Protecting Your Family From The Flu

Top Three Immune System Booster Areas To Consider

Director — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:30:00 +0000

One of the things that some who practice holistic medicine tell us is that we should consider that the flu is not caused by the “flu bug” but rather by the fact that our immune systems are not strong enough to effectively fight the various virus and bacteria we come in contact with. So one of the best things you can do to protect your family from the flu is to make sure that each family member’s immune system is in as good of shape as possible. There are many ways to do this, but here are the top 3 things to make sure that you are always paying attention to:

First make sure that you are not full of toxins. Our bodies accumulate and hide a great deal of toxins in various ways. It is a good idea to make sure that you are doing what you can well before flu season to detoxify your body. A family fasting program or detoxification program is a great idea on an annual basis.

Second, make sure that you are eating right. If you choose natural organic and whole foods you will find that your body naturally develops a stronger immune system. If you eat a lot of home grown food, you will also benefit from natural immunity to things that you deal with locally. You can learn more about natural organic whole food at the magazine site www.HarvestSource.com. I suggest you go to their blog for a lot of good content, if you don’t mind some of the editor’s political opinions from time to time.

Third investigate and include in your diet supplementation of various natural immune system boosters. You will find that there are a lot of herbs and oils that can help. I have personally found that Echinacea and Oregano Oil to be very helpful. There are lots of other herbs that can help too, so do some investigation and then make these herbs a part of your daily routine.

I would love to hear what you have found to be effective in building a healthy immune system. Leave you comments, recipes and thoughts below.

To your Health,

Warren Ross
Director
info@ProtectYourFamilyFromTheFlu.com

Another thought about Vinegar

Director — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:40:49 +0000

In my last blog entry we talked about the folklore about the four thieves, and their vinegar that helped them to steel from victims of the plague without dying from the disease as so many others were dying. Today I want to just talk about one of the qualities of vinegar that is been proven, and yet many just don’t know about it. Vinegar kills the majority of bacteria and flu type of bugs on contact. See the answer to the WikiAnswers.com question, “Does vinegar kill bacteria?”

“Yes, vinegar DOES kill many bacteria and viruses, including many very dangerous ones that can be in food such as E. Coli O157:H7 (see for example scholarly research that shows this ). It is probably good to use in the kitchen and other places that you may be worried about harsher chemicals like bleach getting into food.   Vinegar can also increase the bacteria-killing power of bleach greatly if you don’t mind using some of both for a spray to use on surfaces (see http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-02/asfm-vik021306.php). According to the article a mixture of 1 cup vinegar, 1 cup bleach and 1 gallon water will even kill dangerous bacteria such as anthrax in spore form and kills “virtually anything in 10 to 20 minutes.”

Wow – Vinegar can do a lot more than we realize. Which is why one of the essential and inexpensive things you can do to kill the flu virus in your home and protect your family from the flu is to clean everything with vinegar. I usually have some white vinegar in a spray bottle and spray everything down in the rooms that we touch, and that really will help kill the flu germs that normally help the flu spread from person to person.

Leave you comments, recipes and thoughts below.

To your Health,

Warren Ross
Director
info@ProtectYourFamilyFromTheFlu.com

The Four Thieves Vinegar – A Flu Prevention Solution?

Director — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:32:57 +0000

I’ve recently read the story of the four thieves vinegar. I first heard about it when I was compiling my 2009 Flu Report and read the following in the Herbal Vinegar book by Maggie Oster. She wrote:

“Four Thieves Vinegar – Among all the therapeutic vinegars, Four Thieves Vinegar is legendary. Folklore hold that during one of the plague epidemics in Marseilles, four robbers were able to steal from the dead and dying without themselves succumbing by dousing themselves with this mixture. Recipes vary, but the generally accepted ingredients include the leaves of rosemary, rue, sage, wormwood, and mint plus lavender flowers and camphor gum. Other ingredients sometimes mentioned are calamus root, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and garlic.”

I would like to know what others know about this as an antiviral and antibacterial solution. Let me know in your comments what recipes you have and how you have used this solution. I am told that an essential oil made with these herbs was tested at Weber State University and found to kill 99% of virus and bacteria. I’ve also heard that this four thieves vinegar is a good insect repellent if you are out in the woods.

The four thieves vinegar certainly sounds like it might be something that could help us to prevent the flu, don’t you think?

Leave you comments, recipes and thoughts below.

To your Health,

Warren Ross
Director
info@ProtectYourFamilyFromTheFlu.com

Colloidal Silver – A Natural Antibiotic

Director — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:57:26 +0000

What is colloidal silver?

Wikipedia defines Colloidal silver as “a liquid suspension of microscopic particles of silver. A colloid is technically defined as particles which remain suspended without forming an ionic, or dissolved solution. The broader commercial definition of “colloidal silver” includes products that contain various concentrations of ionic silver, silver colloids, ionic silver compounds or silver proteins in purified water. Colloidal silver with concentrations of 30 parts per million (ppm) or less are typically manufactured using an electrolysis process, whereas colloidal silver with higher concentrations of 50 ppm or more are usually silver compounds that have been bound with a protein.

Currently, colloidal silver is marketed for internal and external use as an alternative medical remedy, though there is no scientific evidence of its effectiveness in vivo for any medical condition.[1] Excessive use can result in argyria, a form of silver toxicity.”

Is colloidal silver a flu remedy? Many claim that colloidal silver is a cure all for just about everything, but the FDA says there are no scientific validity to any claims about the use of colloidal silver as a remedy. It would seem that this is like so many natural remedies that exist today. If the drug companies can’t make money from it, then it must not be safe. In the end, the facts are probably more in the middle. Colloidal silver certainly has shown to be an effective antibiotic used for centuries, but is not an essential mineral and can be over used with negative side effects.

As mentioned earlier, there is documented evidence that excessive use of colloidal silver will result in argyria, a form of silver toxicity. So I certainly would not recommend drinking colloidal silver by the gallon for an excessive period of time. However, it has been proven to be a very effective mild antibiotic that actually supports our own immune system as opposed to the standard drug company antibiotics that kill the good and the bad bacteria, forcing us to be more vulnerable to disease in the future if we do not take care to rebuild our immune system.

I would suggest that you do some more research and learn how colloidal silver can help you live a happier and healthier life, and also help your body combat the flu and the common cold. If you pick up a flu or a cold, I would recommend that you use colloidal silver instead of drugs to help fight the bacteria.

Let me know you thoughts on the colloidal silver and other flu remedies by including your comments below:

To your Health,

Warren Ross
Director
info@ProtectYourFamilyFromTheFlu.com

Swine Flu Symptoms

Director — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:16 +0000

I thought it would be beneficial to answer the questions about this new “swine flu” that has been declared to be a pandemic. The swine flu is not any more dangerous than a standard flu, and seems to have the same type of flu symptoms including:
• fever
• cough
•  sore throat
• runny or stuffy nose
• body aches
• headache
• chills
• fatigue
• Some people also experience diarrhea and vomiting.

Generally it seems that this swine flu lasts about a week and can be treated fine at home. The World Health Organization says it will be difficult to tell the difference between seasonal flu and the swine flu (H1N1). Most people will experience a mild to moderate illness and will be able to manage the swine flu symptoms at home.

It boils down to this, if you have the flu, don’t worry if it is the regular flu or the swine flu, just stay home for a week, and make sure you are looking at the 2 things that you can do to help protect your family. Make your environment unfriendly to the flu, and increase your body’s immune system to help fight the flu. Remember most flu remedies work best if they are used when you suspect you might be fighting something, so don’t wait until you can’t get out of bed to do something about it.

Let me know you thoughts on the swine flu by including your comments below:

To your Health,

Warren Ross
Director
info@ProtectYourFamilyFromTheFlu.com

My Top 3 Sore Throat Remedies

Director — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:29:42 +0000

Today I would like to share with you 3 sore throat remedies that I have found to be effective, and also a product that my family discovered that will help with sore throats and much more. I have the blessing of being able to do a lot of talking for a living. So sore throat symptoms that are commonly associated with the flu and various colds certainly are a big problem for me. I’ve tried just about everything and still find that the very best remedies are the natural remedies.
My Number 1 soar throat remedy:
Oregano Oil. I use a product called oregoil that we purchase through www.AzureDelivery.com. This product is a small bottle and you can use the product topically for fungal infections of all sorts, but also internally a few drops under your tongue, or in a water gargle. After you have put the drops in your mouth you will notice some tingling. I have found that the antiviral, antimicrobial, antifungal, antibacterial and antiseptic properties of this wild Mediterranean oil of oregano are the best to help your soar throat to disappear. This sore through remedy isn’t all that popular due to the fact that it isn’t necessarily immediate and it isn’t all that pleasant initially. I love it, however, because it works.
My Number 2 soar throat remedy:
Gargle with salt water. This is something my grandfather always did with a sore throat. In the army in world war II he got a very bad sore throat. The remedy they had him apply was to put salt in water, mix it up and gargle the salty water. This is another remedy that definitely works well. Again, not all that pleasant, but once you’ve gargled a cup of salt water you will notice definite improvement.
My Number 3 soar throat remedy:
Gargle with Apple Cider Vinegar. Not very many people can stand the direct vinegar, but gargle with as strong of a mixture as you can. With this gargle, you can and will benefit from swallowing the mixture when you are done gargling.
I hope these soar throat remedies are helpful to you. Let me know with your comments what you like to do to help a soar throat.
To your Health,

Warren Ross
Director
info@ProtectYourFamilyFromTheFlu.com
www.ProtectYourFamilyFromTheFlu.com

A “Homemade” Flu Remedy – The Tennessee Flu Tonic.

Director — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:45:48 +0000

One of the important things that we need to make sure that we talk about is that sometimes the flu happens, and preventing the flu should include helping us to recover as quickly as possible without passing the flu on to everyone else we come in contact with. The sooner we can recover the sooner we can help preven the flu from spreading and protect our family.

Here is a home made recipe for a flu remedy that we use. I have found that this flu remedy works better than most everything else that I have found, but would love to hear about what other flu remedy you have found that has worked for you.

This flu remedy does include alcohol, but so do most of the over the counter cold and flu medicines. If you would like a recipe for a flu remedy without alcohol, I suppose you could try this without the booze. I do believe that the alcohol actually helps accomplish the remedies objective. I don’t know how, I do know from experience, I’ve slept better and had my flu fever go away much faster after taking this terrible tasting flu remedy. On the bright side, I find that the taste of this remedy actually is very much the same as the lemon and honey version of the over the counter Thermaflu product sold in most drug stores.

My brother and his family spent some time in Tennessee and they learned this flu remedy while they were there. This is why I have come to call this flu remedy, the Tennessee Flu Tonic. For those of us in the Natural Organic Whole Foods lifestyle, we know that organic lemons and raw honey are best for us, but if you need this remedy and don’t have the natural organic whole foods ingredients, substitute whatever lemon and honey you can find, it will still be a better remedy than going and buying Thermaflu at the store.

Here is the recipe and directions.

Ingredients:
A shot of Vodka
Half an organic lemon
Raw Honey to taste
and
Hot pure water filled to the brim of the cup.

Directions:

Add the alcohol, (The Tennessee Backwoods Redneck version said moonshine, white lightning is best) (If you can get it “Everclear” is also very effective, so my brother tells me.) Squeeze the half a lemon into the cup, add as much honey as you will need to help with the taste, a few tablespoons works for me. Next you heat up some water and once it is boiling hot I fill the mug up with the hot water. Then I start sipping the tonic just as soon as it is cool enough for me to do so. Once you drink the whole cup, go lay down and go to sleep. I usually sweat a lot at first and then go to sleep. You will wake up feeling much better.

Let me know what you think of this remedy by posting your comments below. I would also love to hear what flu remedies you have found to be effective.

To your Health,

Warren Ross
Director
info@ProtectYourFamilyFromTheFlu.com
www.ProtectYourFamilyFromTheFlu.com

Dedicated to Protecting Your Family from the Flu

Director — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:40:31 +0000

Starting today, we would like to share with you how you can protect your family from the flu, and hopefully help those that are concerned about new flu bugs like the swine flu or the bird flu of a few years ago. We will regularly post comments that have tips on keeping your family safe from the flu, improving your indoor air quality, preventing the passing of the flu from one to another in your family and also comments on news stories about flu related events.

Just recently the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the new swine flu to be a worldwide pandemic, but don’t panic because the swine flu is really not deadly. To quote the site that is keeping us all updated on statistics of this H1N1 swine flu from the Center for Disease Control:

“A Pandemic Is Declared On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 6 in response to the ongoing global spread of the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus. A Phase 6 designation indicates that a global pandemic is underway.”

Again, don’t give in to panic, because the swine flu, while it is a new flu and is making the rounds pretty effectively, it is not really that dangerous. Nothing like the 1918 influenza pandemic that experts estimate killed between 50-100 million people.

However, there is reason to believe that the 2009 flu season is something we should all take extra precautions to protect your family from the dangers that may arrive if this swine flu mutates into something dangerous. I will talk more about this in future blog entries.

In the mean time, protect your family by being as educated on this subject as you can. Enter your name and e-mail in the form on the right and we will send you regular e-mails with tips on flu safety and news items that might effect us all.

Warren Ross
Director
www.ProtectYourFamilyFromTheFlu.com