
I wonder if Grandma’s chicken soup is on the list.
Cold weather doesn’t literally make you sick, but the winter season does indeed make you more prone to catching a bad cold. Chilly conditions mean you spend more time indoors, where bacteria and viruses are more likely to linger in the air and on surfaces you touch, and the drop in temperature leaves your mucus membranes dry, irritated, and more vulnerable to infection.
Here’s the listed solutions:
Take a break
Avoid alcohol
(Yep! Here it comes)
Speaking of Hot, Liquid Comfort: Soup Can’t Hurt
Be Kind to Your Mucus Membranes (gargle apple cider vinegar)
Don’t Run for the Antibiotics
What pills should I pop?
Once You’re Better, Go Get Your Damn Flu Shot
Explanations @ Here Are the Cold and Flu Remedies That Actually Work - Popular Science - Pocket