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Best Home Remedies for Colds and Flu

Tried and true ways to get relief

Go to Bed!
Go to Bed!
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If you’re sick, build your body’s defenses back up—in bed. In fact, bed is one of the best places that will help you ward off illness in the first place. One study reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that participants who got less than seven hours of sleep a night were about three times more likely to develop cold symptoms than those who got at least eight hours of sleep.

—Mary Choi

Reviewed by: Timothy Yarboro, M.D.

 

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