Boost Your Immune System to Fight Flu

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Category: Flu

Brace yourself, flu and cold season is coming fast.  For most people this means a bout of aching muscles, fatigue, fever, cough, sneezing, runny nose and headache.  But for young children, seniors and adults with respiratory conditions, flu can pose serious health threats.  Many people opt for a flu shot from the public health system, assuming it can provide universal protection against colds and flu.  According to laboratory reports from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, however, only 7-13% of the upper respiratory infections each year are actually caused by the flu strains that the vaccination provides protection against.  That leaves you totally unprotected for the large majority of infections (87-93%) caused by other pathogens.  This is one of the reasons why many people who have a flu shot still get sick.

With the constantly evolving strains, developing a vaccine that can provide complete immunity against infection is a nearly impossible challenge, and the effectiveness of the flu shot can be severely decreased from year to year, depending upon the luck of the draw.  Health authorities have to guess which 3 out of a possible 500 strains might be active in the following year.  If they guess wrong, as they have done in some recent years, the flu shot provides no protection at all.  Furthermore, the flu shot does nothing to guard against the common cold and SARS.

The best all-round method to fight colds and flu is to boost your immune system so that you can fight off those nasty bugs.  Even if you have a flu shot, you need to boost your immune system because you are still extremely vulnerable to infection.

Factors that affect your susceptibility to colds and flu include diet, sleep, fatigue and stress.  Individuals who suffer from chronic stress are twice as likely to get sick.  The usual recommendations are to eat whole, natural foods, drink lots of pure water, hand washing, plenty of rest and sleep, regular exercise and relaxation.  More specifically you can do the following:

• Supplement with Vitamins A, B, C and E, carotenes, zinc and selenium to support the immune system.  A high potency multi vitamin/mineral and essential fatty acids are also beneficial.

• Take Pleo Quent homeopathic medicine in a single dose by injection or orally.  Influenzium and Thymuline are other homeopathic medicines taken orally starting in October and throughout the flu season.  These natural medicines activate your immune system and form a powerful protection against viruses.

Now if you still succumb to a cold or flu, there is a whole assortment of non-drug, natural medicines to help alleviate the symptoms.  To knock out a really persistent or recurring cold or flu, a near pneumonia or respiratory illness, injections of bio-oxidative and vitamin/mineral natural medicines are very effective.  These include medicines that are documented to kill 650 different pathogens, viruses and bacteria alike.  Considering that an antibiotic is only designed to kill 2-6 strains of bacteria (no viruses), these natural medicines are very powerful.  In addition, they are safe and have no side effects.

To win the battle this flu season you have to start now to build up your immune defenses.  Natural medicines are safe and provide effective prevention for everyone.  And if you need help during a bout with a cold or flu, natural medicines provide a powerful punch.

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