On the subject of health
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Seeing as we seem to be interested in health and nutrition this week I thought it appropriate to ask this question to CPian's living in cold lands: How do you keep healthy in winter? I don't want to give up my 40 minute morning walk, or my gym in the evenings (I am finally shifting the excess weight), but find all the time outside is helping cold viruses to attach themselves to my body. I don't yet have a car here, so to get anywhere I walk and catch busses (including after gym in the evenings, when my body is hot but the air is cold). Any ideas please? :)
We don't need a thinker! We need a do-er! Someone who will act first, without considering the consequences. - Homer J Simpson
Wear proper clothing. When it gets cold enough wear something around your neck/mouth/nose to keep from breathing cold air. Todd Smith
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Seeing as we seem to be interested in health and nutrition this week I thought it appropriate to ask this question to CPian's living in cold lands: How do you keep healthy in winter? I don't want to give up my 40 minute morning walk, or my gym in the evenings (I am finally shifting the excess weight), but find all the time outside is helping cold viruses to attach themselves to my body. I don't yet have a car here, so to get anywhere I walk and catch busses (including after gym in the evenings, when my body is hot but the air is cold). Any ideas please? :)
We don't need a thinker! We need a do-er! Someone who will act first, without considering the consequences. - Homer J Simpson
Megan Forbes wrote: helping cold viruses to attach themselves to my body You can reduce the chances of that happening by, among other things, keeping your home's temperature at around 21C. I know a lot of people that keep their places really hot in the winter, which makes it easier for the virii to multiply. I also reduce the temperature in my place at night to around 17C - I have been doing this for years and my family seems to be healthier than when we were living in a *hot* apartment. I personally like walking in the winter as the snow makes it more challenging. If there isn't any snow then the cold inspires me to walk faster and warm up :) Erik Westermann Author, Learn XML In A Weekend (October 2002)
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Seeing as we seem to be interested in health and nutrition this week I thought it appropriate to ask this question to CPian's living in cold lands: How do you keep healthy in winter? I don't want to give up my 40 minute morning walk, or my gym in the evenings (I am finally shifting the excess weight), but find all the time outside is helping cold viruses to attach themselves to my body. I don't yet have a car here, so to get anywhere I walk and catch busses (including after gym in the evenings, when my body is hot but the air is cold). Any ideas please? :)
We don't need a thinker! We need a do-er! Someone who will act first, without considering the consequences. - Homer J Simpson
People get sick in the winter because they stay inside with all the windows closed causing the air to stagnate, breathing someone else's exhaled air. They decrease their exercise due to the weather causing their immune system's response to decline. Going outside is probably the best way to avoid getting infected. My suggestion, try your best to maintain your current exercise regime (with consideration for the weather) and remember to breath through your nose. Doing this filters the air you breath and warms it before it enters your lungs.