Prevent Flus from Taking Off!
by Dr. Melissa Carr
If you follow these three simple tips accurately, you will dramatically
reduce your chances of catching a flu or cold.
1. Wash Hands
You've heard this before but are you doing it correctly? A recent health
survey on the London subway system revealed that 28% of those tested, had
"undesirable matter" on their hands. Another, American study
found that only 67% of those questioned actually do wash their hands after
using a public restroom. Avoid following those trends. Wash your hands
thoroughly with soap and warm water. Make sure that you lather up both
sides of your hands, your wrists, between your fingers and around your
nails. Wash for about as long it takes to sing "Happy Birthday"
two times.
2. Keep Your Hands Off Your Face
Invariably, in between washings, you are going to be in contact with
someone else's germs. Someone passes you a coffee, shakes your hand, handles
your luggage, and on it goes. You can't run and wash after ever occurrence.
But, if you make it a habit to keep your hands off your face, you won't
transfer the germs to your mouth and nose where viruses can enter your
body and begin to multiply.
3. Move Fast With If Symptoms Occur
Even if you closely follow these directions, you still run the risk of
exposure via ventilation systems in airplanes, airports, malls, etc. We
all know that viruses are airborne. At the first sign of a sore throat
or achiness, take action! Get more rest, drink more fluids and cut back
on coffee consumption. Over the years I have recommended that my patients
build their immune system with various foods, herbs, and supplements, and
I still recommend this. In addition, I have discovered a product that works
powerfully as a prevention and treatment. FluStop is an all-natural herbal
product that is sprayed to the back of the throat. The carefully chosen
herbs inactivate the virus on contact so they are unable to multiply. I
recommend my patients use it before and after possible exposure to viruses,
such as in crowded areas.
Follow these simple ideas and you will keep those nasty bugs grounded
for another season.
Dr. Carr can be reached at Active Life Health Clinic in Vancouver, Canada,
a natural health practice that employs the ancient approach of Traditional
Chinese Medicine (TCM) including acupuncture, Chinese herbals, Chinese
food cures, and western nutrition and supplements both at her clinic and
as part of workplace wellness programs.
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works this way: it blocks the little protein projections on the surface
of the virus. In scientific terms: The Hemagglutinin (HA) and the Neuraminidase(NA)
of the virus are the tentacles or “guns” that break the surface
of a healthy cell on the mucous membrane. Once they have broken through,
the virus gets inside the healthy cell and replicates. Flu-Stop has a way
of surrounding the NA and HA rendering the virus useless for replication
and it dies.
