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The greatest public health challenge is not finding new vaccines to stop flu viruses, but to eliminate the cause of them. Most flu has come from China and Southeast Asia.
They are the heart of the problem.
For the last decade, these countries have allowed the unsanitary breeding of geese, chicken and pigs side by side which creates these new viruses.
It is time these countries did something about this serious health problem and the United Nations must insist these countries do something about it. Here are the facts...
Here is some background before we get to natural flu remedies and how you should treat your flu if you come down with it.
First, we need to set the record straight right off the bat.
Just in case you did not know, the first avian bird influenza virus infection was confirmed in a poultry flock in Southeast Asia in January 2004, two years ago. The 2005 outbreaks are a result of the same filth in these countries that is allowing these viruses to emerge. What I am telling you is that all this uproar about a pandemic bird flu is NOT new. We've seen it coming since 2004 and now all of a sudden all the politicians are getting "worried". Why were they not worried last year about this and did something then? They should have been for the public welfare.
Researchers first identified H5N1 in terns, which are birds, in South Africa in 1961. H5N1 is extremely contagious in birds and rapidly fatal, with a mortality approaching 100%. Birds can die on the same day that ruffled feathers, diarrhea, and other symptoms and signs first appear.
As of October 25, 2004, 44 humans in Viet Nam and Thailand had been infected with the H5N1 avian flu, and 32 died (a very high mortality rate indeed), according to the World Health Organization, which reports only laboratory-confirmed cases.
On March 7, 2004, the discovery of avian bird influenza in Maryland compelled Health Officials in that state to order the slaughter of 328,000 birds on a huge commercial chicken farm, nearly four times the number killed when two Delaware farms had been infected in 2004.
Interesting how these facts are forgotten aren't they?
And to make matters worse, in April of 2005, 5,000 labs in 18 countries including the U.S. were sent the dangerous 1957 flu virus H2N2 "Asian flu'' strain, killed between 1 million and 4 million people. It has not been included in flu vaccines since 1968, and anyone born after that date has little or no immunity to it.
Why Was This Deadly Strain Sent To These Labs?
When I tell you the reason, you are going to be shaking your head asking, "have we no common sense?"
This deadly virus was sent out in tests kits to labs. Why? The company makes kits for groups that help labs do proficiency testing, which involves identifying viruses to check a lab's quality controls or to acquire certification.
Upon finding out that this deadly flu virus was sent out in testing certification kits. The World Healthy Organization notified health authorities in countries that received the kits and recommended that all samples be destroyed. In the U.S., The College of American Pathologists asked labs to incinerate the samples immediately and confirm their actions in writing.
As of this writing, no one knows how many of the labs destroyed this deadly virus sample they received. Hello? What's wrong with this picture?
What Are The Types of Flu Viruses
The first flu virus was identified in the 1930s. Since then, scientists have classified flu viruses into types A, B, and C.
- Type A is the most common and usually causes the most serious epidemics
- Type B outbreaks also can cause epidemics, but the disease it produces generally is milder than that caused by type A
- Type C viruses, on the other hand, never have been connected with a large epidemic
Where Have Flu Viruses Come From?
Nearly all flu has come from China. A few strains have come from Southeast Asia, as in Asian Flu, Hong Kong Flu or Swine Flu. These flu viruses are caused by rare avian or bird viruses crossing species with pig viruses.
How Are These Viruses Created?
Many rural Chinese farmers raise flocks of chickens and geese side-by-side with herds of swine or pigs. Geese or chickens are able to "catch" pig or porcine flu viruses because of the similarity between human and swine or pig lung and organ tissue.
Porcine flu viruses run rampant in this countries because of the way they are cared for. They literally live in filth. In addition, geese and chickens can developed their own type of viruses.
If a pig or swine becomes ill with the porcine flu and then eats droppings from an avian-virus-infected goose, chicken or bird, the result is a new cross-species flu virus. This is how the new Avian bird virus HSN5 has been created. This new virus has the outer lining of a pig virus and the inner viral core of a goose or chicken virus. This new virus then spreads from central China around the world and usually kills about 100,000 or more each year around the world. This is why the so called "vaccines" are having to be changed ever year. Several new variations of goose-pig-chicken generated influenza occur each year coming mostly from China. Due to world-wide jet travel, a new pig-goose-chickn flu virus can travel from central China to New York City in less than 24 hours. It can then spread across the United States in less than three weeks like it did during the 1918 flu epidemic.
In addition, China is notorious for not reporting outbreaks of new flu strains until it is too late to respond properly in controlling the spread of them. Bottom line, China, Viet Nam, and other southeast asian countries need to clean up the un-sanitary conditions that they are allowing to exist in rural farming areas, which is the breeding these new viruses. They must implement laws prohibiting people from raising pigs, geese and chickens in the same pens. The United Nations should confront this issue with these countries.
Human influenza viruses are normally types H1, 2 or 3 and N1 or 2. The Asian flu of 1957-58 was caused by a H2N2 virus and the 1968-69 Hong Kong flu was caused by a H3N2 type influenza virus. Both were created by the genetic rearrangement of human flu virus and avian flu virus.
In the past, pandemics have occurred every 30 years or so. This is about how long is takes for the genetic mutations to exchange between humans and birds. The last pandemic was in 1968, so scientists predict that another pandemic could occur any time soon, if given the right conditions. There is the added concern that the worlds' ageing population and others with a poor immune system are especially vulnerable to the flu.
Each year, several new variations of goose-pig generated influenza occur, coming mostly from China. Skip all the CDC recommended flu shots. For example, last year the vaccine they prepared for what they thought was going to be the virus that would hit the population did not. It was a completely different strain. These vaccines are much more dangerous killers than any influenza.
Are Vaccines Safe?
Annually the following has been reported to the FDA’s Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System.
- Over a hundred vaccine related deaths
- Forty more ill health effects from vaccines are occurring for every one which is actually reported.
- Vaccine deaths in the US run in the thousands annually. That
- 11,000 serious, severely bad reactions to vaccines are reported to VAERS each year, this actually computes out to over a half a million people because of ones not reported.
What Are in Vaccines?
- Many of the chemical, molecular and immunologic properties of the organisms or antigen being immunized against are altered.
- Highly dangerous added toxins are also injected which most often alter and augment the effects the pathogens being immunized against.
- Immunizations deliver into us DNA from bacterial antigens, killed viruses, and attenuated live viruses, which contaminates the human genome.
- Once viral DNA has become intracellular, it is thereafter reproduced with every cellular reproduction in our bodies. The use of attenuated viruses supposedly means that they do not produce the given disease as they inhabit the human body. The fact is: viruses, are often rather not recognized and eliminated from the body as disease producingagents, but rather, are reproduced right along with the bodies own DNA as these damaged cells forever reproduce themselves.
Cellular Immunity Is Actually Suppressed By Vaccination
The antibodies, when produced, are against attenuated viruses. They are not antibodies against the disease causing forms of those similar viruses. Nor is the immune system, likewise, stimulated into producing true immunity thereby, which is a far more complex process than merely producing some kind of an antibody which might possibly react in some, not yet determined way with the actual disease organism.
Many Dangerous Toxins Are Used In Vaccines
Many dangerous toxins are always used in preparing the immunizations, and most often are contained in them in highly toxic amounts. Examples are methyl mercury, which is known to have caused the present immense epidemic of autism experienced from pertussis immunizations. When parents of newly autistic children following pertussis immunization advised the government of the observed onset of Autism from pertussis vaccination, they were ignored until finally the parents got the goverments attention.
The toxins are:
- Formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, Aluminum, mercury and methyl mercury
- Formaldehyde - there is no known safe dosage of formaldehyde for injection.
- Other heavy metal poisons
The present autism epidemic is well documented as having arisen from such toxins in immunizations given to infants and toddlers.
What About Pertussis?
The number of reported vaccine-related deaths from pertussis far exceeds the reported disease deaths every year. Deaths from pertussis are under reported by a ten to forty fold margin according to a New York study, and FDA figures, which evaluated the underreporting of vaccine related incidents.
All vaccines, including all those presently in use, must be subjected to long term epidemiological study, before any more are administered! It is now an admitted fact that polio vaccinations have caused all polio in the US since 1980, and the predominance of cases of paralytic polio since 1972.
What About Sudden Infant Death Syndrome?
SIDS, is the diagnosis given when the specific diagnosis of the disease causing an infant to suddenly die is unknown.
- In the US, approxmiately 10,000 infant deaths occur annually to SIDS. are annually
- Peak incidences occur immediately following vaccinations, and continue for three weeks after vaccinations are given.
- 3000 children die within just the first 4 days of vaccination in the US every year.
- Coroners, however, are legally forced to refuse to check the vaccination status of SIDS victims, yet instead call the death - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Japan Saw What Was Causing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Japan, in the mid 70s, raised their minimum immunization age from 2 months to 2 years, their SIDS rate plummeted.
- Infants central nervous system are not even yet myelinated, (structural support, connections, and insulation not yet even formed) until after age two.
- During this time, infants brain and neurological systems are forming.
- However, infants are exposed to a thirty times higher dosage of the pertussis and other vaccine manufacturing toxins than adults. Many adults can't even tolerate these dosages.
- Has this lead to increase autism in children, ADD, diabetes and other child diseases that have skyrocketed over the last 20 years since immuniziations have also increased fifty fold.
Increase In Auto-Immune Diseases and Demyelization Diseases
Since 1948, clinical reports show a pronounced pattern of autoimmunity and demyelization has increased amongst those receiving Hep B immunizations.
The Hep B vaccine is observed to produce many neurological illnesses such as demyelineating neuropathy, Bell’s Palsy, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, Lumbar radiculopathy, brachial plexus radiculopathy, optic neuritis, multiple sclerosis, uveitis, [a form of blindness], and transverse myelitis with paraplegic paralysis.
A recent German study found 22 different neurological deficits associated with immunization programs, including epilepsy, autism, and attention deficit. The scientific evidence keeps piling up, yet the FDA ignors the problem.
In addition, in Romania, the facts show that not only is the polio vaccine presently causing an immense epidemic of polio there.
Systemic Lupus Erythematosis is one of the very widely recognized side effects of receiving a number of vaccinations. A research paper on this was published by Ayvasian and Badger in 1948. They described three nurses who were vaccinated to death, over a period time with several vaccinations, each finally dying of Lupus.
The Philippines in this last century saw a similar experience with quadrupling of the smallpox death rate as a result of an extensive vaccination program involving 24.5 million people. The Sultanate of Oman recently saw a widespread polio outbreak six months after completing universal polio vaccination. In addition, increased death rate of females given measles vaccines is currently well established as fact. Interesting is the fact that measles epidemics now exist within immunized populations, amongst those who are being immunized against measles.
Bottom Line About Flu Vaccines !
The flu vaccines yield only about a 5% rate of any even possible actual effectiveness for those receiving them because ususally the "right" flu strains are not selected for that years flu.
There is a wealth of information concerning vaccines at these website:
- http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/thimerosal.htm
- http://www.vaccines.net/newpage114.htm
- http://www.vaccines.net/newpage114.htm
- http://www.vaccines.net/newpage1.htm
- http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/thi-table.htm
- http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/vaccines.htm
- http://dogtorj.tripod.com/id13.html
Why it is so important not to lower the fever the first 48 hours...
unless extremely high - above 103?
The viral core molecule of RNA of any influenza virus cannot reproduce itself if the body temperature is above 101 degrees. Humans have genetically developed a natural method to defeat viral infections called a fever. With a mild fever of 101 to 103 degrees, the telomers on the ends of the RNA molecule cannot attach and the virus cannot reproduce itself, and the body's white blood cells, especially natural killer cells quickly destroy the invading virus. But the modern "regular" treatment that has been marketed down everyone's throat for a fever from a cold or flu is to reduce the fever to ease the discomfort. This is the worst thing one can do. Fever is a sign the human immune system in functioning and to prevent the virus from replicating itself.
When the body temperature, ( fever ), is lowered below 100 degrees, the invading virus is allowed to reproduce and spread massively throughout the body. If the multitude of replicated virus cells finally cross the blood/brain barrier the result is a fever of 104 or more, causing brain damage or death. This is often called Reyes Syndrome or Viral Encephalitis and is not a disease but the result of improper treatment with aspirin or other NSAIDs to lower the natural viral infection that the immune system is generating through fever.
One should never take aspirin or any NSAID if one has a viral infection during the first 24-48 hours. Let the fever by raising the body temperature to 101 kill the virus that is trying to replicate itself in the body. If the temperature of the body reaches 102 after 48 hours, then taking a medication to lower the body temperature would then be appropriate.
Most physicians now see the importance of this and tell patients that do no have some chronic disease that a low grade fever should be allowed to run its course in the case of a cold or flu. Research shows that people not only recover more quickly but also build up better antigens against that specific virus in the process, making it less likely they will catch it again.
Over the last 50 years, a whole new large section in your local drug store has popped up called "Cold and Flu" medications. There seems to be a vast variety of various types to choose from, but really there are only two main ones, those containing Ibuprofen and those with Acetaminophen. These are commonly known as Advil and Tylenol. There are many other similar NSAIDs, but in cold medications those are the two most commonly found.
They are about the same, which is why they both remain side-by-side on the store shelves. These are both NSAIDs (NonSteroidial Anti-Inflammatory Drugs) or synthetic forms of aspirin. Since aspirin is an old Native-American Indian traditional medication, made from Aspen Tree bark hence the name Aspirin, its patent ran out over a century ago. But the newer synthetic forms are still patent medicines; and thus the reason for the multi-million dollar ad campaigns each year to get you to buy the higher cost synthetics whenever you get a cough or cold. Don't buy them, you are not only wasting your money, you are making it harder for your body to heal itself during the first 24-48 hours of a cold or the flu.
Newer forms of drugs similar to Relenza and Tamiflu are being made and tested, to add to the number of drugs available to prevent and treat the flu.
In 1996, three Australian researchers, Peter Colman, Graeme Laver and Mark von Itzstein, discovered a weak spot within influzena. The surface of the virus is constantly changing, making it difficult for the immune system to 'recognise' the virus and fight off the infection. But the flu virus does have a 'weak spot'. The enzyme neuraminidase is needed for the virus to get to the site of infection and to release new viruses from infected cells. Both of these activities are associated with a pocket-shaped structure on neuraminidase that does not change shape.
The researchers thought that if the unchanging pocket was blocked by a dummy molecule, then the virus would be unable to increase in number and spread to other cells. The compound they found is called Zanamivir, and is now marketed by the name Relenza.
Based on the Australian research, another compound that worked in a similar way was found by overseas researchers, and that compound is now marketed as Tamiflu.
Relenza is used as a nasal spray, whereas Tamiflu is taken orally as a tablet. They are both very effective at preventing the flu in human volunteers. If taken within 48 hours of the first signs of the flu, they decrease the number of people who get the flu, the severity of the symptoms and the duration of the infection. Importantly, they also work against H5N1 viruses in laboratory tests. There is disputes rising now that Tamiflu may not be effective against this new emerging virus.
May I point out one thing above. Taken within 48 hours. Certain herbal supplements if taken with the first 48 hours will have the same effects on the flu virus.
Why Is This Being Called RumsFeld Flu?
Lets set the facts straight about Tamiflu. It is not what you have been hearing on the network news.
Tamiflu was developed and patented in 1996 by a California biotech firm, Gilead Sciences Inc. Gilead is a NASDAQ (GILD) listed stock company which prefers to maintain a low profile in the current rush to Tamiflu. That might be because of who is tied to Gilead.
In 1997, before he became US Secretary of Defense, Donald H. Rumsfeld was named Chairman of the Board of Gilead Sciences, where he remained until early 2001 when he became Defense Secretary. Rumsfeld had been on the board of Gilead since 1988 according to a January 3, 1997 company press release.
An unconfirmed report is that Rumsfeld while Secretary of Defense also purchased additional stock in his former company, Gilead Sciences Inc., worth $18 million, making him one of its largest if not the largest stock owners today. Seems like Rumsfeld is cashing in just like Cheney has cashed in with Halliburton on Iraq contracts?
Rumsfeld stands to make a fortune on royalties as a panicked world population scrambles to buy a drug that now has questions concerning any curing effects of this new Avian Flu.
If you have not read my, aspartame column make sure you do. You'll see how Rumsfeld go this deadly chemical sweetener aspartame pushed through and approved by the FDA when it should not have been.
On October 28, the Senate passed an $8 billion emergency funding bill to address the growing Avian Flu panic. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, in a moment of candor during the debate on the Senate bill told the press, 'If it isn’t the current H5N1 virus that leads to an influenza pandemic, at some point in our nation’s future, another virus will.’ In the meantime taxpayer billions will have gone to a handful of pharmaceutical giants positioned to profit.
The Swiss-US pharmaceutical giant Roche Holdings of Basle stands to make a fortune. They are licensing to make Tamifl from Gilead mentioned above, who also will make a fortune from selling this drug.
Now here is the scary part...
There is high-level biological research underway in Britain and presumably also in the United States to develop a genetic engineering method to make chickens and other birds 'resistant’ to Avian Flu viruses.
British scientists are reportedly genetically engineering chickens to produce birds resistant to the lethal strains of the H5N1 virus devastating poultry in the Far East. Laurence Tiley, Professor of Microular Virology at Cambridge University and Helen Sang of the Roslin Institute in Scotland are involved in developing 'transgenic chickens’ which would have small pieces of genetic material inserted into chicken eggs to allegedly make the chickens H5N1 resistant.
This basically means we will soon be eating genetically altered chickens. Has anyone bothered to think what this new genetically altered protein in chicken meat will have on the human body. Should we be genetically altering animals in our food chain? I don't think so. Instead, the filth in China and Southeast Asia that has been creating these viruses the last 100 years needs to be cleaned up.
So...What Should One Do On The Onset Of A Cold Or The Flu?
When one gets the first hint of a cold or flu, go to immediately to bed and stay warm overnight with a mild fever. Do not take any aspirin or NSAIDS or cold-flu medications containing them. Instead, take various homeopathic herbs that will help to destroy the virus while your immune system does the following:
White blood cells will quickly surround and destroy the infected cells, and no new viruses can reproduce to infect other cells because of the fever. These special type of immune system white blood cells are called macrophages and natural killer cells. The word macrophage, come from a Greek word meaning big eaters. The macrophages are very large or "macro" white blood cells and their job is to ingest or eat, or "phageo," the damaged body cells which contain the virus.
These macrophages and natural killer cells surround and swallow up the infected cells using chemicals to "eat" or break apart all the material inside, including the virus. These immune cells effectively destroy the virus and stop the viral reproduction and infection. No macrophages nor any part of the immune system can actually seek out and destroy viruses directly. The macrophages can only find and destroy virus-infected cells, which are found since they have a different outer cell wall structure once the virus enters the cell. So it is a two-step process, but it actually works. And usually within 6 to 8 hours after the chills and fever begin, the virus infection is completely stopped and destroyed.
What Homepathic Herbs Treat/Kill Flu Viruses Effectively?
Astragalus
Astragalus is rich in polysaccharides. Polysaccharides have been shown to intensify immune activity and stimulate the body's naturalproduction of Interferon. Astragalus has demonstrated excellent anti-viral, as well as immune enhancing activities, and is ideal for those who easily catch colds or suffers with major immune problems. It has shown to support liver and spleen functions and in doing so, helps to protect the liver against chemical damage caused by chemotherapy. Recent studies in the West confirm its antiviral and immune-boosting effects.
Safety precautions of astragalus are:
If pregnant, do not use. Avoid if you have acute asthma. Individuals with legume allergies may experience an allergic reaction. It is not recommended for acute inflammation or fever. May lower blood sugar levels and may increase bleeding when used with blood thinners.
Echinacea
Echinacea is known for its ability to stimulate the body's immune system, helping it to ward off infections and other diseases. Research studies indicate that echinacea can increase natural killer cells and even protect the integrity of these cells in animals of advanced aged by augmenting their cytolytic function. ( Study: Natural killer cells from aging mice treated with extracts from Echinacea purpurea are quantitatively and functionally rejuvenated; Currier N.L., Miller S.C., Exp. Gerontol. 2000 Aug; 35(5):627-39. )
Echinacea is also effective in reducing the duration and severity of symptoms of the common cold, coughs, bronchitis, and upper respiratory infections.
Cautions for Echinacea are: It is not suitable for pregnant or lactating women. If you suffer from an auto-immune disease, tuberculosis, multiple sclerosis or allergies to the daisy family, please check with your health professional prior to taking this herb or a product containing it.
Garlic
Garlic has been used and valued for centuries for its medicinal properties. Research has shown that garlic, specifically its active component allicin, has a wide spectrum of antifungal, antibacterial, and antiviral action. It also has exerting beneficial effects on the immune system by increasing natural killer cells and killer activities of spleen cells including macrophages. ( Studies: Immunomodulatory effects of aged garlic extract. Kyo E et al., J Nutr., 131, 3s:1075S-9S, 2001. www.nyas.org/publications/annals ; Antimicrobial properties of Allium sativum (garlic). Harris J.C., Cottrell S.L., Plummer S., Lloyd D., Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2001 Oct; 57(3): 282 6. )
Lactoferrin
Lactoferrin is found mother's milk produced 24 to 48 hours after birthing, lactoferrin provides the childs first defense against disease. It is extracted from bovine milk. It contains high protein, immunoglobulins and because of its natural antibody content, it's nature's perfect food contributing to newborn's defense system. Adult supplementation shows promise for health-promoting benefits. Lysozyme, an enzyme in lactoferrin, can disrupts the cell walls of bacteria and virsues. It is a 100% natural product, allergy free with no side effects or drug interactions. Lactose intolerant people may take lactoferrin without allergic incident. ( Study: Immunoregulatory effects of a nutritional preparation containing bovine lactoferrin taken orally by healthy individuals. Zimecki M., Wlaszczyk A., Cheneau P., Brunel A.S., Mazurier J., Spik G., Kubler A., Arch; Immunology Therapy Journal Exp (Warsz) 1998;46(4):231-40.
Olive Leaf
Olive Leaf Extract possesses and exerts strong powerful anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-parasitic properties and has shown positive effects on blood sugar levels. ( Article: Olive Leaf Extract: A New/Old Healing Bonanza for Mankind, by James R. Privitera, MD. http://curezone.com/foods/oliveleaf.asp. )
Oscillococcinum
Oscillicoccium must be taken within the first 24 hours of the flu. It will get rid of the flu virus before it can begin weakening your body. It also provides natural relief of the symptoms. Oscillo doesn't fight influenza, but dramatically increases your body's natural defenses against it. Oscillo is easy to take. You just put the granules under your tongue. It has no side effects or contraindications, and has been clinically proven for a natural relief of symptoms of flu. ( Study: Homoeopathic Oscillococcinum for preventing and treating influenza and influenza-like syndromes Vickers A.J., Smith C., The Cochrane Library, Issue 4, 2003. )
You can order Oscillicoccinum on the internet, and Walgreens pharmacies carries it as well Sambucol
My grandmother always made us grandhildren elderberry juice for the winter. When everyone else around us was catching the flu, our family rarely caught the flu.
Sambucol is a centuries-old, all natural formulation extracted from the Black Elderberry. Dr. Mumcuoglu, who has a PhD in virology from Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Israel, recently researched and isolated two active principles which have been extensively tested against influenza viruses, the common cold, and many other viral infections. It is effective in immune-boosting and prevention. It is the only elderberry extract that contains a unique anti-viral compound called Anti-Viren, as well as antioxidant flavonoids which enhance the immune system by blocking the mechanism by which viruses penetrate the host cells.
Sambucol has been involved in many favorable clinical studies; data showing that it cuts complete recovery time in half, reduces symptoms, and works in nearly 90% of all cases. It is a very safe product, usable by all; young, elderly, and even pregnant women. It has no contraindications with any known products or medications, and although all research has been extremely positive, it has not yet been evaluated by the FDA. ( Study: Inhibition of several strains of influenza virus in vitro and reduction of symptoms by an elderberry extract (Sambucus nigra L.) during an outbreak of influenza B Panama. Zakay-Rones Z., Varsano N., Zlotnik M., Manor O., Regev L., Schlesinger M., Mumcuoglu M.; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9395631&dopt=Abstract
Colloidal Silver
Colloidal silver was in common use until 1938. Many remember their grandparents putting silver dollars in milk to prolong its freshness at room temperature. At the turn of the century, scientists had discovered that the body's most important fluids are colloidal in nature: suspended ultra-fine particles. Blood, for example, carries nutrition and oxygen to the body cells. This led to studies with colloidal silver. Prior to 1938, colloidal silver was used by physicians as a mainstream antibiotic treatment and was considered quite "high-tech." Production methods, however, were costly. The pharmaceutical industry moved in, causing colloidal research to be set aside in favor of fast working and financially lucrative drugs.
New Study, October 18, 2005 - Colloidal Silver Kills Viruses, Including HIV
In a groundbreaking study, the Journal of Nanotechnology has published a study that found silver nanoparticles kills bacteria and viruses including the HIV virus. The study, which was conducted by the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Research and Mexico University, is the first medical study to ever explore the benefits of silver nanoparticles,
http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijnt/front.xml
An additional study: Brentano, L. MD, Margraf, H, Monafo, WW MD and Moyer,CA MD Antibacterial Efficacy of a Colloidal Silver Complex. Surgical Forum Vol. 17, 1966, pp. 76-78,
How Does Colloidal Silver Work?
The presence of colloidal silver near a virus, fungus, bacterium or any other single celled pathogen disables its oxygen metabolism enzyme, its chemical lung, so to say. Within a few minutes, the pathogen suffocates and dies, and is cleared out of the body by the immune, lymphatic and elimination systems. Unlike pharmaceutical antibiotics, which destroy beneficial enzymes, colloidal silver leaves these tissue-cell enzymes intact, as they are radically different from the enzymes of primitive single-celled life. Thus colloidal silver is absolutely safe for humans, reptiles, plants and all multi-celled living matter.
Quality Matters
Many brands of colloidal silver are inferior. The highest grade is produced by the electro-colloidal / non-chemical method where the silver particles and water have been colloided, i.e., dispersed within and bound to each other by an electric current. The super-fine silver particles are suspended indefinitely in demineralized water. The ideal color of colloidal silver is a golden yellow. Darker colors indicate larger silver particles that tend to collect at the bottom of the container and are not true colloids. If a product contains a stabilizer or lists trace elements other than silver, or if it needs to be shaken, it is inferior. If a product requires refrigeration, some other ingredient is present that could spoil. The container and dropper must be glass, as plastic cannot preserve the silver in liquid suspension for any length of time. Some brands with high concentrations of silver may actually not be completely safe. High concentrations of silver do not kill disease germs more effectively than the safe range of 3 to 5 parts per million (ppm.).
Ingesting Colloidal Silver
Taken orally, the silver solution is absorbed from the mouth into the bloodstream, then transported quickly to the body cells. Swishing the solution under the tongue briefly before swallowing may result in faster absorption. In three to four days the silver may accumulate in the tissues sufficiently for benefits to begin. Colloidal silver is eliminated by the kidneys, lymph system and bowel after several weeks. If routinely exposed to dangerous pathogenic germs, some recommend a regular daily intake as a protection. In cases of minor burns, an accumulation of colloidal silver may hasten healing, reducing the possibility of scar tissue and infection. It is believed by many in the natural healing arts that the lives of millions of people who are susceptible to chronic low-grade infections can be enhanced by this preventative health measure.
Cautions
Taking colloidal silver is not a treatment to whip out everytime you have a cold. It is not to be used long term. Ingesting colloidal silver over long periods of time, more than a 3-4 months at a time, studies have found can cause serious health problems such as Argyria, discoloration of the fingernails and a condition called, myoclonic statusepilepticus leading to coma. Infreguent use of colloidal silver for 7-10 days, 2 or 3 times a year should pose no health problems according to research. It can also be sprayed on wounds which will help speed up the healing process.
Shegoi
Shegoi is a potent natural anti-viral and anti-biotic. It has been shown to kill over 600 different known cold viruses, flu viruses and bacteria including staph. Shegoi is made from the supplement - Larrea Tridentata, also known as Chapparral. Chapparral had some controversy a fwe years ago concerning possible injury to the liver. However, Shegoi has only the good components of Chapparral that kills viruses and bacteria. Shegoi is safe to use. You can find out more about Shegoi at this website: www.shegoi.com
also at http://www.atlantishealthcenters.com/shegoi/
How To Reduce and Even Prevent Getting a Cold or the Flu
First and foremost is proper nutrition. You are as healthy as what you eat. I have said that for years when I have written about health and nutrition in my columns. I firmly believe that many diseases including immune disorders and certain cancers are the results from either poor nutrition, the inability of the body to properly absorb nutrients via the colon or by parasites picked up from food or water.
The proper forming of the many different types of cells such as, T, B, and Natural Killer cells, just to name a few, are the building blocks of a healthy body. Natural killer cells are the first line of defense against nay virus or bacteria in the body. All of these cells not only perform various functions within the immune system, but play a vital role within the body between various organs such as the thyroid, liver, pancreas, kidneys and hypothalmus. Each of these organs create a myriad of hormones and acids that affect the functions of the body in more ways than you can imagine. If you are not creating enough red blood cells, (shortage of B12) you become anemic. Numb legs/feet can be a result of B12 also. If you are creating excessive myeloid cells, (produced from the bone marrow, these are mast cells from which various B cells are made from), these turn into immature and abnormal cells that can turn into cancer.
Your digestive system, colon, liver and gallladder is second to your heart as the most important organ system in your body. The third most important are the kidneys. Without the proper nutrients entering your body, your organs will become diseased.
The stomach produces four types of digestive enzymes, pepsin, papsin, papin and hydrochloric acid. These break down the various foods eaten into various things such as amino acids, and other compounds the body utilizes. Lacking in either one of these digestive enzymes, the body does not acquire the needed nutrients it needs to form healthy cells. What can get in the way is a genetic abnormally that can be triggered by environmental factors and or food allergies.
Food allergies are more common than you think. And we all know what pesticides in foods, hormones and antibiotics given to cattle and chicken can do to our bodies. I have been a firm believer for years that nearly all genetic abnormalties are created by these factors. Recent research is starting to prove this. I also firmly believe most diseases can be repaired by giving the body the proper nutrients to combat disease and prevent disease. Research has shown that the body has tremendous healing and self repair capabilites through proper nutrition.
First, I will cover in this column the important of vitamins, minerals, trace elements minerals, essential fatty acids and oils. Second, I will list the ways you can catch the flu or common cold and ways to prevent from catching then.
The Importance of Vitamins, Minerals, Trace Element Minerals, Essential Fatty Acids, and Oils
Vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids, ( more Omega3 essential fatty acids than Omega6 ), healthy oils, and especially trace element minerals, are the building blocks of the body. If you eat properly, the taking of additional supplements will enhance your overall health. Recent research indicates it can even slow down the aging process considerable, especially with probiotic formulas. Some vitamins and minerals can be toxic though. In reviewing various leading research findings, here are the latest findings.
Research findings have found that by taking vitamins or any supplement in tablet or capsule form that only 58% to 65% of the vitamin or supplement is absorbed. This is due to your digestive process which destroys a great percentage of the dose you have taken. And these amounts that are absorbed only stay in your system from 2 to 6 hours. However, liquid form of vitamins or minerals are absorbed 92% to 95% into the blood stream. By taking 3 smaller doses of these daily, you maintain a higher amount in your body over a continuous 18 to 20 hour period. Even the National Health Advisory Board states, "Oral liquid or spray is far superior, showing higher concentrations with lower more frequent doses. Avoidance of gastrointestinal system, ( meaning digesting tablets in the colon, not mouth and stomach ) is preferred when liquid or spray sublingual is available.
Eat a variety of foods. People require over 40 different nutrients to stay healthy. Make sure you eat fruits, vegetables, whole-grain cereals, lean meats, fish and poultry, peas, beans and low-fat dairy products. If you are sensitive to wheat/gluten products and it is estimated that 12-15% of the population is, eat Spelt bread. Spelt is a 10,000 year old Eqyptian grain that people who are wheat/gluten sensitive find they can eat this. It has been proven that if you fish at least once a week, you reduce the risk of heart disease by 1/2 half. A minimum of 30 grams of fiber a day, is recommended, 35 grams is actually better in my opinion. Presently most people only eat 11 grams of fiber a day. Maybe that is why there is a higher incidence of colon cancer in the countries where populations are consuming less fiber. People in countries that eat more fiber daily have the lower incidence of colon cancer. And don't eating low-fat or no-fat foods. Recent studies show that low-fat or no-fat foods can actually be harmful to your body. It can raise your LDL and increase your high density liproteins causing coronary heart disease. If you are trying to lose weight, just eat less at each meal, but eat three times a day with two small snacks of fruits. I do however recommend the taking additional vitamins and minerals. Although we all try to eat properly, we don't.
PREVENTION
And make sure you watch your hands after handling your shoes.