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Natural Recommendations for Dodging the Flu

If you are reading this in the fall or winter, then, wherever you live in the northern hemisphere, the flu season has arrived. In recent weeks the Swine flu has attracted huge amounts of attention. The vaccine is sold out immediately because of fear of contracting this famous virus. To underline the scare, health officials say that every winter 5% to 20% of the population catches the flu, 200,000 people are hospitalized, and 36,000 people will die from it. But when the hype dies down, the medical community has to admit that the Swine flu is no worse than other flu. Some even say the above statistics are not exactly honest. For example, the 36,000 who die include those with serious medical issues in other areas that weakened them. To them the flu was indeed a serious matter. Recently I was sent a link giving 9 reasons why not to give your children to flu vaccine. These included, a) the consequences may be more dangerous than getting the flu itself; b) Swine flu is just another flu, not something unusually lethal; c) prior flu vaccination programs have proved to be worthless; d) over-vaccinating children is a common problem; e) the vaccine has not been proved that it works. But in spite of misleading statements about Swine flu, no one wants to get sick. Let’s consider some common sense measures anyone can take to greatly reduce their chances of getting the flu. Wash your hands thoroughly using liquid soap and running water. (Antibacterial soap does not work better than regular liquid soap) . A dishwasher is good because it washes the dishes in water too hot for hands to handle and this kills more germs. Isolate the sick as much as possible and stay away from others who might be getting the flu. Even your Drinking Water can be a source of contamination. Probably your source of drinking water has been tested. City water has a minimum standard and is tested often, and well water should also be tested. However, especially during this season, additional filtering is highly recommended. It is surprising how viruses can contaminate a home’s drinking water and it doesn’t take much to be dangerous. Extra filtering can fix that. The Black Berkey Water Filters, for example, were tested with water containing more than 10,000 times the concentration of pathogens per liter than would be found in normal test water. Normally the result would include 100,000 or more pathogens per liter present. The report is here quoted verbatim: “Incredibly the Purification Elements removed 100% of the pathogens. Absolutely no pathogens were cultured from the effluent or were able to be detected, even under an electron microscope, setting a new standard in Water Purification” . Such a result would certainly bring peace of mind to any who want to be safe from the flu. These activated Charcoal Filter rods have been tested to remove Klebsiella, E. Coli, Pseudomonas, Giardia, Aeriginousis, and Cryptosporitium resulting in non-detectable levels. That list may not mean anything to you, but suffice it to say that any have the ability to cause serious illness if found in drinking water. The promise of removing them to non-detectable levels is certainly reassuring. The flu season won’t go away. Many options face us as to how we can avoid getting sick. Whether or not you take the shots, be sure to follow the above suggestions so that you can do as much as possible to keep the flu away.

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And consider the benefits of Berkey Water Filters for your protection. They are able to filter out a much higher percentage of contaminants than most filters where water pressure forces the contaminants through. Learn more about the amazing effectiveness of the Black Berkey, including how they can filter up to 6000 gallons with each included pair of filters.

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