"How to Get Rid of a Cold Quickly"
By: COURTNEY SPERLAZZA, MPH

"You feel like crap and just want to get rid of your cold fast. Here, your quick and dirty guide to natural cold remedies that actually work.

Eat garlic. Mince two cloves and let them sit for 15 minutes for the active compounds to develop. Mix with olive oil and salt and spread on your food of choice.
Drink ginger tea. Ginger wards off the cold virus, and soothes a sore throat and headaches.
Take zinc to shorten your cold by as many as 3 days.[1] When loading up on zinc, take copper with it so you don’t deplete your stores.
Pop vitamin C. It won’t prevent colds unless you’re deficient,[2] but it can shorten your cold and reduce symptoms.[3][4]
Add glutathione. Master antioxidant glutathione strengthens the immune system and makes vitamin C work harder. Take a supplement or get from a high-quality whey protein.
Supplement with curcumin. Turmeric’s active compound reduces inflammation to relieve congestion.[5]
Sip bone broth to bolster the immune system and take the edge off your cold symptoms. Add ginger, garlic and turmeric for extra cold-busting oomph.
Take a detox bath. Add epsom salts, essential oils, or bentonite clay to your tub to soothe symptoms and draw out impurities.
Don’t forget vitamin D. Vitamin D keeps your immune system in fighting shape.
Use a nasal rinse. This all-natural DIY nasal irrigation rinse will kill germs and relieve symptoms.
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ABOUT COURTNEY SPERLAZZA, MPH
Courtney Sperlazza, MPH, is an epidemiologist who has worked in medical research on projects ranging from breast cancer epidemiology to end-of-life decision-making. When she’s not researching, she’s running biohacking experiments on herself, competing with her husband at everything, or taxiing her kids to sports, not in that order."

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