Apr

Swine Flu Outbreak has Hit Have You Got Vitamin D?

Folks, this could very well be a very serious incident that is now being reported. This is NOT simply rumor, this appears to fact that is being reported at:

CNN

Natural News

Wall Street Journal

just to name a few. A “swine flu” is now infecting people. mostly in Mexico, but a few people in scattered parts of the US and Canada, have become infected as well, proving that this is a human to human transmission of a new, never before seen flu virus that COULD be the start of a worldwide pandemic.

Now, I don’t tell you this in order to scare you, but to prepare you.

During the last flu pandemic of 1914, it has been reported ‘ad nauseum’ that the flu infected “young, healthy people” and not just the old and infirm. Also, people have reporting frequently that it must have been their “strong immune system that made it worse”. While we will never know the exact statistics, on the surface this LOOKS true- but is it really?

Yes, tens of thousands of young military men died- however, they were far from being healthy as is reported. The flu had just started at the beginning of World War I and began infecting and killing men by the hundreds in military barracks where men were in basic training or waiting to be deployed to the front.

These boys and young men were in the most stressful position in their entire lives.They had been ripped from their homes-often for the first time in their lives and:

Put in with hundreds of other men in barracks

Given little rest

Eating poor food

Got little sunlight

Had the constant threat of going to war at any minute

Had constant intentional ‘emotional’ stress training by drill sergeants

This immense stress, crowded living situations and questionable sanitation made them simply the most stressed that individuals in the western world could get. This made them EXTREMELY vulnerable to any and all infections that were going to come their way.

Just because they were not actively sick did not mean that they were healthy!!

So, what is your life like? You may not be living in barracks going off to war, but westerners today live their lives in a state that is “perceived” as constant stress.

Difficulty paying the bills

Threat of losing your job

Large amounts of debt

Sitting in traffic

Having a stressful job or NOT having a job

Juggling two jobs, a spouse and taking care of the kids

Often living with chronic illness or taking several medications

Not getting enough exercise

Eating processed foods and lots of sugar

Your BODY certainly perceives all this as stress. And much like the boys during the last flu pandemic, we pretty much “look” healthy, but we are FAR from being healthy and we are setting ourselves up to be the victims of the next flu pandemic- or even just the next office bug that goes around.

The vast majority of westerners are in terrible physical shape. They don’t exercise, they eat poorly, they drink sodas instead of water, they think that broccoli is a dirty word and call people “hippies” if they insist on organic, raw unprocessed food.

If that sounds like you, then these reports about the swine flu should worry you. If we truly are having a flu pandemic, then it is going to weed out the people who take care of themselves versus the people who don’t -and VERY quickly!

If you think that having a poor immune system is going to somehow protect you, I think that you will be sadly mistaken.

And when a pandemic- or just the office bug- comes to you, it will be too late for you to do anything about it. You can wash your hands till the cows come home, but that will not help. Your immune system is not going to be able to fight off the next thing that comes around. And if you DID get the office bug this winter, then you have a forewarning of what is to come.

Your immune system is not going to be prepared!!

But it’s not too late to change your lifestyle and your family’s lifestyle NOW (I hope). You can start to get your immune system in shape before the next big thing hits and be sitting pretty when others are getting ill. Throughout history, there have always been those left untouched by infectious disasters. It could be genetics, but I’m not willing to bet on it. I’m betting that it’s those whose immune systems were “bulletproof” that survived and thrived and were the caregivers of those who were sick and dying.

Most people are going to be afraid. But you needn’t be. If your immune system is bulletproof, you are going to be in great shape through any such natural disaster of whatever proportion.

And here are some things that you can start doing today, right now, this very minute to start working out your immune system so that it will weather any storm that comes through.

Start exercising

Get sunlight exposure on your skin daily

Get plenty of sleep between 10 pm and 6 am

Drink ONLY clean pure water or brewed tea

Cut out ALL dairy products unless they are organic and RAW

Cut out all processed foods of ANY type

Cut out ALL sugar and sugar based foods

Manage your stress however you must

Start eating organic foods

Eat fruits or vegetables as the PRIMARY basis of EVERY SINGLE MEAL

These are just the minimum starting suggestions. But for those who are truly interested in building their immune systems into powerful bulletproof machines, you may want to begin to take a few specific supplements that will help to protect you from infections- and viruses in particular:

Take a High Quality Vitamin and Mineral Supplement

Get Your Vitamin D Level Checked and take enough Vitamin D Supplements or get enough sun exposure to keep your level between 50-80 ng/ml

Add Raw Organic Virgin Coconut Oil as a regular part of your diet. It is anti-inflammatory and has powerful anti-infective properties. It’s a great healthy cooking oil that tastes good too.