Being fit and colds

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jeanwl
Community Leader
Registered: 04-05-2002
Being fit and colds
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 Tue, 11-09-2010 - 7:45am

There was a blurb in the Washington Post Health section today about a study on fitness and getting sick. They tracked people fall and winter for 12 weeks.






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gymrat76
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-15-2004
In reply to: jeanwl
Re: Being fit and colds
 Tue, 11-09-2010 - 8:05am

I don't get sick too often although we are still in the calendar year in which my body was ravaged by the swine flu.

freshstartnow
Community Leader
Registered: 09-25-2003
In reply to: jeanwl
Re: Being fit and colds
 Tue, 11-09-2010 - 8:51am

Hhhhmmmm.

millcreek2
iVillage Member
Registered: 05-01-2003
In reply to: jeanwl
Re: Being fit and colds
 Tue, 11-09-2010 - 10:43am

I get SICK (fever/in the bed) twice a year.

jeanwl
Community Leader
Registered: 04-05-2002
In reply to: jeanwl
Re: Being fit and colds
 Tue, 11-09-2010 - 2:16pm
Overall, though, your bout with swine flu was so minimal compared to what it could be. I think it's, in part, because of your being fit.





jeanwl
Community Leader
Registered: 04-05-2002
In reply to: jeanwl
Re: Being fit and colds
 Tue, 11-09-2010 - 2:16pm
I know someone else who swears by it, too. She uses it on her kids when they start getting sick and she said it's amazing.





jeanwl
Community Leader
Registered: 04-05-2002
In reply to: jeanwl
Re: Being fit and colds
 Tue, 11-09-2010 - 2:17pm
My kids are pretty healthy, too. My daughter might get an occasional cold and my son is very much like me.





cathypem
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-09-2001
In reply to: jeanwl
Re: Being fit and colds
 Tue, 11-16-2010 - 4:37pm
I can't even remember the last time I was sick. And I work in a school around 100's of kids. Another thing that matters, I think, besides eating right and working out, is not putting your hands in your mouth or in your eyes, etc, unless you've washed them. So I don't bite my cuticles while I'm at work - a bad habit of mine, or rub my eyes, things like that. I'm a total germaphobe when I'm out! Lol
jeanwl
Community Leader
Registered: 04-05-2002
In reply to: jeanwl
Re: Being fit and colds
 Tue, 11-16-2010 - 5:13pm
If you don't get sick and you're near kids all the time, that says a lot!





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