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What do you do to keep yourself healthy during the cold/flu season so you don't get every sickness that runs through your daycare? Sanitize, obviously, but anything else?
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Good diet, good sleep, am stress vitamin, mid-afternoon sublingual vitamin b, Centrum Complete every other day, plenty of water, Vit D/Calcium chew, and 1 hr brisk walking (minimum) outside daily.
Also works for stress management year round.
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You must live somewhere warmer than I do - I can't imagine walking outside in January & February. I've never thought about the B vitamins, but heard about them. Interesting ...Comment
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How is the stress complex, does it work well?
I workout (home gym or go for walks outside...warm climate), take vitamin C and a multi vitamin every day and have a pretty healthy diet. I never share food or utensils with children and they must wash their hands upon arrival before touching any toys.Comment
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I have started taking a B-12 shot monthly...
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Night and day difference for me. (was recommended by my doc lovethis) Most b vitamins are in animal products, formed by bacteria. I don't consume as much as I need to, I guess. I am more of a grazer and red meat makes me feel blah... heavy. I tend toward veggies, beans and seafood naturally.
I was "self medicating" my afternoon crabbiness and sudden lack of creativity/enthusiasm with about a pot of coffee and an extra 400+ calories of sweets a day.
Not a huge biggie in your 20's.... not a pretty picture in your 40's.... :
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Anyway, my energy level is back, I back below 115, my mood consistent all day and my sense of humor is intact throughout most
situations. I also rarely get sick anymore... Granted some may be from feeling better about the world in general 
, but it works for me.
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I make sure to get my flu shot every year. Other than that lots of Ben and Jerry's.
Honestly I don't do anything special, guess I'm just lucky.
Knocking on all the wood I can find...Comment
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My dr says my body doesn't absorb a pill very well and the shot works better for me....I have always been healthy, never had a hospital stay except for birth of my 2 sons, but the last year I had some stomach issues due strictly to STRESS...that is why I started walking and taking the b-12 shot per dr request after several dr visits, bloodwork, etc.....Dr nicely told me I had to get control of my issues and it WAS IN MY CONTROL to fix it....have changed my eating habits ( I was a grazer, as the dr put it, now sticking to meals and snacks but not eating constantly), drink lots of water now, and walk....am looking for an eliptical or treadmill for winter....I don't have a weight problem, but I cannot put into words what walking does for my mind.....my brother tells me it is nice to not see that "worrying" face on me all the time..::
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This may be odd, but I rarely ever get sick. I'll get little colds here and there and maybe once a year I may get a little sicker than that. I don't get a flu shot and do not take any supplements. I chalk it up to having an awesome immune system from working with kids for the past 15-16 years.
WOW, 15-16 years, where has the time gone?
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Okay I don't know if I buy that MN is colder than here. I live across the street from Lake Michigan - it's the east side of the state that stays warm. My area averages over 100 inches of snow per year.
I really try to get outside, but once it hits 10 degrees and windy, I'm done!Comment
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I get a flu shot and wash my hands a lot but that's about it. When I first started doing child care, I got sick all the time; not so much any more. I think I've become immune to a lot over time!Comment
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