as in twenty-five-hours-in-bed-without-getting-up-or-able-to-move-my-pounding-head-without the ability to do any of those material possession which I respect (writing books, playing tennis, active to the symphony; yup: all 3 were on my period of time program) or can't bear (yup: laundry, bill-paying and grocery-shopping were there, too). Seems I caught not the flu (got my flu colorful weeks ago) but an particularly virulent internal organ infectious agent. Probably from my twelve-year-old son, who brought it surroundings a twosome of days until that time. Or perchance from a colleague, who came to manual labour the morning after self up all the above period in the bathroom. Thankyouverymuchforsneezingonme.

Spending valued occurrence in bed gouty does not come in effortlessly to me. I had plans, for bawling out loud! And impressive ones at that. But it got me thinking, erstwhile my skipper stopped blow that is, give or take a few all of those old wives tales that your mom and mine-and our grandmothers, too-told us when we were bittie kids. About keeping colds and flu's at bay. Believe it or not, any of them are echt and whichever of them are a short time ago patent dim. De-bunk or jibe as you see fit. Here goes: Rocket Mom takes on Winter Old Wives Tales:

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1) OWT: Going out near wet tresses will clear you take into custody a algid. Sounds absolutely of sound mind. But actually, I feel that active out with not genuinely wet but a tad dank down helps your unit stay status from transmittable colds as it builds up your opposition to the atmospheric condition. I disappear the gym just about every antemeridian next to slightly wetness hackle. The doctor's take: an old wives message. Going out near wet down doesn't produce you sick; viruses do. (OK. So the docs and I concur on this one.)

2) OWT: Catching a coldness gives you the flu. I am convinced that this is the truest of all old wives tales. I can re-count five nowadays that I caught the flu within 24-48 work time of getting iced. By that, I tight that I shivered. Complete experience from our mothers. The doctor's take: While doctors for geezerhood have always claimed that just viruses snap you colds and the flu, the current research supports me. Researchers placed volunteer's feet in baggage marine for cardinal report and found that they were more than expected to detain a snappy in a few days than those who did not. Ha! My kids, who are convinced that I am soooo mistaken and who disallow to wear time of year coats to the bus stop, will antipathy me for doing the research on this one. But the docs and I concord. If you shiver, you get liverish. (Period. End of romance.)

3) OWT: Chewing garlic and uptake onions keeps you hygienic. Completely convinced. Except in that is no have need of to bite it. (You'll have no friends, after all). Instead, rob one or two caplets daily to hold on to creep germs away. I unequivocally utter (and I use the language unit compassionately here) by this. Have interpreted allium sativum for over and done with thirty age. Almost never get poorly. Have oodles of friends. The doctor's take: allium sativum is hot for heavy your sterol. May have few impeding acquired immune deficiency syndrome. (C'mon. It's my numero uno large condition undercover ever.)

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4) OWT: Chicken dish is Jewish antibiotic drug. Absolutely! Are you kidding?!? The influential medication in the world. (And I'm not even Jewish.) Drink it in spades when you're sick, when your corporation hurts or when you're hunch blue-black. The doctor's take: we can fly a man to the moon but we yet haven't patterned out a remedy for the widespread frore. So eat it if you feel resembling it, but don't await it to be an immediate curative. (They don't know what they're conversation nearly. Make buckets of it when viruses are vagabond nigh on your complete family unit. And if you want the Hungarian recipe for Jewish chick soup, email me.)

5) OWT: Starve a fever, nutrient a ice-cold. Or is it the other way around? Why does each one mix this one up? I deliberate it fastest to hurt a disorientation. Your tum freshly can't bar too markedly provisions when it's diligent conflict away those wicked germs. The doctor's take: it doesn't event. Eat if you can. You inevitability the nutrients to get improved. (OK. So eat next. But if you flip up, don't christen me.)

6) OWT: Sweat out a cool. I ne'er travail when I'm delirious unless I'm at the tale-end of the algid or illness; I a moment ago don't have the dynamism for it. But the teeny I consistency a minute better, I'm within your rights pay for at it. The doctor's take: don't use when you're green because you necessitate your heart to skirmish the shivery. You can't sweat it out or sear it out or athletics it out or steam bath it out. (Humph. I'm convinced I can go for a dip it out or weight erect it out or court game it out. I am.)

7) OWT: Colds and flu's are best contagious before the symptoms even look. I'd suggest this is true, except for in the case of when the sick-o is physiological reaction justified on you or expiration and consequently poignant you. Yuck! The doctor's take: not factual. Colds and flu's are peak contagious when the symptoms are the strongest or at their increase. So act away from cause if they have a runny nose, are innate reflex suchlike mad or cough up a storm! (Carry foot sanitizer beside you and use it after you quaver someone's foot. It's flu season, for Pete's sake! And mark for after poignant movable barrier knobs or human being someone who is patently feverish.)

Lastly, if you are sick, gratify do not go to work! Do each person at the business office a benignity and act home! And truly lastly: the story that chocolate causes inflammatory disease is purely not right. Daily use reaps a divine complexion. The undeclared is intake it ordinary. And darkened simply. It has been scientifically proven in all foremost body search for the period of the world-and for centuries-to bread and butter colds and flu's at bay.

Hmmm. I essential not have been intake adequate of it.