Do oranges and lemon aggravate common cold?
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No. Quite the oppisite, the vitamin C is good for you.
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Orange juice is good source of Vitamin C which helps with immune system.  Are you sure dizziness is from a cold or the flu?  Have you seen a doctor to rule out a potentially serious condition?  Tears might be allergies.
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Try mixing honey with some lemon juice.  That works well for me when I have a sore throat, and it usually doens't develop into a cold if I start that as soon as my throat starts hurting.
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The common cold is primarily different varieties of viruses.  Viruses enter your body when your immune system has been weakened.  This could be due to a number of factors.  The most common is lack of rest.  If you do not receive the proper amount of sleep every night, your immune system is weakened.  \n\nThe best way (I have found) get rid of a cold is to get LOTS of rest, drink lots of oj (nonconcentrated), and drinking PLENTY of water.  Water helps to flush out all impurities in your body.  This has always helped me to recover quickly.\n\nAnother way to boost your immune system is to a daily mulit-vitman.  Make sure that it has B-12 in it as well.  B-12 is execellent for boosting and maintaining a healthy immune system.
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A blend of Vitamin C and licorice (real licorice).  The active ingredient, Glycyrrhizin, has been shown to have a positive effect in treating rhinovirus and cold-like symptoms.\n\nEchinacea has been shown to be ineffective in dealing with rhinovirus, so avoid this.
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Since it is taking so long for you to get sick, that is the hallmark of a viral infection (bacterial infections make you sick within hours, not days).  A few years ago, some research published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that zinc supplementation cuts the average length of such infections in half.  This is a similar treatment effect to antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections (antibiotics do nothing for viral infections).  You can get zinc in the form of pleasant tasting honey lemon cough drops at almost any grocery store.  Suck on a bunch of these to get the effect.  It's the only thing I know of, shown to do anything for colds.  However, it does alot and is easily and cheaply obtainable.  Vitamin C, btw, has been shown to do nothing.
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honey and lemon or lozenges like soothers....better yet go to your doctor
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Citrus Fruits (acidy ones like grapefruit, oranges, etc...) as well as pickles (and anything else with a lot of vinegar, if there is anything else with vinegar) work really well!
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You may not have a cold, my friend. You may have allergies. Get an allergy test, to make certain. Because if you have any allergies, which is likely, there are a number of medications to take. If it is a virus of some sort, do all the natural things that you can; take in 1000mg of vitamin C, daily; eat a balanced diet; take a multi-vitamin; keep your feet warm; clean your living space regularly (vacuum, disinfect washrooms and kitchen); exercise; make an effort to rest and sleep enough. If you do this consistently, you should be healthy. Other wise, consult as many physicians as you can until you find a solution.
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Herb supplements such as Echinachea and Goldenseal work very well.  I'm not a health freak, but my friend's mom gave them to me and my cold cleared up really fast and it's good for preventing them too.\nAvailable at healthfood stores as well as drug stores.
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Eat healthy and you should probably increase your intake of vitamin c a day, 500mg is pretty good, you can get that from supplement.\nDrink lots of water.\nSLEEP is really really important. It helps the body to fight the virus, rejuvenate you and helps build your immune system.\nIf the people around you have the cold, I try to be as careful as possible with stuff like dishes. Make sure you use hot water and bleach when cleaning. Lysol helps kill the bacteria around the house or too.\nHope this helps ya!!
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Actually no.  While data shows that vitamin C certainly boosts the immune system, it has never been proven that it prevents illness.\nHOWEVER, it has been proven that vitamin C can reduce the duration of a cold... so, about 1000 mg per day once you begin to feel the onset of a cold, and it's likely to shorten the length of your illness.\n\noh and p.s. too much vitamin C can NOT hurt you.  It is a water soluble vitamin, which means your body will use what it can, and excrete the rest in urine.
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Nope. Colds are viral. Antibiotics do nothing to viruses. If you get a sinus infection or something like that along with the cold the antibiotics would cure the infection, but it wont help the cold. Take some things like vitamin C and echinacea to naturally boost your immune system and you may get over it quicker.
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Cut a lemon in half,put salt on it the juice will help your throat,also you can cut some lemon slices into some DR.Pepper,heat it up and drink it as hot as you can without burning yourself.Take a glass bottle,or jar with a lid,pack in hot peppers,then fill with vinegar,after sometime the vinegar will take up the heat from the peppers.A tablespoon of the liquid will quiet a cough,but only if you can handle hot peppers.It is also good on turnip greens.
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Start taking Zinc.  Clinically proven to help prevent and shorten colds.
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Echinacea doesn't really shorten a cold-- what it does is boost the immune system. So if you take it while you're not sick, it decreases your chances of getting sick because your immune system becomes better equipped to fight illnesses. However if you're already sick, it won't have any effect on your cold.\n\nIf you're trying to shorten a cold, try zinc, usually sold in tablets. Zinc works with your system to help it fight colds, and will actually help shorten the length of it.
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Orange juice is better, because it is packed with Vit C, D and Calcium and it has antioxidents that help boost the immune system!