Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I could do that when I was 19 (and often did), but lately I have found that it usually makes things worse. But on the last day of a cold when I'm already feeling better a moderate cardio workout seems to help clear out all the bad stuff.
I've found the same thing. As I get older, it seems to just get worse if I workout when sick.
Lots of good suggestions here... several of which have worked well for me as well:
I definitely concur with the Zicam. If you catch it right when you first start feeling the cold symptoms, it seems to really knock it out.
I have also found that drinking lots of water seems to help. I try to keep a glass or bottle of water in my hand almost continuously. It's amazing how much water you will drink if you have it right in front of you all the time!
The other thing I do is take high quality nutritional supplements (whether sick or not). I found that the number of times I get sick each year has gone down dramatically since starting to take these... and, when I do get sick, I generally get over it faster.