Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: What do you do when you're sick?

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

[fast5] Re: What do you do when you're sick?

Thanks to you all! I persevered and stuck to my fast. I didn't even have a cough drop, although did chew on a piece of peppermint gum earlier. I've been drinking a lot of hot tea and it's helping. When I get home from work I plan to impliment your other suggestions, thank you! I'm not even close to hungry, I think when I get home I'll try some chicken broth or soup.

Rick: It's been dreary here and much colder than usual. In fact, we're supposed to get snow tomorrow if you can believe that!

Heather and Rick: Where would I find Olive Leaf Extract/Tea? At a natural foods type of store? Or did you buy yours online somewhere?

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "RickS" <rstewart@...> wrote:
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> I have to second the olive leaf thing. I keep a bottle of olive leaf extract nasal inhaler and at the first sign of a cold start injecting it into my nose. So Heather's idea of olive leaf tea may be very effective.
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> The second thing I would say is that one theory is that people only get colds when their immune system is compromised. Cold and flu season happens when the sun gets weak and people stay in the house because of the cold weather. Cold and flu viruses are with us year round, but lack of sunlight in the colder months or climates make us weak and vulnerable to viruses. We evolved over time to live in the sun. Recent studies show that up to 75% of people are vitamin D deficient during the winter months. Without adequate amounts of Vitamin D our immune system becomes very weak and can't fight it's way out of a wet paper bag. I put this theory to the test this winter and fed myself, my wife, and my two young boys copious quantities of vitamin D every day. Not one of us got sick this year. Not once! I like Heather's idea of laying out in the sun. Try to get at least 15 minutes of sunlight per day. Short of that, cod liver oil rocks.
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> But you're sick now so preventative measures won't help. Again, soup broth can soothe your throat.
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> I also find that swabbing my ears with hydrogen peroxide every couple of hours helps tremendously. You don't want to pour it in your ears because it creates a damp fertile ground for bacteria to grow. But a Q-Tip covered in hydrogen peroxide swabbed as far in as you can safely go can help.
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> I would also suggest ginger tea or freshly cut ginger in your green tea.
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> Keep in mind that when animals are sick they don't usually eat. I would take a clue from nature and stick to your fasts.
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> Sleeeeeeeep...
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> Feel Better
> Rick Stewart
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> --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@> wrote:
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> > Apparently staph is quite sensitive to small changes in temperature. Viruses
> > are said to be the same, which is why your body creates a fever to get rid
> > of them. Anyway, your nasal area is normally pretty cool, which they like,
> > and cold viruses do much of their replicating in the nasal tissues. So a
> > heating pad or hot water bottle, 3x a day for 15 minutes, tends to kill them
> > off ... or at least that is my theory. Animals tend to go lie out in the
> > sun, which warms the tissues nicely and kills germs too, but they have
> > enough fur they don't get sunburned.
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> > I also had Olive Leaf tea (a few drops of olive leaf extract in some hot
> > water) three times a day. And I slept a lot.
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> > I don't know if it was the Olive Leaf or the hot pad, but the cold went away
> > in record time, and it's the first time EVER for me that I didn't get a
> > sinus infection afterward. Those "hanging on" coughs after a cold are said
> > to be sinus infections, which can stick around for 6 weeks or so in some
> > people.
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