[nvnvgirl]

I'm not prone to sinus infections (Thank goodness) and I don't have allergies, but I'm hardly EVER sick. Well, at least since I stopped working at the hospital.
I take a multi vitamin (almost any good quality one will do, but I usually get Centrum), and a few extra other things....I don't think they're the key though....the thing that I've taken religiously for the last 15 yrs is Emergen-C. I take it at least once a day (but I think they suggest taking it twice a day)....not only myself, but I know other people who swear by it too. I know that it's sort of expensive up in Canada, but I saw this last month at Serious About Fitness~ this was posted by Doug Schneider, who is the editor-in-chief of the site and a fitness photographer. I'd definitely give it a try for a few months and see if there's any difference. I swear, I haven't had the flu or a cold or anything for YEARS and I never have gotten a flu shot.
And if you haven't bought it before, it comes in a box of I think 30 or 60 individual packets (it's a powder that you mix with water).


"I'm a big fan of the Emergen-C vitamin supplement. Mr. Olympia Frank Zane put me on to it. The problem has always been, though, that up in Canada it's so expensive that it's a joke. Last time I looked, Nutrition House was selling it for over $25 a box! In the US, you can walk into any Walgreens and find it for $12. Therefore, I always buy it south of the border.

But, speaking of Walgreens, I was just in there and they have their own "knockoff" brand of it, and it seems EXACTLY the same (I wouldn't be surprised if the Emergen-C folks were making it for them -- I need to compare it side by side). The key is, the Walgreens version is only $6.99 a box. An outright steal!

DS