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An article to prepare you for the flu season: courtesy M Edson

With the onset of Fall and Winter coming, there is even greater concern of an outbreak of colds due to viruses and bacteria. Below are some tips on helping to avoid getting sick:

•Fight the flu with supplementing with at least vitamin D 1,500 to 2,000 I.U. per day. Some healthcare professionals recommend higher dosages such as 5,000IU – 8,000IU per day. For most people of fair skin, 10 or 15 minutes in noontime summer sun can lead to the production of 10,000 IU (International Units) of Vitamin D.

•Wash your hands regularly. The flu virus can live for up to 72 hours on surfaces. Wash briskly with soap and water for 30 seconds. This is actually one of the simplest yet most effective ways to avoid colds and germs.

•Wipe down equipment you use at the gym. Most gyms have towels and disinfectants by the exercise machines. If you gym does not, make a complaint to the management. Drape a clean towel over shared yoga mats and sauna and locker room benches

•Stay clean at the hospital. If you’re visiting a hospital, wash yourself and your clothes right after. Don’t use bar soap in any hospital bathroom or set your purse on the floor. And researchers recently found that one in three stethoscopes used by emergency-medical-service providers was contaminated with MRSA (a germ highly resistant to antibiotics).

•Don’t share razors, soap, towels, or other personal items.
•If you have to take an antibiotic, make sure to take a probiotic at the same time to build up the healthy bacteria in your gut. Antibiotics kill both “bad” and “good” bacteria in the gut.

Below are supplements you can take to help boost your immune system during the Fall/Winter against colds and flu:

•Colloidal silver is recognized as a powerful, natural antibiotic. Research has shown that it works by acting as a catalyst, disabling the enzyme that single-celled bacteria, fungi and viruses require for the metabolism of oxygen. This then suffocates the invading cell while doing no harm to any human enzymes, resulting in the removal of disease-causing organisms from the body. To order, go to http://www.naturaleyecare.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=1871

•Health Immune Basics an all-natural nutritional supplement that supports and enhances the body’s immune defenses. This formula contains Wellmune WGP which is a natural gluco polysaccharide derived from the cell walls of a highly purified, proprietary yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). To order, go to http://www.naturaleyecare.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=1872

• Children’s Chew Immune Health Basics – To order, go to http://www.naturaleyecare.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=1873

• Garlic – long been studied as a great herb for helping strengthen the immune system due to its excellent anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-fungal properties. To order go http://www.naturaleyecare.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=1478

• Vitamin D3 Liquid – discussed above as an superb immune supporting vitamin (among its many other benefits. To order, go to http://www.naturaleyecare.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=1875 or in tablet form http://www.naturaleyecare.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=1874

• Echinacea/Goldenseal – good immune boosting combination to keep around the house for when you feel the onset of a cold coming. To order, go to http://www.naturaleyecare.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=1807

• Vitamin C – at 2-4 grams per day prevents inflammation and maintains the body’s vigilance against infection, and is probably the most well known natural cure for the common cold and flu. Vitamin C increases macrophage activity (one of the cells of immune system), and has an anti-histamine effect which helps reduce the runny nose. Under stress most animals (except humans) make significant amounts of vitamin C from glucose. Therefore vitamin C is considered the stress vitamin. To order, go to http://www.naturaleyecare.com/store/detail.aspx?ID=1726