It's officially advent calendar and The Holiday season, which also means it's also peak time of year to catch a cold or the flu. It doesn't help that it's absolutely baltic outside - temperatures reached minus 12.5 °C in parts of the UK over the weekend, so yep, it's cold out. If you're yet to be struck down by the lurgy that's currently doing the rounds, lucky you. That said, it might make you even more determined to read up on how to avoid a cold.
Let's be real - this time of year is far too busy to be bedbound or coughing your way through end-of-year work meetings and Christmas dinners. While it might feel like every other person you see is getting over a chesty illness or spluttering there way through one, there are actually some science-backed tips for avoiding a cold, in the first place.
