It's that time of year when colds and the flu make their rounds. Although apparently the flu isn't as bad this year as it has been, it still can be annoying and cost you time and money.
Step one to avoiding a cold or flu is watching what you eat and drink. Your diet is very important, and determines much of your health. And it's something you can control!
A poor diet is acidic, and disease flourishes in an acidic body. An alkaline body can fight off colds and flues much better, although you don't want to be overly alkaline for long, or that can bring it's own health problems.
Here is the way I fight off the flu and colds:
1. Stop eating all sugar. Sugar (and that includes white flour products) lowers your immunity. Stop drinking sugary soda. (This includes going easy on the juices, unless you are juicing them yourself.) I drink herb tea spiked with a drop of essential oil. Spice for Life, Peppermint, Orange, Lemon and Grapefruit excellent for this. You can use a little raw honey for a sweetener.
2. Take buffered vitamin C with bioflavonoids.
3. Eat nourishing foods like chicken soup with homemade broth.
4. Add all the natural immunity building and cold fighting supplements you can. Some good one are: turmeric, cayenne, garlic, olive leaf extract, goldenseal, astragalus, echinacea, elderberry, forsythia, grape seed extract, green tea, St. John's wort, ginger, licorice, black cumin.
Although most natural medicines are safe, remember to follow the instructions on the bottle or do some research to be sure you are taking the correct amount.
5. Start increasing your essential oil intake. The best ones I've found for this are: Spice for Life, Eucalyptus, Breathe, Peppermint, Lemon, Defence, Oregano (always dilute this oil with a carrier oil because it can burn you), Thyme (may also be hot so dilute as well), Cinnamon Bark, Clove, Juniper, Tea Tree and Holiday Gift.
You can diffuse these oils, use them on your hands and feet, breathe them in deeply, take a hot bath with them (add them to unscented bath salt before adding to the water) and take them internally in teas, and for extra power, put a few drops in veggie caps mixed with a carrier oil, and take several times a day.
6. Take a natural essential oil "alka seltzer"
Recipe:
3/4 c. filtered water (room temp is best)
1/2 t. baking soda (make it 3/4 t. if your water is reverse osmosis or very acidic)
1/2 t. raw honey
Stir these ingredients together. Now carefully add 2 T. lemon juice.
It will fiz and bubble. Stir and wait until it isn't so bubbly.
Now add 1 drop of Be Young Lemon Essential Oil and one drop of Be Young Peppermint Essential Oil. Stir and drink. Take 2 - 4 times a day, starting first thing in the morning.
So, stock up on the nature's medicine and have a safe and healthy winter.
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