When you feel a cold coming on, or you've just been exposed, what steps do you take?

I don’t care if Vitamin C therapy has been discredited. (Our late friend Gail posted informatively on this point right here.) I take it anyway when a cold threatens. Let’s hear it for the placebo effect, which often outperforms treatment with actual medication.

I have a very high—and dangerous—susceptibility to colds due to my history and certain present conditions. So I react very fast to the threat of a cold.

• I start taking 1000 mg a day of Vitamin C.
• I drink lots of liquids—water, hot tea, clear fruit juice.
• I try to rest and keep warm.

And guess what—I beat three out of four of them. So, despite being a hard-headed skeptic in most matters, I cling to my Vitamin C and won’t let anyone pry it out of my cold-dreading hands.

What’s your best means of outrunning a cold before it catches you?

Topic tags: colds, vitamin C, remedies, viruses, treatments, medicine, medication, supplements.