Successfully Protect Yourself Against Flu

by Aaron Clifford Author

Winter is the season of colds and flu. Keeping healthy during this time of the year is not an easy task. The tips below will greatly help you dealing with the flu luring in your home.

Keep your place clean. Living in a well cleaned area greatly reduces the chances of getting a cold. The human organism is highly susceptible to illnesses, because the immune system is lowered. Living in a clean and disinfected place is a good starting point of your war against flu. If you have just settled in a new house, you should really schedule post-builders cleaning London services. You need to clean your floors really often, because the traffic is high. As you can guess, being in touch with other people significantly increases the chance of you being infected by a virus. Chlorine bleach is really powerful disinfectant. It can be used not only for cleaning your floors, but your entire bathroom also. You can make a homemade disinfectant by mixing 9 parts water and 1 part bleach in a spray bottle. Note that bleach emits toxic fumes, so you need to be in a ventilated area. Remember to gently mix the solution by converting the sides of the spray bottle.

Eat healthy. Your organism's immune systems lowers drastically during the winter season. It needs vitamins and proteins more than usual. Fruits and vegetables are perfect for delivering the right amount of anti-flu substances. Citrus fruits contain vitamin C. Another ingredients rich in vitamin C are peppers, potatoes and strawberries. Drinking a cup of tea or a glass of orange juice is a great start of the day. Actually, you need to consume more liquids. However, my advise is to stay away from coffee and carbonated drinks, and drink water and fresh fruit juices. Soups are also very helpful. Especially the chicken soup. It is considered to be one of the healthiest soups, because of it's clogged airways cleaning ability. Make sure you include as much vegetables as you can. Garlic and onion are compulsory.

Disinfect the bathroom. Bathroom is one of the places which needs to be disinfected regularly during the winter period. You need to have your bath deep cleaned. It is compulsory to remove waste bins and towels regularly. They are potential places where viruses can be spread freely. A friend of mine, who works as a professional cleaner at an after builders cleaning London company, suggests gently rubbing the walls of the bathroom with vinegar. It is really helpful when fighting flu. Allow the walls to dry on their own. Then the bath is dry, you need to spray it with a disinfecting spray. The most important places to be sprayed are the toilet seat, the sink, the shower cabin, the bath tub, the drawers.

Flu can be really dangerous. I hope you find the tips above helpful. Have a healthy winter.