h1n1 cure: How to Treat Yourself When Your Sick With a Cold or Flu

By KaraDiabloThere comes a time when you do not have someone to tend you when you sick. So somehow you must muster the energy to take care of yourself.
Step 1 Hydration
When your ill your body can easily get dehydrated. That’s why it is important to drink plenty of fluids. Fluids that are wonderful when your ill are clear fluids such as water, lemon lime soda, ginger ale, tea. When your sick fluids can sometimes be hard on your stomach so drink small sips often. Never drink large amounts at one time this could induce vomiting.

Step 2 Rest
I know that in a busy world rest can be next to impossible. But getting even a few extra hours of rest in the course of your day or night will help your body recuperate faster.

Step 3 Meals
There is an old saying feed a cold, starve a flu. This saying is partially right due to the fact that when you have the flu it is hard to keep food down. But even while having the flu you need to eat. The best diet you can have while ill is a bland diet, composed of simple foods that are easy to digest. Examples are broth, toast, saltine crackers, pudding, jell-o. Of course you will have to use modifications according to your own personal diet restrictions. But never starve yourself while your sick, your body needs the energy from food to help it heal.

Step 4 Vitamins
There are a lot of known vitamin regimens to help aid the bodies immune system when it is ill. It is pretty common household knowledge that vitamin C helps boost the immune system, and zinc is suppose to help lessen the length of a cold. So when I feel a cold coming on I grab for a natural juice smoothie. There are several brands but these juices offer a high impact of vitamins to help boost your immune system. But you can also try taking a supplement to help get you through the on coming virus or bug.