Comments on: How To Avoid Getting Sick In Flu Season

By: Christina Vallance

Christina Vallance — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:05:00 +0000

Great advice!
For me, there are quite a few things that help me:
Probably the most imporatant being that I am a germaphobe. I always have sanitizer for when I am out in public and never touch my eyes, nose or mouth until I can get to a sink and wash my hands good. Also washing before cooking or eating is also VERY important. I also try to avoid crowded places during the flu-season. However, thats not always possible and people will go anywhere while they are sick. I cant even count how many cough’s I hear throughout the grocery store, makes me cringe.

A healthy diet is key. I am a vegetarian, almost vegan, I eat a ton of fruits and vegetables, nuts, olive oil-ect. I get sick a lot less now then when I ate meat and dairy several years ago. I think eating fresh and healthy will boost any immune system.

One last thing, I take a good multi-vitamin daily. You do get what you pay for, and I always read reviews on them. I take a complete one, that includes iron. Anemia will weaken the immune system. When I do feel a cold coming, I take extra vitamin c. Sometimes I will take emergen-C which also works pretty well.

By: Dakota

Dakota — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:21:49 +0000

Great posts! I’m a big baby when it comes to getting sick I have been taking airborne and an all natural immune system booster. I’ve heard a lot of good things about echinacea and raw garlic!

By: jess

jess — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:20:44 +0000

thank u for posting that link of dog in uk park. too funny.

By: ian guthrie

ian guthrie — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:18:41 +0000

oops
this was the funny one re: dog in uk park
http://youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU

By: ian guthrie

ian guthrie — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:45:30 +0000

dear Jacqueline
the flu shot is probably the safest public health intervention that exists .there is zero data out there indicating any risk,
here is a link to a report of that Danish study ,after all if you dont know exactly with which vitamin you are deficient in it dosnt make sense to supplement ,does it ? TOO much of these things causes badness
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/64100.php

also here is a link to the funniest you tube clip my sister sent me ,just in case I am coming on too overbearing
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/64100.php
for some reason it encapsulates England as I remember her
yours sincerely Ian

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:09:33 +0000

Ian, I think many of us would like the reference to the “science” that says “you die sooner when you take multivitamins.” Also, one wonders where you get this information about the flu shot; there exists evidence that 1- the flu shot can indeed be dangerous, and 2-people who get the flu shot actually fare worse.

By: ian guthrie

ian guthrie — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:37:01 +0000

large studies from Scandinavia show that the use of multivitamins has no beneficial effect ,when taken ,with the exception of thiamine and pregnancy ,infact the study showed that is was detrimental and you die sooner when you take them ,that is what the science is saying ,as for the flu shot ,it remains your best chance at avoiding the flu ,and to disuade people from obtaing it ,especially at risk groups ,such as the elderly is at best stupid and at worst criminal

By: Bink

Bink — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:33:12 +0000

Thanks for this article. I get deathly sick twice a year where my oxygen levels decrease requiring me to have breathing treatments. I’m sick now. I’ve just started back with vitamins. My doctor recommended prenatal ones. I’m also taking Emergent C. This product may be a placebo type. We’ll see after some uses. I need tosleep more. I know for me it is the not eating healthy, lack of sleep and no daily vitamins. This will change.

By: del rashid

del rashid — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:17:10 +0000

hi,
It is good to understand that diet alone will not protect you from flu, in the UK during the swine flu pandemic many people attended flu parties to get exposer to the flu virus, so that the immune system could be trained . Avoiding the flu in the long term could be bad for your health. Anyway it is good that a combination of zinc and vitamin C taken during the flu season allows the body to better battle the Flu virus.

By: del rashid

del rashid — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:46:03 +0000

hi,
i am researching natural health, it is difficult to avoid the flu virus, its seem to be part of our evolutionary heritage. How ever your diet will not protect from flu but your diet can help you recover from flu. History has shown us that Native American, and the Inuits, who had a natural diet lost 90% population to deseases brought by contact with Europeans, small pox being a good example. i live in the UK and during the Swine Flu pandemic, people were attending flu parties so that they could get exposer to the swine flu,to train thier immune system.

In the Flu season one should get a good intake of Dietery Vitamin D from fish meat etc, with extra vitamin C and Zinc.