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Hi! This is David Jackel on behalf of Expert Village and I'm here to talk to you about
resting as a way of preventing a cold. Now, resting is one of the best ways of preventing
and treating a cold, should you catch one. Sleep helps you prevent a cold in a variety
of ways. First of all, it boosts your immune system, secondly it recharges your body which
means you're going to perform at peak capacity. Sleep also reduces stress which can be a major
cause of a cold. So getting enough sleep is very important, but actually doing it can
be very difficult. Any busy person knows that you can't always get as many hours of sleep
as you want, but one thing that you can do is try to put yourself on a set sleep schedule.
Force yourself to be in bed by a certain time no matter what, maybe it's midnight, maybe
it's 11 pm, but make sure that you at least get 8 hours of sleep per night. If it turns
out that you missed sleep because you're on a mixed up schedule, then what you should
do is try to take a nap in the afternoon. Don't nap for too long because then it'll
actually drain you, don't nap for anymore than an hour, set your alarm and just lye
down, try to relax and even a short nap will do wonders for you. If you have a disjointed
schedule, let's say you're a musician like me and you're traveling around a lot, then
it's difficult to get enough sleep. You really have to force yourself to sit down and not
do something, don't go out even though you may be tempted to do it, call it a night and
relax. Because if you don't, you're going to wake up around 8 thinking oh god, I wish
I could sleep till noon and you don't always have that luxury. People who don't get enough
sleep are at much higher risk of catching a cold because it makes them very stressed
out and their body is as strong anymore. So get enough sleep as you possibly can, work
it into your schedule, even at the point of cutting out social things and you'll find
you will be getting sick much less often.