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As the weather gets colder and we start spending more and more time indoors we know it’s that time of year when our children are getting sick. Cold and flu season is here and you don’t want it to catch you off guard. That’s why I like to stay prepared with the products we use the most during cold and flu season. Even when I feel under the weather Ricola® Herb & Throat Drops keep me powering through my day. So whether it’s running for a workout or running after my kiddos Ricola is a product I trust to help me feel my best, even if I start to feel my worst.
5 Tips To Get Ready For Cold & Flu Season
- Exercise – If you want to ward off getting sick the best thing to do is stay healthy. Exercise is an essential part of overall health so getting plenty of it will only benefit you.
- Eat Your Veggies – Staying healthy means eating right so eating plenty of fruits and vegetables will keep your body healthy.
- Wash Your Hands – Proper hand washing is a must, be sure to wash your hands after returning home from running errands!
- Power up! – Get a boost naturally from Ricola Revitalizing Herb Drops. The refreshing thyme and peppermint in Ricola’s signature Chrüterchraft will provide you a natural boost to your day.
- Stay Prepared – Keep Ricola Herb Drops around with other essentials like hot tea and tissues. Being prepared for cold and flu season will help you get better, faster. Ricola will help with symptoms and help you feel like you again.
Getting sick isn’t an option for a busy mom like myself. Between my children, working out and running a household life doesn’t stop when I get sick. I like to stay prepared for not only myself but also for my children. Ricola is a brand I trust for my entire family and it’s our most trusted when we do get sick.
Are you getting ready for cold and flu season? Has your family gotten sick yet? What are some things you do to stay healthy this time of year?
This is a great list indeed. I have always love Ricola cough drops that taste like black licorice . I have to pick some up tomorrow. Thanks for sharing.
I am trying to get my sons to be better about washing hands, they are the worse about it. Drives me bonkers. I have been sick all week so let that be a lesson to them to wash their hands. I preached “wash your hands” all week while I was sick!
Washing your hands with anti bacterial soap is our rules on our house before and after eat. Great tips thank you for new idea.
I love ricola, that is my go to cough drop for sure when I am sick. I love that most of theirs has honey in it and they taste much better than the other medicated like kinds that my boyfriend uses. Ricola helps a lot and is the best.
All great tips that I try to follow! I wish I could pass out the cough drops to coworkers though….there are a lot of coughs in my office.
This is definitely perfect for the cold season.Hygiene is very important.
Wonderful tips! The Ricola cough drops have been helping me getting through with a cough that wants to linger from a cold that I had weeks ago.
My pantry is literally stocked with Ricola products! I love the cherry ones the best!
Thanks for these great tips! We always have Ricola ready in the house.
Everytime I heard Ricola I think of the yodeling commerical lol! I love this brand always good to soothe your throat.
So not ready for flu season. My youngest seems to have a runny nose. Hope it is just a little cold.
Great tips! I am a maniac this time of year. Just call me the sanitizing queen! LOL
Love the tips on staying healthy. We’ve been a Ricola family for many years. 🙂
My son’s teacher last year kept hand sanitizer in the room at all times and she encouraged the kids to use it often. I thought that was awesome. Parents donated sanitizer too to help her cut costs.
I love Riccola, they have some really good selection of different tastes. And it always works when I have the first symptoms of a sour throught.
Definitely not ready this is a great reminder that I still need to get my flu shot!
Something about the winter makes me not want to exercise and to eat more. It’s a good thing it’s sweater weather! I truly need to follow these tips though…
We are getting ready for cold and flu season. So far so good but we always have cold remedies on hand like Ricola.
Handwashing is so important during this season. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, right?
I agree! Having a sanitizer for hands is a must to all children. Thank you for the tips
i am def not ready for cold season.. just hoping that it passes without touching us this year. we love ricola in our house for sure! 🙂
Great tips! Ricola is our go-to cough drop in my family.
I”m so ready for the cold and flu season! Bring it on! We love the Ricola drops and always have them on hand!
Those are my favorite cough drops. I always have some on hand, just in case.
If I don’t admit it exists, will it go away??? I had the flu last year despite having a flu shot and it was MISERABLE!!!
I try to eat lots of citrus or drink orange juice during cold and flu season. The vitamin C helps me ward things off.
Hand washing is so important! I will have to try those Ricola Revitalizing Herb Drops!
Riccola isn’t the best tasting, but darn it they sure do work good!
I definitely keep a stock in cough drops when it’s this time of year. In fact, I have some Ricola ready in my purse!
Thank you for sharing your tips for avoiding colds and the flu! I am always afraid that I will get sick during the holidays with the weather changing and all. There’s so much to do, I just can’t afford to catch a cold. Vitamin C helps me so much!
Great tips. Love Riccola. They work great/
Great tips! My husband swears by drinking a glass of oj every morning for that boost of Vitamin C. Must work because he is never sick!
Thank you for the tips. I always make it a point to have my boys wash their hands before we eat.
We double up on the hand washing and have cough drops, vitamin c, and other things available when needed.
I am just getting over a cold. I am not looking forward to the colder weather coming. It already feels so cold. These are all great tips to help you be prepared for cold season.
I am always reminding my little boys to wash their hands! Hoping the habit will catch soon!
Those drops are awesome! My mom used to buy them for me as a kid and that’s still a go-to brand when my little ones are under the weather! Great tips! I do a lot of natural stuff for colds/flu.
Great tips, I hate flu season! I do a lot of home remedies!
I hate being sick. I try to do as many as home remedies I can before loading up on meds. Thank you for sharing! Some great tips!
Love this, thanks for the tips. I already got sick this year and it wasn’t pleasant. Back to school season was not good to us.
My hubby is sick at the moment so this post really helps! I love your suggestions, thanks for sharing. You have great photos too!
I am so not ready for cold and flu season. I did however get my flu shot but other than that… I’m not ready
I guess I will need this soon. 🙁
I already feel my first cold of the season coming on even though I am trying to prevent it! I will definitely have to restock on all of these goodies for the season!
These are all great tips. I think being prepared is the one I follow the most- my husband and I are from the US but live in Sweden 9 months of the year, so I always bring tons of cold medicines/etc!
I’ve seen so many ads for Ricola lately. I’ll have to go and get some to see what they’re like.
At this moment, I am coughing. I hate this flu season. Looks this Ricola can help me 😀
I lived in Switzerland and these really were popular there. I found them soothing.
Always important have them tissues on hand, washing hands and eating the veggies too. I so despise the cold season and those people who don’t care how they spreading the germs
I like Ricola for my sore throats and coughs. Glad they’re sugar-free!
My husband is a Ricola fiend. He gets a horrible scratchy throat at least once a week, and Ricola knocks it out.
I have a stash of those on hand at all times. They work so great!
My hubby likes Ricola. I need to try these Ricola Revitalizing Herb Drops.
Definitely sounds wonderful for colds/illness. I have tried them myself a few times!
Our son got the flu mist the first of Oct. and my husband and I got our in Feb. so we probably won’t get ours again until Jan. or Feb. We keep reminding our son to wash his hands… a lot. 🙂
These are awesome tips! We keep a nice stock of Ricola on hand at all times too.
I have stock in Ricola for any time when we have sore throats or coughs. i love the taste and texture of their products.
Ughhhh I can’t believe cold and flu season is here…. Great tips on how to prepare for it 🙂
I wash my hands like crazy in the winter. DOesn’t help the dry skin issue but I hate getting sick.
The bad news is, yes, we have all gotten sick already. The good news is, it’s already behind us. We always wash our hands before eating, & try to get plenty of rest to keep our bodies repaired & restored.
These are great tips. We love to keep a little Ricola on hand as well.
I am always stocked up on soaps and hand sanitizers so my hands stay clean although I can’t always avoid viruses. When it comes to cough drops I prefer Ricola because they’re mild yet really help coat my throat when it’s irritated.
Well, two out of three of my kids have already gotten a cold and Hubby just came home saying he felt something coming on… ugh! Will have to stop by and pick up some Ricolla tomorrow. Thanks for the reminder.
I always have lozenges and cold medicines. Never too early to prepare…
These are all great tips. I am forever getting sick this time of year!
I hope we don’t get colds this year!!! BUT, I always keep couch drops around to help ease the dry air in the mornings- I’ll have to try these lemon mint! They sound refreshing and great for the throat!
Great tips! With winter on the way, I’m sure these tips will come in handy for me!
Good hand washing, enough fluids and plenty of sleep!
Washing our hands and being sure to use tissues is a huge one (or two) for us! Hate spreading those germs!
Ricola can really freshen the breath when you have cough and colds. I also use them when I have cough and colds.
We’re definitely prepared for cold and flu season this year. We have hand sanitizer everywhere.
Oh, if I could just get my kids to believe the hand-washing thing!!! How many colds and viruses would we be spared!
Great tips, we have all had such bad colds already this Fall, I don’t want to go through that again!
Veggies are so important too! I need to remember to eat more everyday.
I have a house full of kids, so I’m really big on the hand washing. Wash, wash, wash! Because I don’t need the creeping crud, thank you.
Hand washing is so important to keep the germs away. But if you get sick, these are the best cough drops.
I can’t believe that it’s already cold and flu season! I will be trying to get as much rest as I can to help prevent sickness!
We do a lot of hand washing around here as well as keeping a can of disinfecting spray in every room! Our family always turns to Ricola cough drops when our systems get down! I love and agree with all of the tips!
What a great idea – keeping disinfectant in every room! Going to have to try this!
Washing hands is the biggest thing we do and teach the kids. These are all great ideas to stay healthy!
Thank you so much for these great tips. I haven’t had my flu shot yet and I plan to very soon. I am a believer in washing my hands to death. I’ve never tried Ricola but I’m going to.
I’ll take any tips I can get for preparing for cold and flu season. Now if you can teach me an exact way to keep those germs out of my house I’d be thrilled!!
These tips will definitely come in handy! I just restocked and bought a bag of Riccola to add to my cold and flu stash
Good tips – washing your hands & being prepared are key at our house. I like to keep all flu and cold items on hand. Ricola are cough drops of choice.
I’ve got to give these herb drops a try. I HATE getting sick, so I’ll try anything that keeps the bugs away.
Washing your hands again and again is so very important to help stop the spread of germs. Also have some great drops on hand is great.
We have only had sniffles around here, nothing more serious, thank goodness. We always try to keep lots of vitamin c on hand for when we do feel a cold coming on. We’ll have to get some Ricola too!
We are always washing our hands! Can’t be too safe, right?