onlymatch4u replied: "You need to fix your immune system. That generally involves many things. The first and foremost of those things is to get off of the SAD diet. (standard American diet). If you were a researcher trying to come up with a diet suggestion that would make people sick, the Standard American Diet would be an excellent choice. The next best thing to that would be to follow the so called "food experts" suggestions and that would finish you off. It's a very sad state of affair and It's difficult to be healthy in America today. Doctors have NO clue about what health is and how to make people healthy. They treat symptoms with drugs and surgery. That is not health, that's body abuse. Like you, I used to get about 4 or more colds per year, allergies that were so bad that I would have my eyes swollen shut, sneezing for over 4 months, and get a bad case of the flu each year to boot. I have not had a cold, flu, or a single allergy for over 5 years now. I changed my diet, NEVER EVER get flu shots, do NOT take ANY medications, have lots of energy, and am completely off Synthroid because my thyroid is now working incredibly well. I strongly suggest you see a Certified Nutritional Therapist to get tested for nutritional deficiencies. They can test you and tell you exactly how much you need of a nutrient without any guesswork and make recommendations as to a diet that will make you healthy designed specifically for you and your needs. Doctors cannot do this because they have NO idea how to make you healthy, just recommend drugs or surgery for a particular ailment. Your body forms mucous to prevent the viruses or bacteria from entering your blood stream. When you take those drugs that reduce the mucous, yep, you get the germs in your blood and prolong the agony. Most of the drugs for colds are labeled "for cold relief," not a "cold cure." They should be labeled, "extend your cold with this relief drug, and we will keep selling it to you and make more money." In regard to taking vitamin C, do NOT TAKE ASCORBIC ACID that a lot of people call vitamin C. It is not. It is only one element in the C complex and by taking it as a single element, it depletes your body of calcium and other minerals. It won't even cure scurvy. Drinking orange juice from commercial sources is ridiculous because the only thing in it that even resembles vitamin C is the ascorbic acid that is not good for you as a single element. You will get much more benefit from eating a fresh grapefruit because it contains lots of Quinine that is a wonderful infection fighter. There is one other thing you will need to do to keep from getting a cold or flu besides improving your diet. Go to: (800) 370 - 3447 and order a product called: "Nucleotides." Take 1 of these capsules every 1/2 hour at the first sign of a cold or flu and do this every waking hour. The next day, you will not have a cold. EDIT: Shaklee products will help you for a short while ( a few days), but like most products on the market test very weak and will damage your DNA due to the excipients used in them and synthetic chemical activators. Their vitamin C is ascorbic acid, "B" vitamins are derived from the petroleum distillate, COAL TAR, and they use over 5% of the entire milligram content of each pill of Magnesium Stearate that is an immune suppressant, nutrient absorption inhibitor (up to 80%), and simply toxic to the body. good luck to you"