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    YOUR WINTER PROTECTION PLAN

    Nov 11, 2019 5 minutes
    Words: Hannah Ebelthite

    There’s lots to love about the colder months. Autumn leaves and crisp, bright mornings, country walks and log fires, opaque tights and berry lipstick. The colds, coughs and ’flu though? Not so much. ‘Most of us get between four and six colds a year,’ says Dr Ross Walton, immunologist and co-founder of clinical research company A-IR. ‘There are more than 120 strains of viruses that cause respiratory tract infections (RTIs) and we’ll get more than 200 episodes in our lifetime . We know antibiotics don’t work for colds and ’flu, so what we need to do is optimise our immune response or, ideally, avoid contact with pathogens in the first place.’ Read on for some proven ways to stay well this winter...

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