The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) estimates that more than 200,000 people are hospitalized each year with the flu or related complications, adding that more than 36,000 people die from the seasonal virus. Try these tricks to outsmart the flu and to prevent colds and other infections. flu
1. Stay hydrated.
Keep your membranes – which can trap viruses in your nose and throat — in tip top shape by drinking lots of fluids, preferably water.
2. You are what you eat.
Cut back on fatty foods and give your immune system a boost with foods like fruits and vegetables, experts say. Federal guidelines recommend five to nine servings of fruit and veggies each day for a healthy dose of symptom-beating antioxidants.
3. Hands off.
Believe it or not, the most common places for germs to enter your body are the eyes and nose. So, wash your hands and keep them to yoursel
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