Are you concerned about the Flu Epedemic this year?

If so, here are a couple of things you can do to help improve you immune system and prevent the Flu!

Let's start with how sugar effects your immune system:

"Eating or drinking 100 grams (8 tbsp.) of sugar, the equivalent of one 12-ounce can of soda, can reduce the ability of white blood cells to kill germs by forty percent. The immune-suppressing effect of sugar starts less than thirty minutes after ingestion and may last for five hours. In contrast, the ingestion of complex carbohydrates, or starches, has no effect on the immune system."

It makes you look at that can of Coke® in a whole new light, doesn't it?

Our immune system is our first defense against any disease, and we can't afford to disable any of it's functions. Now, don't get me wrong - I'm in no way suggesting that you will be able to fight off every new disease that comes your way if you simply give up sugar. However, it just makes sense to take good care of your immune system, just in case a cold or flu germ, or worse, shares an elevator with you.

Eating sugar is the exact opposite of taking care of yourself - it actually weakens your ability to protect yourself from contagious disease and infections.

Here are a couple of natural supplements you can use to help prevent the flu this year.

The Miracle Leaf that has Won the Fight Against Viruses, Flu, Yeast and Bacterial Infections!

Since Noah released a dove from his ark and it returned with an olive leaf, there has been only one remedial treatment that works by itself to win mankind's struggle against pathological microorganisms - that treatment lies within the leaves picked from the branches of olive trees.

Olive leaves offer the one, true natural and nontoxic way to eliminate illnesses arising from viruses, bacteria, fungi, yeasts, protozoa, worms, flukes, and other parasites. Ingredients in olive leaves work against those specific mocrobes causing herpes infections, skin diseases, candidiasis, malaria, arthritis, heart trouble, flu, and even the common cold. Such olive leaf ingredients are now available as a single extract processed into a supplement.

Because the olive leaf is merely a bitter-tasting vegetable able to be brewed as a greed tea, or eaten in green salad, ingesting it is absolutely safe. This herb offers no adverse side effects of any kind.

The discovery of its medicinal use happened in 1996. When the olive leaf's main therapeutic components are extracted, ground into powder, packaged into capsules or tablets, and taken as a supplement, their antimicrobial effects become more potent. They kill germs fast. Cold or flu symptoms, for instance, are known to disappear within one day. If you wish to help prevent colds or flu from occurring, just make olive leaf extract a part of your daily nutritional supplementation.

Oleuropein, the powerful germ killer in olive leaf extract, has been used as a cure-all for thousands of years among those populations bordering the Mediterranean. The people didn't know why brewed olive leaf tea sorked, but it did reduce their rates of infection. Oleuropein is a phenolic compound and the source of disease-resistant characteristics of the olive tree. Finally its remedial properties been recognized by herbalists and holistic health practitioners as a totally effective, completely safe, and truly remarkable all-natural healer of microbial infections. Olive leaf extract is nature's answer to the medical profession's creation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

We’ve all heard about olive oil’s ability to lower cholesterol and protect us from heart disease. But did you know that olive leaves contain a powerful ingredient that is an effective bacteria and virus killer?

Research from Europe shows how olive leaf extract can help fight 137 different diseases, including ear infections, hepatitus and pneumonia, as well as those mentioned above.

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Echinacea for the Flu

Echinacea, an herb native to North America, has played an important role in Native American medicine.  It was used by numerous tribes to treat a variety of symptoms and diseases including:  sore mouth and gums, toothache, coughs, and as an anti-inflammatory/antiseptic agent.  (4)

More recently, echinacea has been closely examined for its influence on immune cell proliferation, antibody production, and antiviral activities. (5)  One of the most popular uses of echinacea is for support and recovery from the common cold and influenza. Two recent studies support the use of echinacea for this purpose.

In the first study, 108 patients with colds received either echinacea or placebo for eight weeks. (6)  Of those patients receiving the echinacea, 35.2% recovered and remained healthy while only 25.9% of the placebo group remained healthy.  When the patients became infected, the length of time between infections was 40 days for the echinacea group vs. only 25 days for placebo.  When infection did occur in patients receiving echinacea, effects were less severe and resolved quicker.  Patients showing evidence of weakened immune system (CD4/CD8 ratio) benefited the most from echinacea.

In a second study, 180 patients with influenza were given either an E. purpurea echinacea extract or a placebo.  The group receiving echinacea showed significant reduction of cold symptoms. (7)

Additional human studies have shown similar immune system activity.  For example, patients with inoperable liver cancer, following treatment with echinacea, experienced a dramatic reduction in the side effects associated with chemotherapy, an enhanced quality of life, improved immune function, and a significant rise in natural killer cell activity with CD4 levels. (8)  Some of the protective effects are mediated by the increase in cytokine production, such as increased levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-a) and interleukin-1 (IL-1).

In addition to its immuno-supportive actions, echinacea has also demonstrated mild antibacterial activity due largely to echinacoside, a complex caffeic acid derivative found in high concentrations in the root of E. angustifolia.  Echinacoside has been shown to have antibacterial action against staphylococcus aureus, corynebacterium diphtheria, and proteus vulgaris.

If you are interested in learning more about building your immune system to prevent the Flu, call and schedule a FREE CONSULTATION with Dr. Hoover at Essential2Health, Natural Health Center today!

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