Be Healthier, Wealthier, and Happier

Well, I am no doctor or anything; this is purely base on my own experience that I like to share with you. So, take it for whatever it is worth and definitely check with your doctor first.

Even though supposedly I lived in the “warmer” side of the country –California, I always dread the winter season because it seems that every season for one reason or another, I bound to get the cold or the flu of the season (last year, I decided to start taking flu shot, but this year they ran out in my area) .  The problem is while most people can seem to get over their cold or flu in a week or so, my symptoms would last at least 3 weeks to over 1 month!  I felt miserable the whole time.

In the past few years, I’ve been told that taking vitamin-C will really help.  So, I started my extra vitamin-C in the winter season; it helps, but on the occasion that I sill get the cold or flu, continue taking vitamin-C seems to have minimum effect in helping me shorten the cold or flu’s duration.

This year, I got a tip from a friend telling me that actually zinc is most needed and it will really help; so I decided to give it a try.  This time, I take both vitamin-C and Zinc.  Surprisingly, yes, I did feel much better and I got over my cold and flu much faster! (Yes, unfortunately, I got both the flu and the cold this year L).   It’s worth pointing out that I didn’t take any over the counter medicine at all; just vitamin c and Zinc!  I got over my last cold in less than a week!  Wow, this has never happen to me before; that why I recommend you to give zinc a shot. By the way, I took the time to read more upon zinc on the internet.  The consensus is that when we have a cold, our zinc level seems to get depleted quicker. Since zinc is really necessary to boost your immune system, taking zinc supplement is definitely recommended.  However, we do have to be careful on not having too much zinc in our body.  So, my strategy is taking 1 tablet a day only while I am sick, but never while I am health.  So far so good…