Anyone else dealing with cold after cold?

[andtckrtoo]

A few years back I had problems with serial colds. I think it was a side effect of some medication I had recently started taking (Advair).

But I also realized that my diet was probably low in iron and zinc, which might have been affecting my immune system, so I started taking a multivitamin every day. I can't swallow giant pills so I take Centrum chewables. Since then I have only gotten one or two colds per year.

I also used to try to keep up my exercise routine while I was sick, but now I take a few days off as soon as I start to feel sick and I take it easy until I'm feeling better. It's hard getting back into the swing of things afterwards but I definitely get over the cold faster.

That's interesting - I started a nutrition program that graded based on nutrition, so I stopped taking my multivitamin. I have recently added it back. I have been taking a multivitamin for years, but I had been reading that they are not as effective as eating foods with those vitamins. I wonder if that had something to do with it. I know I seem to be fighting this cold more effectively, which would be after I added them back.

Emily - oh I wash my hands frequently, too. I hate dirty or dirty feeling hands, and as I'm at a computer all day, my hands always feel dirty. I have not had a real cold in about 10 years. I think that's why this season has amazed me. It cannot be as simple as a vitamin pill, can it? Well, that with a sound nutritional program and plenty of sleep?