Simple Remedy I use to PREVENT/REDUCE Flu/Colds A MUST at our HOUSE

 Tonight I am going to share with you a DUAL COMBINATION of two items that we find a MUST in our household. When your immune system gets even  slightly compromised by eating REFINED SUGARS/flours (and we just had a huge influx with Halloween) from LACK OF SLEEP, or lots of STRESS, it may become the "perfect storm" for viruses just looking to find a host to occupy, namely YOU!  Hopefully, you will begin to realize that a healthy immune system is created by not only keeping the processed, boxed, dead foods at a minimum, but also by adding in the whole, live, clean foods, balancing a LOT of the GOOD with a little of the bad. But when you feel that DRAGGY, TIRED, FEELING OF FATIGUE, maybe a scratchy throat, a headache, you just know that BUG is trying to infiltrate your system, here is what works well for my family! It is an inexpensive way to prevent illness as well as hasten healing if it does begin to manifest symptoms!

NATURE'S WAY Echinacea/Goldenseal Root is something we keep on hand, take on trips, ALWAYS have in case we feel that a "bug" is looming. You will usually feel extremely tired before said "bug," hits. You know the feeling. It especially is easy to find YOU, if you are in an enclosed work place, where germs spread, if you have just ONE poor night's rest, and if you are eating poorly! If we do, we immediately get our LARGE bottle of the yellow and white wonder combo as we call it, and begin taking two capsules with lots of water throughout the day, and food. We chase it with one to two packages of an inexpensive product called EMERGEN-C, a packet of 1000 mg. of effervescent Vitamin C that comes in all flavors and is dropped in a short glass of water, it fizzes and you down it. Even children love Emergen-C. It is fun and tasty. NOW, if we have SYMPTOMS, it's time for more than prevention, and we do the following regime! We take TWO Echinacea/Golden Seal capsules every 3-4 hours until we feel better. And up to four packets of Emergen-C in divided doses...and the only side effect of overload on the Vitamin C would be to feel a little gassy or  have slightly loose bowels. We keep this THERAPEUTIC dose up until symptoms subside. My daughter will take this regime for several weeks if work is rampant with sick folk sneezing and ill, to keep the "bug" at bay. Here's why it works.

You MUST buy the PROPER Nature's Way product, it has to be....Echinacea AND Golden Seal. Echinacea is an adaptogen that works to build immunity. It finds the weakest link in your body, be it sore throat, tonsils, earaches, headaches, and adapts to building the immune factors in those areas. So it is like an army with a specific target, as each of us will have different symptoms in the flu. The Golden Seal works like a "natural" antibiotic, without the side effects, and is amazing with both bacterial and viral infections. Together, they are an awesome team. The Vitamin C, as most of you know, just helps the immune system on so many levels, and the fizz type is easy, goes immediately to help and is fun to carry to work, etc. IF you are in the sick, SYMPTOM stage, you'll need both every 3-4 hours, so BAGGY THEM, and don't forget to take them at work. It is vital, you ramp up on them until symptoms subside...and don't forget to take sugar out when letting this superstar formula do it's job.

You can purchase both items at any health food store, order them at LuckyVitamins.com, or find them at the health food section of most grocery stores. Here in Washington, they can be found at Safeway or Fred Meyer. And the Emergen-C is even found at Walgreens, etc. Keep them on hand, use them for either a prevention when flu is going around, or when symptoms appear, use a therapeutic dose as outlined. But remember, the BEST thing is to begin building your immune system with life sustaining food that is not adulterated by man, processed, and just cheap, dead food. Remember, without your health, you are miserable! So we'll continue on our journey of learning that we want to let Food be our Medicine, and Medicine  be our Food. Thanks to all of you! ;-)