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Statistics for the common cold are even more astounding. The National Center for Health Statistics estimated in 1996 that there were 62 million cases of the common cold that either required a visit to a doctor or restricted normal activity.

Flu statistics have steadily increased in the last several years, so it is safe to say that cold statistics will also have increased. If you divide that number over the course of a year, that equates to 117 cases of the common cold every minute, with almost 2 occurring every second. Additionally, some estimates have the number of colds each year topping 1 billion. Consider this: there are over 300 million people in the United States. To hit 1 billion colds per year, each person would only need to have 3-4 colds in a given year.


Traveling can present significant challenges to your health. Jet lag, poor diet, and sleep deprivation all negatively impact the immune system. Re-circulating air dries mucous membranes, reducing the efficacy of our first line of defense. A change in nutrition and intake places stress on your body and can interfere with your immune function. Both healthy and poor eating habits affect digestion, which in turn disrupts immunity. "Oxidative stress" due to increased metabolism and minor muscle injuries, as well as competition between muscles and immune cells for key amino acids, can impair the immune system. While quitting smoking strengthens your immune health in the long term, the initial phase can exert stress on all the body's functions, including the immune system.
 

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