Cool, fresh air, a lot of warm drinks and bed rest for the first three days will help to cure it..

Weather forecasters predict cooling and wind gusts this weekend.. Sometimes the temperature will drop below zero.. Doctors warn a sharp change in the weather - stress to the body. So there is a risk of getting sick.

Ukrainians are treated for colds in various ways.

The majority of Ukrainians we surveyed on garlic, onions, and herbal remedies. And this is the number 1 myth.

"They do not cure, but they support the body, support, strength give resilience more development of diseases. But they have no curative effect, "says Marta Lisevich, a nutritionist.

Vitamin C is Myth # 2.

Vitamin is - this is a useful vitamin and its insufficiency causes a disease that is rarely enough, which is quite rare - it is scurvy, but it does not prevent the disease and does not accelerate recovery from viral diseases.

Myth number 3 - hot drinks during a cold. To help the body to quickly overcome the virus, tea, water, decoctions should be drunk warm.. Then the body will not waste energy on cooling the drink..

Myth number 4. Alcohol. Like, it helps to warm up and quickly drives away viruses. Doctors think otherwise.

"It’s rather some kind of subjective feeling of satisfaction or relief. Because, in principle, the body is now sent to work, to fight infection. When we consume alcohol, he needs to spend extra energy to neutralize and alcohol, "- says Marina Chernyavskaya, Ditinologist.

Neither inside nor outside. Do not help from colds and rubbing with alcohol or vinegar. And this is the myth number 5. This method at temperature is generally contraindicated in both adults and children, doctors say. Because it can cause intoxication.

But what really brings healing is cool, fresh air, lots of warm drinks and bed rest for the first three days.. With all the symptoms of a cold, the body can cope on its own..

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