Every few years despite “modern science and precautions,” a new deadly virus threatens to become a “plague”. SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is certainly scary. It has killed hundreds of people since being reported just months ago. Whole hospitals are going up to accommodate its victims.
Officials in public health departments focus on quarantines, travel warnings and drugs in their responses to such crises. But never do we see them mention natural IMMUNE SYSTEM BOOSTING as an action that individuals can and should take to protect themselves.
We’ve always thought this rather odd. The best and sometimes only real defense against illness is a functional immune system. Why do we not see any mention of this in the reports from mainstream media and doctors when new viruses and diseases are discussed?
We hear of travel advisories, surgical masks, washing hands frequently, etc. Sensible precautions but far from substitutes for a good immune system.
Perhaps the powers-that-be consider that we ought to feel very endangered or intimidated by every virus that comes along. Might this have any tie with the money they can make from us to “fight”
the menace?
How about empowering us with information about things we can DO OURSELVES to protect against coming down with these diseases even if we do come in contact with them?
We need to be proactive and take matters into our own hands.
Here is some good info on immune boosting for the rest of us.
1. Eat more raw foods.
2. Drink lots of fresh spring water.
3. Avoid chlorine.
4. Avoid toxic chemicals in the environment and in personal care products.
5. Eat specific immune boosting foods. These include fresh raw garlic, onions, and some others (more info below).
6. Take a good probiotic supplement to replace intestinal flora. These friendly bacteria are a key part of the immune system. A good flora may be found at:
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7. Take a dietary supplement containing immune boosting foods. An excellent, very potent one is called SuperImmune Boost. You can find it at:
http://organicbeautycompany.com/pages/immune.html
Here are a few of the properties of some immune-boosting herbs and foods and why you should consume more such foods and herbs in your diet:
*Garlic — nature’s powerful antibiotic. Additionally, garlic has a rejuvenative effect on all body function and may stimulate healthy cell growth and activity. Garlic has been found to help dissolve cholesterol in the bloodstream, to open up the blood vessels and reduce blood pressure and to assist the lymphatic system in throwing off waste. As a fun aside, it is a Jewish tradition for a wife to serve her husband garlic on a Friday night to help empower him sexually and increas chances of conception.
*Ginger Root — terrific for the respiratory system and helps the body fight off colds and flu. It may help clean the kidneys, detoxify the bowels and has been in use for ages as a digestive aid.
*Horseradish Root — with antibiotic action, may help in case of respiratory, urinary and other infections. Horseradish may assist kidney function and aids digestion and metabolism.
*Habanero Pepper — improves blood circulation by equalizing blood pressure throughout the body. Increasing heart action but not blood pressure, it’s been useful in cases of internal and external hemorrhaging. A harmless internal disinfectant, cayenne plays a vital role in our tonic. Taken with other herbs, cayenne increases their assimilation and thus their power. It also supports the body’s efforts to rebuild tissue in the stomach and may be useful in the case of stomach and intestinal ulcers.
*White Onion — an oft-overlooked but powerful healer more often relied upon in earlier eras than nowadays. It has been used to lower fevers and help the body expel mucus. It’s a wonderful tonic, too, for the hair, nails and skin plus it lubricates the skin, joints, muscles, chest and kidneys. Onion helps disperse acids and can be used as an effective laxative.
*Apple Cider Vinegar — raw and unfiltered, good old apple cider vinegar does much, much more than simply provide the base for the tonic’s other ingredients. It is itself a very active ingredient: helps fight germs and bacteria naturally, assists in the regulation of calcium metabolism, helps correct blood consistency, regulate a woman’s menstruation, aids the digestion and assimilation of food and helps control weight. It normalizes the urine, thus lessening a frequent urge to urinate, can offer relief for sore throats, laryngitis and throat tickles, helps clear out toxins, aids respiration so that one can breathe more easily, helps maintain healthy skin and prevent itching scalp, dry hair and baldness, helps removes toxins and crystals from the joints, tissues and organs.
*Wild Oregano Oil in virgin olive oil — very recent studies on wild oregano oil and olive leaf extract (below) are revealing them to be perhaps Nature’s very most potent, yet safe antimicrobials.
*Olive Leaf Extract — similar in effect to wild oregano oil. Powerful stuff!! (And we find they make this quite delicious, too.)
Such herbs and foods may be the answer to living in a world of growing microbiological threats. Of course, you may take other precautions in specific circumstances and avoid putting yourself in harm’s way.
But we think the best approach is to build a strong immune system and a great reserve of fundamental health through good nutrition and clean living.
Do a good job of taking care of yourself using the awesome powers of Mother Nature. Then get just get on with life and, as the song goes, “Don’t worry, be happy!”
Hope this data is useful to you!
Love,
Evan