How to prepare for cold and flu season

Improving your health is a better investment than buying woolly jackets to fend off colds, flu and other viruses

Exercising, even in cold weather, will keep you healthy and strengthen your immunity.  Picture: iStock 

AS temperatures start to drop and leaves begin to fall, one thing is clear – cold and flu season is just around the corner.

Before you rush to dig out your winter woollies and bundle up in scarves, it’s worth taking a moment to focus on how we can get our bodies ready to face the inevitable disruptive seasonal surge of viruses and bugs that circulate with the colder weather.