Rhinovirus and Exercise?

How's food? How's water? How's exercise? These are some of the basics questions I'll ask my patients that come in, whether it's for weight management or some other health concern.

In the winter, I commonly hear that colds put people on standby with their fitness routines or healthy eating plans. In today's Globe there was a story on whether people should exercise when they have a cold. There actually has been a couple of research studies done that concluded that exercise is not affected with cold symptoms.

So next time you have a cold or some cold symptoms are starting, ask yourself if you are using it as an excuse not to exercise or if you truly can't exercise. Most times exercising will actually help your cold symptoms, as heating up the body may help kill the virus!