Health live well: 18 ways to beat winter bugs

Everyone around you coughing? Here’s how to stay healthy, so you don’t derail your festive plans

No-one wants a cold in the run-up to christmas. But with over 200 strains out there, they can be hard to avoid, especially when a sneeze can send 40,000 infected droplets as far as eight metres! ‘your immune system may already be strong if you generally look after yourself,’ says immunologist Jane falconer. ‘But if you regularly succumb to colds and infections and find you’re slow to bounce back, you might need some extra help.’ here’s how…