How to Avoid the Flu and Colds

From Eastern Illinois University

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Colds and the Flu Are Optional

California’s Premier Endocrinologist, Joe Prendergast M.D. explains that vitamin D is really a hormone and that is why it is so powerful. He says that taking vitamin D increases your immune system strength 3 to 5 times. He says "Vitamin D is a miracle drug." See video below.

Note that I had not had a cold, flu or headache in over 15 years. About 20 years ago I had a flu where I had almost a 104 F fever. I had a terrible headache. It would only take less than 20 minutes to be freezing cold. Then I would get under a lot of covers and warm up and go to sleep. Then I would wake up about 30 minutes and be boiling hot and jump out from under the covers. This cycle went on all day and night.

Have you heard the saying "Feed a cold, starve a fever." Here is what Duke Medicine says about that saying (Duke Medicine conceptually integrates the Duke University Health System, the Duke University School of Medicine, and the Duke University School of Nursing.): [Later it will explain this]

No one really knows the origins of the axiom, but most accounts link it back as early as 1574, when dictionary writer John Withals wrote “Fasting is a great remedie of feuer [fever].”

My uncle is a PhD in chemistry and he taught me to think like a scientist at a very young age. So his experiment was to see what would happen if someone grew up thinking like a scientist.

If you get the flu, it is a warning that something is wrong with your immune system. If you do not fix it then it is likely that you will have other diseases that cause damage.

Immune System not Germs

Louis Pasteur is considered the father of the Germ Theory of Medicine and he invented the process of pasteurization. On his deathbed, he even recanted saying the Germ Theory was all wrong: "It’s the terrain, not the germ."

Say you wanted to avoid a fight. The better fighter you are, the better you are at avoiding a fight. Take Iron Mike Tyson. He would knock out pro boxers in under a minute. He fought Marvin Fraser who was Joe Frazier's son and a great boxer. Marvin had a 6 inch reach advantage on Mike but Mike knocked him out in 25 seconds of the match and the referee stopped the fight. A strong immune system can avoid lots of sickness including cancer.

If the immune system is not compromised it can easily prevent you from getting sick. Plus it can help you avoid infectious diseases and non-infectious diseases like cancer. Washing hands is like always running away and hiding from germs. Strengthen your immune system and you can survive a pandemic while others are dropping like flies. Germs are everywhere.

The human is the most evolved organism on the planet. Some have disagreed but the purpose of evolution is to survive. Many species of organisms have become extinct in recent years. The population of humans have continually grown for the past 10,000 years unlike any other species. Its immune system if healthy can easily fight off any infectious disease.

It is possible that all colds or flu are related to dairy consumption, especially in colder weather. Cow's milk is the second most consumed milk. The first most consumed is goat's milk that the USDA says is healthier than cow's milk. Probably the least unhealthy for you is raw goat's milk cheese.

The body actually allows any virus to grow in you when it does not think that you are taking care of yourself and not getting enough rest and sleep. The biggest problems with Americans is that they over-eat and under-sleep. That is why the body allows the virus to grow in you, to kick your butt so you have to take it easy.

Vitamin D-- the Sunshine Hormone

First there is a lot of recent research done showing the importance of vitamin D, the sunshine hormone. In the summer, the sunshine is brighter and people have on less clothes so they get more vitamin D.

They have recently learned that the amount needed for strong bones is not nearly enough to protect you from the above. Vitamin D overdose is rare. If you buy 1,000 IU capsules and take 70 a day for a while, then you will get an overdose. To be very conservative do not take more than 15,000 IU a day, unless a doctor is supervising you. See How Much Vitamin D Should You Take Daily to prevent getting colds and flus.

Plenty of Sleep

Also getting plenty of sleep is important to the immune system. A study showed that people who get less than 7 hours of sleep a night are 3 times more likely to get the flu than people who get over 8 hours of sleep a night. During the holidays people have a tendency to get less sleep.

The cleaner that it is inside the body, the better the immune system works. Everyday the body is taking in toxins and producing metabolic toxins. Also everyday the body is cleaning out toxins. A big part of the immune system is the lymphatic system. But it requires movement to work well. So exercise will help it to work much better. When it is warmer, the body sweats more and the skin is the largest excretory organ in the body. The excretory organs include skin, lungs, liver and kidneys. The colon is an organ of elimination.

Exercise helps you to sweat more. This helps the body to become cleaner inside. Sweating is also a major reason that people get colds and flu during the cold months instead of the warmer months.

Fasting or Eating Less

When Mark Twain would get a cold or flu, he would fast to get over it the quickest way. Fasting helps the body to get rid of toxins at an accelerated rate. Regular fasting can help you to avoid it. Fasting (consuming only water) is the fastest way to get over the flu.

Raw fruits and vegetables, organically grown, are a very clean burning fuel. Unhealthy foods like junk food, cakes, cookies, refined grains and animal foods are not as clean burning and make it harder for the immune system to work. So fasting or a cleansing diet helps the body to keep from getting sick. Stress weakens the immune system so do something like yoga to reduce stress.

A cold or flu is a chance for you to become healthier. The body has an inner intelligence that only cares about the health of your body, It does not care about your money, your job, your ego, your relationships or any of that. So you may be too busy being important to get enough sleep or you do not want to be bothered with eating less or healthier. But when you get sick it becomes a priority since you feel so sick.

Then you can take off work, get more rest and sleep and let your body heal itself. It is time to nurture yourself. Your taste does not work as well so you cannot enjoy eating like normal. This makes it easier for you to eat less or fast. Fasting may make you feel worse but it will speed up the process that is taking place. Eating may make you feel better, but it slows down the cleansing process that is taking place.

Some people choose to fight the flu. They do not give the body what it needs but they try to SUPPRESS the symptoms with drugs or natural remedies. Then these people can end up being sick for weeks or even months. The body is talking to you. It is saying "give me what I need or you will feel awful for a long time." Only the body can heal itself. Studies show that it helps reduce getting sick if you eat more fruits and vegetables and reduce eating animal foods.

In conclusion, vitamin D is not a vitamin since by definition vitamins cannot be produced by the body. It is a hormone. If you cannot get enough from sunlight then take a good supplement.

Do not take a supplement of vitamin C. Why not? Richard Schulze N.D. says that a vitamin C supplement is mostly ascorbic acid. He says "There are over 5,000 natural vitamin C complexes and flavones (a colorless crystalline compound that is the basis of a number of white or yellow plant pigments) found in foods that are extremely important to health." So instead eat lots of fruits and vegetables that are much higher in vitamin C than other foods. See video below with studies on this.

Also exercise keeps the lymphatic system moving to help clean out toxins and extra sweating makes the body get rid of more toxlns.

Using the Produce Aisle to Boost Immune Function-- Flus or Colds. Less than 5 minutes. By Michael Greger M.D. who reads all the papers on health and food so you don't have to. He has written that studies show that the best food to eat to avoid getting the flu or lessen the time you have it is by eating kiwi fruits.

Joe Prendergast M.D., California's Leading Endocrinologist talks about the benefits of vitamin D in 8 minutes. Listen to it.

Dr. Joel Fuhrman M.D. treats people with fasting and a change in diet. He says that if you want to eat foods that prevent and fight diseases, you should eat G--BOMBS. It stands for greens, berries, onions, mushrooms, beans and seeds/nuts. Mushrooms are known for helping the immune system and helping the body fight off the flu.

If you want to surprise some dinner guests, put some mushrooms in the salad and tell them they are eating fungus. Mushrooms are fungus. Berries are among the healthiest foods and include blueberries, goji berries, pomegranates and acai berries. They are the best food for the brain.

A lot of the time children get diseases that the parents get because that is where they learn their lifestyle. Fruit is pre-digested and only needs about 20 minutes to pass through the stomach. Other foods are in the stomach for hours. So it is better to eat fruits first and wait 20 minutes before eating other foods. You can compare the above to what WebMD says in Keep Your Immune System Healthy. They say:

Your immune system defends you against the viruses that cause colds and flu. These eight steps can help support your immune system so it's ready to fight those viruses.

Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.

Get at least 30 minutes of exercise most days of the week.

Get enough sleep.

Wash your hands.

Keep up with your vaccinations. Almost everyone who's at least 6 months old should get a flu vaccine every year.

Keep your weight healthy.

Don't drink too much alcohol.

Don't smoke.

Keep in mind that the flu vaccine has mercury in it. They say it is totally safe but they took out of all children's vaccines. Also they have not done any studies on it not even to show that it is better than no vaccines. Their goal is to sell it. It is made for everyone to take, even healthy people that never get the flu.

Medical Student Gets Adverse Reaction to Flu Shot

Click on images to make them larger. This medical student, Alexis, got an adverse reaction from the flu vaccine. She stresses that the flu in it is dead. But I say that the ingredients in it are not healthy. Alexis is 22 years old and in her fourth year of medical school. It is average for someone to go to medical school from age 23 to age 27.

She could have gone to college at age 12 because she is a super genius but her parents thought that was too young. She has many interesting things happen to her. You can read the details and what she says about this at Unfortunate Reactions to Vaccines.

I have not had a cold, flu or headache in over 15 years. That probably is partially because of the meditation that do since illness and headaches have to do with stress. I have been reading this blog for a while. Doing this makes you more like the person who wrote the blog. So now I want to write about personal things like Alexis does in her blog.

I came across the article called Flu Shots are More Dangerous Than the Flu Itself, According to New Research. Now I think this article is not very good. It says that people get sick after getting the vaccine but does not explain how. People get sick after not getting a vaccine. Then it says that there are bad things in it.

But it ignores that there are many bad things elsewhere. Like according to studies mentioned by Michael Greger M.D. a half a can of tuna has the amount of mercury (mentioned in article) that is in 100 flu shots (vaccines). It says many doctors are against the flu vaccine but does not give any examples. I did not read the whole article because the beginning was so bad. It makes no mention of an author so I guess that it means it was written by the almighty Lord. Also it lacked links to other sources.

When I was around age 20 many interesting things happened to me. I learned a meditation that is taught by Prem Rawat. Now every person has their own experience of the same thing and it can be very negative but here is what I experienced. Of course it is partially determined by the person.

Prem Rawat from book about him sold by Amazon.com

The following is long but very interesting. During that time they built a JYC near me about 10 minutes away from where I lived and I was 20 years old. JYC is like a YMCA but this one was for Jewish people, hence its name Jewish Youth Center. When I first got there, there was a line of people that would run, jump onto a mini-trampoline kind of springboard and do a flip or something and land on a thick mat so they would not get hurt.

So I watched for 10 minutes and people were encouraging me to try it. I was the only gymnast of the group. I had been captain of my high school gymnastics team. I did a pike flip where my legs are completely straight and I was instantly a celebrity. 

Now things are different when it came to what happened. There were many beautiful young women there. There was one who was very beautiful, dressed like a fashion model and was very intelligent and well spoken. Also she made it clear that I was the one that she wanted and she gets what she wants. Although she was only 14. So on our first date I met her family that consisted of her father, mother and older sister.

They loved me and also they wanted their daughter to have what she wanted. So she became my girlfriend but we did not break any laws. She danced and sang in many plays. Her one flaw was she was somewhat conceited because she knew how great she was. But I was probably like that also.

Then they started a girls gymnastic team. I went into the gymnastics room and was watching these little girls. There was one female coach and everyone would spend all of their time waiting for one minute with the coach. Keep in mind that we all regarded each other as God's chosen people.

So I would get the ones that had to wait for the line and would teach them something. So they got the time with the coach but also got time practicing other things. I had experience teaching kids gymnastics at a summer camp. So the coach loved having active kids instead of bored kids and the kids loved it also. They knew I was not being paid so they knew that I was doing it for the fun of it. Also the coach liked me so much that when the team got its labeled team leotards she said to the girls and I that she should give me one of the leotards so everyone would know that I was part of its team.

To show you that it was not all good times, I had to battle boredom also. Prem Rawat was going to speak in Montreal, Canada so a bus with a bathroom was rented to go from Philadelphia to Montreal which takes about 11 hours. I had just learned meditation so my ability to be in the present was not very good. So that 11 hours was quite an ordeal. But it led to something great which makes this much more interesting reading.

The name of this weekend program in Montreal was Peace Flight. I was taking a walk around the bus to relieve boredom. I saw this couple that I never saw before where the wife was about 3 years older than me and she was drop dead gorgeous. Since I had nothing to gain or lose I told her exactly how I felt. At first I was cautious but saw that the husband was enjoying what I was saying and so I said lots of things including that she was the most attractive woman I had ever seen.

So that was the end of that for while. But later on, this woman, Reenie Hanson, and I became friends. I am very good at adapting to the present circumstances. Her husband found a different meditation teacher that was named Buba Free John.

Buba Free John and later called Adi Da.

We ended up becoming best friends while her husband and her were still married. I did not have a physical attraction to her and I forgot to mention that they have a daughter. Renee and I were really great friends. She thought that I was the nicest and kindest person that she had ever met.

Here is an exciting thing we did together. We flew to Rome, Italy where Prem Rawat had a five day program. We shared a hotel room. The husband took care of their little girl. Now this story is like the most impossible thing that ever happened. Reenie was telling me about a 17 year old sister that became mostly catatonic.

She would watch TV and pet the cat and not do anything else. I cannot believe that I never told this story before, meaning writing it down. I guess it took a while for Alexis to bring it out of me. If you are a writer, you definitely should read her blog. Now Reenie's family lived in Delaware. The mother took the daughter to a psychiatrist. He said that she should be committed to a mental institution. There they could give her electroshock for the fun of it.

So I said that I should try to help her first. Now Prem Rawat was having a rare 10 day program in Florida. Renee and I got a ride with an Indian couple that lives in Delaware. They stopped in Delaware on the way back and Reenie lied to her mother and told her that we needed a place to stay in Delaware for a day. We convinced the daughter to come to Philadelphia and stay at Reenie's house for a week.

I was at her house everyday, all day for a week. It was extremely hard at first to get her to open up but eventually I did it and she got all better. Now I did not know what I was doing and that is where my awesome power lied. See other people imagine they know what they are doing and what do they actually know? They know that they were born and they will die. They do not know why they were born, what they are doing here or what this whole thing is all about.

To give a break to psychiatrists, it is a job to make money. They cannot spend all day with a patient. Nevada is the only state in the country that prostitution is legal. It is illegal in Las Vegas. So a prostitute can be paid to spend all day with a client. But you cannot pay the prostitute to care about you. Of course she does care about the money.

So what does Albert Einstein say about this?

To end on a light note, the girls team had a nickname for me. It was Spider-Man. Outside the gym they had a pair of walls that were about 4 feet apart and went up about 25 feet. I would put a hand and foot on each wall. I would then use that to climb up the wall. Then at top I would climb across and go down.

Here on video is something else that did. I would get down, the same way I got up. I loved climbing. Watch this one minute video where the guy knows how to climb up but not how to get down. So he falls and gets badly injured. But you can climb down the same way you get up.

So I am still looking for video of what I would do. I found a short video of what I would do. It is only 41 seconds.

So this is why they called me Spider-Man. Now never do the following. I could have killed this girl and myself. So I was doing it again to show them I could still do it. This is a bizarre story. One of the girls said loudly that she wanted me to take her for a ride. I said "definitely not." She begged me to take her and then all the other girls shouted for me to do it.

So I agreed to do it because they kept begging me, even though it was dangerous and foolish. So this small and light girl climbed on my back and I took her to the top. Then with my hands firmly in place, I took my feet off the wall and started kicking and yelling like I lost control. The girls below were screaming. Then I kept going and no girl asked for a ride again.

I got to the ground safe and sound, at least I thought. Then a girl said my head was bleeding. I felt my head and had blood on my hand. There was a sprinkler on the ceiling and I must have hit my head against it without knowing it. So I went to the hospital and got a few stitches put in. So my mother's favorite saying was "Truth is stranger than fiction!"

Want to hear a rabbit sing? Actually this is a song by Eddie Rabbitt on how to get a woman. I had a girlfriend that graduated from Wellesley U.  She said that females over 18 should be called women.

Also here is a short video on how to get a girlfriend that is very intelligent and not sleazy.

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