Can Gargling Prevent The Common Cold?
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2013-02-20

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DESCRIPTION: Gargling, as commonly practiced in Japan, can not only soothe a sore throat, but may even prevent one. This is one of the landmark findings that I'm afraid no one will ever hear about because no one profits. No one, that is, except the millions of people spared from infection! I've been taking a break from my merciless travel schedule (http://www.drgreger.org/dates.html) to work on my 2013 batch of videos, but as soon as I'm back on the road I'm hoping those 71 seconds will help protect me from all those airport germs.
 
If you liked this video you may also like The Risks and Benefits of Neti Pot Nasal Irrigation (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-risks-and-benefits-of-neti-pot-nasal-irrigation/), (along with my brain-eating amoeba answer http://nutritionfacts.org/questions/should-i-sterilize-my-neti-pot/) Sleep & Immunity (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/sleep-immunity/), Antioxidant Level Dynamics (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/antioxidant-level-dynamics/), and Zinc Gel for Colds? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/zinc-gel-for-colds/)
 
What else might we learn from the Japanese? See Smoking Versus Kale Juice (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/smoking-versus-kale-juice/), Bowels of the Earth (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/bowels-of-the-earth/), Asian Paradox (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/asian-paradox/), Why Do Asian Women Have Less Breast Cancer? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/why-do-asian-women-have-less-breast-cancer/), and any of my 31 videos on green tea (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/green-tea/) or 41 videos on soy (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/soy/).

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-gargling-prevent-the-common-cold/ and he'll try to answer it!

Image Credit: Dr. John McDougall, DoctorKlaper.com, and protoflux via Flickr.

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