The best thing to do is just to be healthy and stay away from those who are sick until they are no longer contagious (usually during the first few days of the cold or flu). Use natural products when possible, eat things in moderation, get plenty of rest and exercise, don’t over schedule yourself, and manage your bad stress. I also wouldn’t be dependent on those flu shots because you don’t know what type of flu may come out, making the shot completely uneffective.

I have been following the people who are trying to get the Faith Mineral Supplement into the USA. Will they be able to convince the FDA (the big drug companies watchdog) that Americans should have the option to use the Faith Drops.

I recall a lab I did once during my Biology degree. We grew a bacterial culture off our fingers, washed our hands (using twinkle-twinkle little star as a time guide), dried our hands, and then grew another bacterial culture off of our now ‘clean’ hands.

Most people in the lab grew more bacteria post washing than pre.

Why? My theory is a few things are involved. First off, while people use soap, they don’t seem to realize that the contact time with soap is important. They’ll put soap somewhere in the region of their hands, and then expect it to magically do its job while being rinsed off with water immediately.

For reference a ‘surgical scrub’ which probably does a pretty good job of removing bacteria is 5 minutes long, and is followed up by putting on sterile gloves anyways. How effective do you think your 30 second job (at best) is going to be?

Secondly, and probably more importantly, there are many, many, many areas where hands can be ‘re-contaminated’ from the environment post handwashing (even if you effectively remove all bacterial pathogens from your hands). You simply can not avoid getting pathogens on your hands. In the case of my classmates, I’m guessing that the paper towels were probably a major source of contaminant in this case. Even without that, there are dozens of places that bacteria can be picked up.

My feeling is much of this is “Well it won’t hurt, and it makes people feel like they are doing something”. Ultimately, though, I would say probably ineffective.

Reading some pages, would have you washing your hands hundreds of times a day. (Come on! Do I really need to wash my hands after I pet a dog? Shaking hands? Or (gasp!) Opening a door with my bare hands?

Eccinacea and elderberry are very good for fighting the flu or infections. I have found that I respond well to elderberry. YOu can get it in liquid, pills or capsules in a well stocked market.