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I don't like taking pills tablets, used to take some whale oil or whatever you call it. Anyway, I started riding everyday last September, when I had a work where I would ride hard through traffic, carrying a 10kg backpack, sweat like a pig, then undress, stay in a cold room for about an hour, then put the wet clothes back on, ride hard through traffic for 15 minutes. When it got colder in November, I got a bad cold. Week later, wanted to keep riding, got another one, a month out of life, the swine flu, or was it bird?
Then rode through the whole winter and nothing, I felt great even in -25C. Since then, I've been eating garlic every evening (I LOVE GARLIC) and drinking warm water with honey and half a lemon. Now, it's getting chilly, again, and I'm getting a cold, anyway...
So what's the use? Don't do anything, you either will or will not get a cold, end of story.