The best preventative measures and precautions you can take:

• • Hygiene - The first and most important measure to take in order to reduce the likelihood of contracting contagious bugs, is to simply practice the best hygiene possible.

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• Wash your hands before touching your face
• Wash your food thoroughly before eating
• Avoid touching other surfaces

The other tip is to avoid spaces where the illness is likely to travel rapidly. For example a crowded train or elevator. Here, you will be in close proximity to many other people that could be carrying a disease. In a closed contained environment, the potential for any bugs to spread via air-born droplets is very high.

Another consideration is the role of a face mask. This is a breathing mask that you wear over the mouth and the nose in order to filter air and thereby preventing the spread of a disease.

These masks actually serve two purposes: not only do they prevent the wearer from contracting bugs, but they also help to prevent them from spreading it. This works because the mask contains the droplets that they may propel into the air when sneezing or coughing.
Studies have shown the masks to be an effective form of protection against air-born flu-like bugs. It was found that people who used the mask correctly were actually 80% less likely to contract flu. As some bugs appear to travel in the same manner as the flu, this makes it likely that a mask would be beneficial.

What you need to stay safe!

How to Improve Your Immunity

While there is no vaccination against the current contagious bug, generally improving your health and immunity is a way to protect against most contagions.

Have you ever had the flu and noticed that your husband/wife and children usually get it too?

Every now and then, one of you manages to coast through completely fine! This is because this person has a stronger immune system at that particular time.

You are in control!

Vitamins, Minerals and Good Nutrition

The first and most important thing you can do, is to make sure you are eating a balanced and nutritious diet. Avoid "empty calories" that don't provide any nutritional value, and instead try as much colourful fruit and vegetables on your plate as possible.

The most important nutrients to seek out in particular, include colostrum containing immunoglobins, Vitamin C (a powerful antioxidant that is known to support immunity), Vitamin A, and Vitamin E. All of these nutrients can be found in one very special product.Colostrum6...

Lifestyle Factors

Did You Know?

Fresh air and cold exposure is also beneficial. Not only does fresh air help to clear out the lungs, but being cold can actually help to "train" the immune system, so that it is capable of working harder and doing its job better!