Can Cold Weather Give You A Cold?
It’s the time of the year when everywhere you go, you hear hacking and coughing, sneezing and blowing … it’s cold season. The season of cold weather and cold germs.
Can, cold weather give you a cold? Technically, NO but cold weather can weaken your immune system which makes you an easier target. Actually, you catch a cold from a virus, not from cold temperatures.
What can we do to help our bodies through the process of healing a cold? Here are some natural remedies for your body …
- Rose hip tea is full of vitamin C and can help prevent colds.
- Lemons, oranges, and apple cider are all considered to be cold remedies.
- For chills, take fresh gingerroots.
- Historically, the layers of the onion were believed to draw contagious diseases from the patient; onions were often hung in sickrooms. Today, we know that onions have antibacterial qualities.
- Boil a whole onion, and afterward, drink the water. You can add a little butter and salt if the taste is unbearable.
- Cut up fresh garlic cloves and add them to chicken soup or other foods, or swallow small chunks of raw garlic like pills.
- Like onion and garlic, horseradish generates lots of heat to help offset colds. According to one farmer we know, a daily horseradish sandwich is the best cold remedy out there!
- Eat loads of hot and spicy foods like chili to clear the sinuses.
- Prunes are rich in fiber, vitamins A and B, iron, calcium, and phosphorus. And they’ve been cured themselves.
- To treat sore lips, got to bed with honey on them.
- A spoonful of honey to ease nighttime cough proved more effective than a cough suppressant and an antihistamine. It coats the throat and soothes irritated nerve endings.
- For a particularly scratchy throat, take one tablespoon of concentrated lemon juice followed immediately by a tablespoon of honey just before bed, which will usually soothe your throat until morning.
I always get it mixed up … do you starve a cold, and feed a fever or do you feed a cold and starve a fever? Experts say a fevered body is working double-time to kick out a virus or infection consequently nutritionists suggest keeping caloric intake down until your fever subsides. Solid food may work to redirect energy toward your stomach, and your symptoms will linger. While your body sweats out or otherwise cleanses the impurities that are making you ill, drink plenty of fluids and trust that you’ll be able to feast when your fever breaks. Therefore, the consensus is to feed the cold and starve the fever!