DO YOU REALLY NEED A FLU SHOT? Improve your immunity naturally and decrease your risks of getting flu, colds and sinus infections.
 Do You Really Need a Flu Shot? |
As the so called "flu season" approaches, people are lining up for flu shots. Ads in the media urge everyone to get a flu shot. The frightening news of flu vaccine shortages place many people in panic mode. And pharmaceutical companies that produce the flu vaccines make multimillion dollar profits.
Flu shots will not assure that you will remain healthy throughout the flu season. Flu vaccines have many limitations. They are not very specific due to the very frequent mutations of flu viruses. Also, many illnesses that are called "flu" are not caused by the influenza virus. Even when you get a flu shot, you still can catch a cold, get throat infection, sinusitis or upper respiratory infections that are caused by other viruses or bacteria.
The better the health of your immune system, the lower your risk for infectious diseases.
Antioxidants are always beneficial especially in balancing the immune system. Antioxidants aid the body by reducing the risk for flu and colds. In addition, cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, brussel sprouts, kale, etc.) by improving phase II liver detoxification, protect the body against infections and toxins including those produced by viruses and bacteria.
You can greatly improve the health of your immune system through the use of natural nutritional supplements.
Vitamin C is well known to possess anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties. Many dangerous infectious diseases (including West Nile virus, and HIV) were successfully treated with vitamin C. In order to be effective, the dose of vitamin C must be higher then 3,000 mg per day.
For the body to be able to better tolerate these higher doses of vitamin C, buffered vitamin C is recommended. Vitamin C does not create dangerous side effects even at higher dose and is considered to be safe. For the best utilization by the body, vitamin C should be taken in multiple doses of 1,000 mg several times per day.
Vitamin A becomes a natural antibiotic when taken at higher doses of 60,000 to 100,000 units per day. However due to the fact that vitamin A is stored by the body, it can be used at these high doses for a few days only. (Caution: Pregnant women should avoid high doses of vitamin A).
Vitamin D is a very important defense against influenza. Studies showed that vitamin D supplementation prevents influenza better then a flu shot. Individuals with low levels of vitamin D are especially predisposed to getting the flu and upper respiratory infections. The sun's UV rays reduce the incidence of viral respiratory infections. During the winter months in northern regions, it is impossible to get adequate sunlight, therefore vitamin D supplements are an important factor in maintaining your health through the winter.
Zinc helps improve immune function; however many over-the-counter zinc containing cold medicines, especially topical sprays have been associated with permanent smell loss and therefore should be avoided. Since zinc is a mineral, thus in order for your body to be able to absorb it, zinc should be taken in a chelated form. A chelated zinc supplement means that the molecules of zinc have been broken down into the smallest form for maximum absorption.
By keeping your immune system in good balance, you may avoid many viral and bacterial infections in a natural way without the risk of side effects from flu shots that contain toxic elements such as aluminum, mercury and formaldehyde among others.
Categories: Natural Health Supplements, Immune System Health
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I never take flu shots, its just a hole load of propaganda. Who really knows what the heck it is that they are injecting us with anyway. The only good a flu vaccine will do is fatten up the pockets of drug compaines so they can come up with newer experiments to test on us "the guinne pigs".
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Me neither. I don't believe in injecting myself nor my son with these useless vaccines, I use to but not anymore. I always felt weak and beat-up after getting my flu shots in the past.
Now I believe in the natural approach and take all those supplements mentioned in the article and I can assert that they WORK BETTER than ANY VACCINE. Since I have been taking vitamins c,d,a, zinc among others and have started the Core Restore Liver Detox Program, I have never gotten any flu or cold or sinus pains as I use to.
My son is one of the only students in his class that never needs to take a leave of absents due to a sick day.
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With all this talk of flu and swine flu and God knows what other flus or viruses, the worlds becoming a freaking mad house crawling with decay and infection.
Best stay in your homes, seal all windows, doors and prepare for 2012:o
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Prepare for What? What's gonna happen in 2012?
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Same thing that happened on New Years Eve 2000.... Absolutly Nothin. Yeah I knew people who though when 2000 comes it will be the END... well we're still here and happily typing.....
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I was getting colds, flu, sinus infections several times a year, but when I started taking better care of myself, stopped eating junk food and started taking a lot (I take about 50 capsules a day) of nutritional supplements, I don't even remember when was the last time I was sick. Healthy diet and quality supplements did it for me.
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Never once had a flu shot. Never once had the flu. I think those who get flu shots, are more likely to actually end up getting the flu. (Just a theory)
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All it is gross exaggeration to scare people into getting their flu shots. You already see the hoards of people lining up in the streets and panicking that there will be a flu shot shortage.
The problem is that most people are like moths to a candle, blinded by an illusion and end up getting burned.
and in the meantime the big boys at pharmaceuticals watch with sly grins as their profits shoot sky high. What a wonderful time of the year that is.
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Vitamin C is a miracle!!!!!Take vitamin C supplements with you everywhere never leave home without it. It can save your life and that's no joke. Buffered vitamin c is amazing. WOW
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To stay healthy through the winter you need to prepare your immune system to handle the assaults of different germs.
When your immune system is well balanced you don't have to worry about the flu. I always take additional supplements during the winter to keep my immune system in good working order. I use extra strong dose of vitamin C, Astragalus, Zinc, Mushroom supplement and vitamin D. I have not had any colds or flu for the past four years.
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Swine Flu is over-exaggerated seriously. Every year theres some sort of mad pandemic that gets blown-up by the media.
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A strong immune system is the best defense against viruses. One big thing that weakens the immune system is over-eating and under-sleeping. Over-eating burdens your body with an excess of toxins. Sleeping is time for your body to do major cleansing of these toxins.
The New York Times recently reported on a study that found that those who get less than seven hours of sleep a night are three times as likely to catch a cold as those who sleep at least eight hours a night. Sorry but no supplement can replace sleep.
Now instead of eating less you can do a water fast to help a cold. That is what Mark Twain would do. Also you can drink the lemonade diet drink and eat nothing. The recipe is freshly squeezed lemon or limes into water. Then add maple syrup and cayenne pepper. The pepper helps circulation. Also it is very high in vitamin C like the lemon or limes plus other nutrients that naturally occur with vitamin C like bioflavonoids and rutin.
That is the old recipe but many are choosing to use raw agave as a sweetener. Agave is a plant that is similar to cacti (cactuses), but it is a succulent like the aloe vera plant. This is a healthy, all raw drink. People from England that came over to America on ships were dying from lack of vitamin C. So they would bring along limes to get vitamin C. This is how they got the nickname of limeys.
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I've heard of doctors using vitamin C injections to treat West Nile Virus infected patients. They reported remarkable results.
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I just take pure organic lemon juice (not from concentrate) add salt (instead of sugar) and pepper for a KICK (although I did not use cayenne I probably will give it a try). Because I don't add any water, I never sip more then a small shot glass worth of this stuff. I love sour salty mixtures and they give a boost of refreshment. Some people might disagree, and totally get grossed-out but I can't live without it!
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There is no such thing as the flu! Face the facts and you will see that there is no concrete evidence of its existence. Can we really believe what the media and the House pushes at us? NO! The whole flu epidemic has been a fabricated lie by international pharmaceutical corporations in an attempt to gain unfair monetary rewards from foolish people who fall for this sort of propaganda. I heard that Poland was one of the only countries in Europe that denied Big Pharmaceuticals access to push its swine flu vaccines. Furthermore, new research is finding that flu vaccines can actually have dangerous side effects and some vaccines can actually cause Alzheimer's disease. That seems like a nice trade off Alzheimer's instead of the Invisible Flu! Please.. I am NOT PARANOID!
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Since this was written we had the pandemic known as the H1N1 virus (previously called the swine flu). Many flu shots for it was sold but it was less serious than the seasonal flu. Things like this ( Colds and Flu ) strengthen the immune system when the body has to fight it off. Some flu vaccines contain mercury and that is not good for you.
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Will be starting the same regimen on Friday.... There really are natural ways that work with colds and the flu . Flu shots are not at all effective in preventing the flu and recent studies show that can cause bodily harm especially in children. Supplements and vitamins can be miracle workers if taken correctly, that is what I know to be true. Though in my past experiences I did notice that some supplements form one company worked very well and I notice an improvement in symptoms right away while the same type of supplement for another company had no effect at all. How can this be?
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I am disabled and have had 7 surgeries, leaving my immune system compromised. Up 'till last Nov. every Fall through early Spring I found myself with some viral, sinus,or flu,regardless of whether or not I had a flu shot, which my Dr's. always insisted upon.
Last Nov. I started taking Noni juice gel caps, in addition to vitC,Bcomplex, etc. I've not been sick since. I purchase them @ Walmart for under $10.(1 month)
Originally I was drinking the liquid form(1 ounce per day), this, however, got expensive, approx. $20. for a 2 week supply.
With the gel caps, 2= 1 ounce. Hope this helps, as I got lots of great tips here.
Peace to all.
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