Stay Well!
(This is a timely repeat from the archives.)
If you listen to the news you hear a lot about flu and cold season.
So, I thought I’d share what has helped our family stay well.
When our babies were sick I would have given anything to make their pain go away.
So after suffering through a few colds, I had enough!
It was time to be on the offense.
I found our there is SO MUCH we can do to keep from getting sick!
Here are a few things I’ve learned over the years:
Sugar is public enemy number one.
Eating one teaspoon can lower the immune system up to six hours.
Ever wonder why the flu season happens around the holidays?
Think about all of the pies, cakes, brownies, sugar cookies…
It’s hard not to eat sugar but it’s even harder to see your babies with what my daughter calls “booger nose”.
Enough said.
Over 80% of your immune system is located in the intestinal tract.
Help keep the digestive tract working well by taking a good quality probiotic or by eating naturally fermented foods, like yogurt or sauerkraut.
Peroxide is a wonderful helper in the fight against disease.
Bubble out your ears with peroxide.
(Just dip a cotton ball into the peroxide, lay on your side and use the cotton to drip peroxide into your ear canal.
Wait until you hear it stop bubbling and then tip your head and pour it out.
It’s helpful to have a hand towel on the pillow.)
I do this whenever we have any symptoms and it really seems to help. With little kids you can just take a cotton swab and dip it into the peroxide and gently put some into their ears.
If you are having a sore throat you can gargle with a mixture of half water and half peroxide.
Wash your hands, eat healthy foods, get plenty of rest and STAY WELL!
(I hope these things help your family too. I’m not a doctor, so these are just tips from one Mom to another. May your family stay healthy this winter!)
“… I am the LORD that healeth thee.” (Exodus 15:26 KJV)
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September 18th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Thanks for the reminder. I just shared this with a co-worker who, after hearing about the one teaspoon of sugar and six hours, made the comment, “Wow! I’ve just killed my immune system for the day and it isn’t even 10:00 yet!” (He said this as he stood before my desk with a sugar-laden LARGE mug of coffee in hand.) Also the info about the intestines amazed him and he used to be an EMT! No wonder he is just now recovering from another “nasty bug” that his daughter (15) is now fighting! Hmmmm…
September 18th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Thanks for the info, especially about peroxide! I didn’t realize that it was helpful in protecting against illness. And I’ll definitely be more careful about the sugar, too especially since we’re entering cold/flu season and the talk is rising about vaccines, which I really want to avoid as I’m not so sure they’re good for us.
And I really appreciate the verse at the end. That point is so important, no matter how healthy we try to be, it is still God’s mercy that keeps us from sickness! Praise God for being so gracious to us!
September 30th, 2009 at 11:01 am
I had no idea that sugar could lower your immune system like that…thanks for the very informative post! I just gargled with warm salt water last night because might throat was bothering me. It’s so much better this morning. That was one of those things my mom made me do when I had a sore throat and I ignored that advice for so long when I got older. But, now I realize it really does work!
~Kim
October 7th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
Love your tips! I think a lot of sunshine does wonders, too. Maybe it’s the Vitamin D or the fresh air? Or maybe it’s the dirt, giving the kids probiotics for that intestinal tract.
Thanks for the lesson today. I learned some new stuff from you!