The Flu

Annoyingly unpleasant, uncomfortable and lasting upwards of 2 weeks, with some types, like Swine Flu or H1N1, can become quite dangerous, both for an individual and a community.

The idea of another type of influenza outbreak, like that of 1918, worries many researchers and scientists. The question is, that with the speed that viruses can now circle around the globe (due to the ease of modern day transportation and travel), would we be able to handle a fast spreading outbreak?

Suggested use for Flu: Take 2 tablets every 4 hours at the first signs of infection.
May be used preventively by taking 1 tablet twice a day prior and during potential exposure to the virus.

Here is an overview of some thoughts. It makes you realize that having a supply of a product like HapaVir™ makes a great deal of sense. But watch and decide for yourself.

A few steps to help you beat a cold or the flu:

Take HapaVir™ as a daily supplement
Daily supplementation with HapaVir will help hinder flu virus microbes from atacking host cells in your body and multiplying, allowing your body's natural defenses to attack them.  

Eat Real Food

Now if you’ve been a regular reader on my site here you’ll know what I mean by ‘real’ food. But for those of you who don’t let me explain. Real food is the food that is most natural, found in nature with the least amount of processing involved before it reaches your table.

This is the food that is provided by Our Maker to keep us healthy and alive without debilitating diseases. Foods like apples, carrots, raw nuts, and seeds. Foods that haven’t been loaded with hormones, pesticides, and other unnatural chemicals. These are the foods you can grow (or raise) in your own backyard in an organic garden or by raising your own chickens for example.

The other foods that many Americans consume on a daily basis are what I like to call ‘fake’ foods. These are the foods you’ll find on shelf after shelf, aisle after aisle at the grocery store. Foods that have been highly processed, modified, and transformed from their original state that they hardly resemble the original food at all. (Think Doritos, soda, fruit snacks, microwave meals, etc.)

Eating a variety of real foods provide your body with all the nutrients it needs to function and stay healthy. This should be your first food choice on a daily basis.

Exercise

Although when you think of preventing a cold you don’t necessarily think ‘I’d better exercise if I don’t want to get sick,’ this is one of the best ways to improve your overall health and stay healthy during cold and flu season.

According to researcher Michael Flynn who studies the impact of exercise on the immune system at Purdue University, thirty minutes of exercise, three or four times a week, is the best way to boost your immune system. Any more will actually begin to have the reverse effect.

Flynn explained that one study found running ten miles a week boosted the immune system but up that to twenty miles a week and you increase the risk for infections.

Get Plenty of Sleep

Now this old wives tale still holds true today. When you’re sick you need to get plenty of rest, but you can’t really ‘catch up’ on sleep or makeup for weeks or months of too little sleep.

Getting enough sleep on a regular basis is key to maintaining good health. Studies show that lack of sleep is associated with health problems and theinability to lose weight. According to the Harvard Women’s Health Watch one adverse effect of not getting enough sleep is a compromised immune system.

Get Plenty of Vitamin D

More and more is being revealed lately about the vast health benefits ofvitamin D. Previously known to impact bone health,vitamin D deficiencyis now implicated in many health issues.

According to long time vitamin D researcher, Dr. Michael Holick, vitamin D is best obtained through safe sun exposure. That’s right, he advises you to get sun – but safely. In his book entitled The Vitamin D Solution, Holick says that a lack of vitamin D (that many Westerners are unknowingly suffering from) can wreak havoc on the body, including the immune system.

To beat a cold or flu make sure you get plenty of safe sun exposure on a regular basis. If you live somewhere that only gets sun seasonally it’s a good idea to take a vitamin D supplement until your levels are adequate enough to take you through these sunless seasons.

Eat Fresh Vitamin rich Foods 

Real food nutrition is the key to maintaining a solid state of wellness. Multi-vitamins are generally filled with synthetic forms, which, while cheap to produce, do not have the same beneficial efficacy as natural vitamin and mineral intake. There are high-quality multi-vitamin supplements available, although they tend to be quite expensive. Eating nutrient dense foods are the better choice.

Avoid Sugar

Sugar is one of the worst things to consume, especially if you’re trying to stay healthy – and who isn’t? Sugars weaken the immune system and help bacteria to grow. Avoiding sugars is key to staying healthy, particularly when you’re under stress or in the middle of cold and flu season.

No one wants to come down with a cold or the flu anytime. When you take the above seven steps to stay healthy you’ll not only beat colds and flu’s, you’ll be protecting your body from other more serious chronic diseases that could really compromise your health down the road.

There are great, all natural sweeteners on the market so you don’t have to go without. Try stevia or raw honey in moderation. (And avoidartificial sweeteners–those are fake foods!) Be sure to check labels of the foods you’re eating and avoid sugars here too.