With everything that is happening right now, it's vitally important to fortify the body on a routine basis, to try to avoid any illness. With the help of these tips you can help prevent illness, or be on your feet quicker than you thought possible and get back to enjoying your time with your friends and family. 

1. Get more vitamins: While vitamins are an important part of your daily nutrition, when you are feeling under the weather this is especially true. Vitamins help our bodies perform many vital functions and are huge factors in how we feel and while there is no cure for the common cold, vitamins can definitely help treat the symptoms and make the illness more manageable.
   
   Specifically, studies have shown that vitamin C may reduce the length of a cold by an average of 8% in adults and 14% in children. Vitamin C is plentiful in citrus fruit and many supplements are available as well.

2. Drink up: Pretty much all of us have been told to drink plenty of fluids by a doctor whether we were suffering from a severe flu or a sprained ankle. The reason for this isn’t because water is a miracle cure for whatever ails us, but it does promote many different ways for our bodies to overcome whatever is going wrong. Drink more fluids when you are sick to prevent dehydration and help your body get rid of the bacteria or virus causing the problem.

3. Rest early and often: When you feel illness coming on, it may be your instinct to try and get as much work done as possible before things get ugly. This is a reasonable reaction; however, rest is most important.
   
   Getting extra sleep when you first start to feel unwell can reduce the severity and length of the illness. People are more contagious on the first couple of days of a cold as well, so do your coworkers and classmates a favor by resting up as soon as you notice symptoms.

4. Stay positive: Stress is bad for your body for many reasons. When you are sick, take the time to recover. Make the most out of the situation by enjoying a good movie or book and eating healthy and tasty snacks. According to medical scientists, simply having a positive state of mind can improve your immune system.

5. Use probiotics: probiotics are responsible for promoting the growth and health of the good bacteria in your digestive system. Scientists are still discovering all the benefits that come from a healthy colony of bacteria in our bodies. Among those benefits is a boosted immune system. This makes it so you are less likely to get sick in the first place and if you do get sick, you will likely get over it more quickly. 

Sometimes doctors prescribe antibiotics to help destroy the bacteria causing your illness. Unfortunately, these medicines also destroy the good bacteria. Using a probiotic supplement like Nature Plus You Super Green Powder is a great way to build up all of the good bacteria again and get your body back to normal!