Winter Warriors: Keeping Your Family Healthy this Season
Canadian winters can be downright ruthless, putting both your mind and body to the test. While we all like to think of ourselves as winter warriors, sometimes our immune systems start to crack under pressure. Protect your family from the cold and flu this winter by recognizing the telltale signs, taking preventative measures and acting fast.
Cold and Flu 101:
Think you might be on the verge of something you would rather avoid. Look out for these symptoms as signs that you might be losing the battle:
Cold:
- Cough
- Scratchy Throat
- Congestion
- Runny Nose
Flu:
- Extreme Fatigue
- Aches and Pains
- Chills
- Fever
- Headache
Prevention – follow these simple tips and you might be able to avoid what’s going around:
- Sleep – Everyone needs a good night’s sleep; proper shut-eye allows your body to rest and keeps your immune system strong
- Multivitamin – A multivitamin can certainly help maintain good health and it’s important to have one that you’ll enjoy and remember to take. Vitafusion™ MultiVites™ adult gummy vitamins (yes, gummies for big kids!) contain the essential vitamins you need. For the kids, try L’il Critters™ GummyVites™. Kids love the flavour so much that if you forget to give them their vitamins, they’ll remind you!
- Exercise – With a busy routine maintaining an exercise schedule can feel like a chore, but regular exercise is an easy way to keep your body strong, helping your immune system fight off illnesses such as a cold or flu
- Wash your hands – Your best protection from the common cold and flu is frequent hand washing
Weren’t able to avoid those nasty Canadian cold and flu bugs? Here are some tips to help get you back on your feet, tout suite:
- Treatment: With ingredients like ginger and willow bark, Gravol’s® Natural Source Multi Symptom will help you kick that cold to the curb. This all-in-one pain, fever and nausea reliever won’t leave you feeling drowsy either, because we all know you’ve got a million things to do
- Exercise: Just as much of a preventative measure as it is a solution; don’t let sore muscles and joints stop you from being active. Bring out the triple threat – RUB A535® Triple Action Cream cools, warms and soothes to keep you going. Exercising will help your body fight the cold, improve your mood, boost your energy and help you sleep , a win-win situation
- Drink Fluids: Just like your parents always said, drink lots of hot liquids to soothe your throat, thin your mucus and put you on the road to recovery
- Vitamin C: No time to peel 10 tangerines? Try Vitafusion™ Power C™ adult gummy vitamins to up your vitamin C intake. Delicious orange flavour and yummy gummy texture will make remembering to take them the easiest thing you do today
I thought I got off lucky this year. we have had very little as far as seasonal illnesses here. Then last week out of no where it hit me. 24 hours of pure misery and then the days after of it lingering and keeping me down. No fun at all. All I could do was rest, drink fluids and take some medications to help me feel more comfortable. When mom gets sick, the entire house seems to fall apart. No fun for anyone!
Giveaway time!
To help you fight off the nasty winter bugs we have a great Winter Warrior prize pack for 2 lucky Canadian readers. The giveaway is valued at $100 and includes
· Vitafusion™ MultiVites™
· L’il Critters™ GummyVites™
· Vitafusion™ Power C™
· RUB A535® Triple Action Cream
· RUB A535® Arnica Gel-Cream
· RUB A535® Arnica Spray
· Gravol® Natural Source Multi-Symptom Tablets
· Gravol® Kids Quick Dissolve Chewable Tablets
· Gravol® Liquid Gel Capsules
· Vitafusion™ T-shirt
Fill out the form below for your chance to win NOTE This giveaway will be posted on various blogs. You are welcome to enter them all, but can only win this prize once to be fair.
Disclosure- I am part of the Church & Dwight ambassador program. All opinions expressed are honest and my own. Prize delivery is responsibility of the sponsor.
I had the flu earlier this week.
I had a doozie early in November but have enjoyed good health since.
I've been very lucky no cold for me this year and plus I get my flu shot every year, maybe I didn't get a cold or gotten sick because of all the meds I am on to treat my pain..lol
I have not so far this winter. Hope not because I had a bad one last year that last for weeks.
We have been lucky so far this year, no cold or flu in this house.
Unfortunately yes. Several colds, the flu, a sinus infection and strep throat, and this is despite taking vitamins and getting my flu shot in the fall.
So far so good over here,no flu this year.What a nice give away,good luck everyone 🙂
i've had the cold
Yes, a couple weeks ago I had a cold and it spread to every member of my household.
No not yet thank goodness!
I've had the flu twice this year, once is right now 🙁 I also had the flu shot 🙁
I have had both!
I just got over a cold. Yech.
I had the flu and a cold back to back within a 3 weeks period. I'm finally on the up and up now.
I have had a cold, my daughter has had it twice as well as my husband, my son has managed to escape it 🙂
I've been lucky. I haven't had a cold or the flu yet.
I haven't had either yet.
Been very lucky no cold or flu for anyone in our house
I've had both the flu and the cold this year. And yesterday we just found out that our oldest daughter has pneumonia…yay…..
What an awesome giveaway!!! I havent been sick but my son has been sick three times. Its been a hard winter!!!
could use these products
sick with a cold once already..
No cold or flu yet this winter.
I have gotten a cold twice, but managed to stop it in its tracks after a day.
Just the sniffles so far, knock on wood.
I have had both currently have the flu and a cold at the same time
Had a terrible cold a few months ago
I've had a nasty cold and a stomach virus so far this year. Fingers crossed no flu.
Our whole family has had both 🙁
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i ahve had the flu, along with my two sons! hubby and daughter were not affected!!
I had a bad cold just before Christmas.
I have had the flu once this year but it did not last long.
Everyone in our household has been healthy so far.!
I've had a few minor colds but nothing too serious.
right at the beginning of the winter we all got hit with a nasty col we passed around for a month before we managed to get it out of the house.
Yes, a cold and a stomach bug.
I have been really lucky this season. I have a got the sniffles a couple of times but took some heavy doses of vitamin C and was fine the next day. Oh..knock on wood..lol.
Yes I had the flu a few times, I feel like i always have a runny nose!
Yes a cold but no to the flu!
I've gotten the cold and bronchitis htis year.
Unfortunately I work in health care services, so I've been sick twice this year. I'm currently fighting something and I think I just gave it to my partner. Tough winter when you add in the cold temperatures!
Yup… it sucked.
Ive been sick twice this winter so far
No just a little stomach flu
Yes I have. Twice in a row! It was horrible.
yes, it's been going around my family. Now my mom and my son are still having flu
JUST A RUNNY NOSE
I have had both, but my hubby and kids have had them way worse 🙁
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I don't think it was a flu but some nasty bug that has hung on now for over 8 weeks. Mostly respiratory symptoms such as a cough, fever and sore throat. It seems active for a week or so, then I feel okay for a few days and then it increases again. Whatever it is I am sick of it!
We had the flu right before xmas!
A cold/flu has been a part of our lives this winter more than any year I can remember! Awful… This would help so thank you for the opportunity.
I have had both the flu and a cold this winter – ugh!
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No we have been wonderfully healthy this winter. 😀
no,our family has been very fortunate so far
I've had a cold
My little guys started preschool this year and I think I have gotten sick every week since!
No cold or flu here, not yet anyway.
I've had a few colds this year but fortunately, not the flu.
We have been fairly lucky in that we have only each had the flu/cold once this year!
I have a cold but its not too bad. No flu!
we are all currently battling colds 🙁
I've been doing ok, but my kids have had an awful chest cold.
YES! both the cold and the flu ended up becoming one awful bed-ridden week, and I did not have the help of these great Winter Warrior products to get me back on my feet again, (hopefully I will be prepared for next time!!) Thanks!
I have had a cold but nothing serious
yes, we got that cold/flu and it was about 8 weeks of misery that we had to work through, as we have our own business. Never skipping flu shot again. Ever.
Had a small cold, but got over it pretty fast.
I've been lucky so far — not sick at all.
This winter I have been lucky and avoided flu and cold so far
We've had a few colds in our house this winter. Not fun!
I had a cold just after Christmas and so far I have managed to avoid the flu (last year it hit me so bad that lo had to stay with his grandparents)
I did not get a cold or flu but everyone else in the family got a cold.
Our family had the flu back to back…but it just was one long cold
yes i am on my second cold
Yes we have all had colds this year, we are just getting over another one now.
I have had a little cold,nothing big 🙂
I have had a cold, but mostly sinus issues with being stuck indoors with the heater on.
I am on my 2nd cold within the last month.
i've had the cold a few times
I had the flu at the beginning of winter.
I have had a bit of a cold but not much this winter, surprising since it's been so freezing!
We have had colds this winter, but no flu!
the cold, I hate it!
I don't think I've ever had the flu in my life, and no cold in the last 3 years or so. Kids and hubby are a different story.
We had a few cold n my daughter had the flu
No! Knock on wood!
i had a cold last month
So far I can say I have not had a cold, but today I woke up with the sniffles. I hope it doesn't lead to anything more
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I had one short cold this year.
not yet. thanks
Yep, multiple times lol.
I had a bad cold this winter, the cough just lingered on for weeks….so far no flu!
I have had it a couple times already this winter
I have the cold and the flu this winter – SIX times!
i did not have any cold or flu this year
I've had a couple of average colds this winter.
Knock on wood but none of us has really been sick – even in this long frigid winter!!
I have a cold right now! Ugh.
Thanks.
no, not yet
Knock on wood…only one cold that lasted 2 days.
So far knock wood I have been okay but my daughter has been sick twice
yes i have, just once!
The Flu hit hard for 3 weeks over the Holidays Worst Flu to date. Colds are making their rounds. Sigh
My family had the worst flu at Christmas, we were down and out for 5 days!
I am starting one ;(
No flu or cold – we always get the flu shot in the fall
I have the flu right now 🙁
I had a bad cold over Christmas, but that's the first I'd had in several years.
I have had a cold this year its hard to escape when your raising kids but luckily so far I have escaped to flu ” knock on wood”
actually my family has been pretty good this season! just one cold for myself and daughter
I have had both this winter.
no cold or flu for me yet this winter =)
I have a cold that just won't go away, as do my kids. We've all had gastro too. Fun!
Not yet. fingers crossed.
no -not yet and hope I don't-very sick last year
I've been lucky so far this year, I don't usually get the flu.
This is the first year in a long time we have had the flu and a cold.
I have had one cold and our infant had one for over a month!
Our household has had a few colds, but nothing too serious, thank goodness!
We've all had both! Although we got the flu shot after the first flu and haven't had a second, so far so good!
I have been sick twice this winter and it's been terrible.
I have had both the flu and a cold this winter
touch wood, no I have not been sick this winter. I wish I could say the same for the rest of my family
I had a cold that seemed to last forever!
I've been lucky. I haven't gotten the flu or a cold this winter.
No cold or flu yet…knock on wood!!
Thankfully not at all ! phew
nope we didnt get sick this year 🙂
So far, I've had the flu once and colds twice this winter! Ugh!
Luckily not
Yes !! Two colds exactly the same within a month apart.
I have only had a cold so far this year.
my whole family has been sick often this year!
No, because I take my vitamins!! 🙂
None! (Had a flu shot though)
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Nope, I haven't had a cold or a flu this winter.
No I've been lucky so far
Yes, for the firs time in a couple of years, I got a cold. Must be due to the awful winter we've been having.
Yes I have same time as my husband
Had a flu earlier this week, Nasty
I had my first cold and cough in 5 years and it hung on for 2 weeks. I still have the odd cough into my 3rd week. Yuck
Yes I have had both 🙁
I managed to to get over one. Thanks for the chance at this fab contest.
Yep had a couple thanks to my kids bringing the germs home from school
I've had coldy flu/flu-y cold a couple times already.
It has been a rough year for colds and flu in this house, can't wait for the spring to get the place aired out better and hopefully rid us of all of this.
Knock on wood – I have not had either! However, this usually means I will get a cold once the weather changes (for more than 1 day). I am happy for getting the flu shot again this year.