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My totally anecdotal (and probably largely placebo-based) move is to eat a clove of raw garlic anytime I feel a sickness coming on. For whatever reason it seems to work :)


Probably works by keeping the infected person at bay, esp out of kissing / intimate convo distance, so you have time to fight the start of the virus while it’s small.


Same here, although I eat an onion before bed. I highly suspect it has to do with these:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytoncide


Now I want to see an N=400 study on garlic and onions as cold remedies


Keeps the vampires away too. Always a nice bonus for us garlic-lovers.




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