The average person gets 200 colds in a lifetime, but that doesn’t mean that your responsibilities can be dropped when your immune system dips — meetings still need to be attended, kids need to be dropped off at school and trips to the supermarket are still necessary. It may seem unavoidable that as winter rolls around you’ll spend most of it feeling pretty terrible, completing your daily tasks with tissues and decongestant stuffed in your pockets — but, it doesn’t have to be this way. We spoke to Dr Michael Barnish, medical director at REVIV UK (revivme.com), who shares his advice on avoiding illness and making life a little easier this winter.
WHY DO WE GET COLDS?