Hormone Health Podcast3 Jun 2025

39 - Winter Sickness, Daycare Virus Onslaught and Holiday Sickness Syndrome - We've Got You Covered With Our Favourite Immune Supporting Tips

Husky, sniffly voices from Chloe and Georgia in their timely episode covering all things sickness, in particular Winter viruses.

Some topics covered in this episode include:

Why do we get more sick in Winter?
Factors that increase your risk of sickness (such as super common nutritional deficiencies)
Fever - should you let it run it's course?
Our favourite Naturopathic herbs and supplements to use when we're sick
Also, have you ever heard of leisure sickness? Also known as Holiday Sickness Syndrome. In this episode, we explore why some people get sick just as they start to unwind—and what you can do to avoid it.

Resources

Sleep and our immunity

Reduced sleep, particularly shorter than 7–9 hours, is associated with increased URTIs. Strategies improving sleep should be explored to prevent URTIs. PMID: 33997896

Nasal saline spray and reducing viral symptom duration:

Study protocol of the Edinburgh and Lothian Virus Intervention Study in Kids: a randomised controlled trial of hypertonic saline nose drops in children with upper respiratory tract infections (ELVIS Kids). PMID: 33952557
Nasal sprays and behavioural interventions compared with usual care for acute respiratory illness in primary care: a randomised, controlled, open-label, parallel-group trial. Lancet ISSN: 2213-2600

Thanks for listening!

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