Ugh. Nothing is worse than wasting part of your vacation time being sick. Of course, I have had a great time with my family during this break. However, I could have done without catching my mom’s vicious cough and sore throat. Horrible!! Anyways, I’ve been taking olive oil mixed with garlic on crackers. My family has always done that to help with colds, and it also is very good according to my own reading on antioxidants and phytochemicals. So far, I’ve been sick about three days (although the first was fairly light compared to yesterday and today). Yesterday and today were both very bad, but I am finally starting to feel a bit better. So, all together, if I am better tomorrow, I will have only had 1-1/2 really bad days of being sick (and my mom was sick for over a week with her horrible cough). I certainly think this proves the benefits of using olive oil and garlic for me! Of course, I have also been eating lots of other vegetables, bananas, and oranges. All together, it seems that eating foods with antioxidants and phytochemicals has helped me to heal much faster than I would have otherwise. Yea healthy foods!