I know its something I have to take seriously to a certain extent but I feel so saturated with the media and everyone talking about H1N1. I can’t take it anymore. And of course we all get this question almost on a daily basis know: Are you going to get the vaccine?
Well I have been thinking about it, did my research, talked to people. Last week I went to a party where most of the people present work in a hospital and they said they were refusing it. They told me why as well. The whole major debate is over the added squalene adjuvant.
Anyways I am not writing this post to be controversal…but as you can guess probably I have decided to NOT get the vaccine. So then what can I, or you, do to prevent getting the H1N1 virus? I found some great info:
- Eliminate sugar and processed foods from your diet. Sugar consumption has an immediate, debilitating effect on your immune system.
- Take a high quality source of animal-based omega 3 fats like Krill Oil.
- Optimize your vitamin D levels. Vitamin D deficiency is the likely cause of seasonal flu viruses. Getting an optimal level of vitamin D will help you fight infections of all kinds.
- Exercise. Your immune system needs good circulation in order to perform at its best for you.
- Get plenty of good quality sleep.
- Deal with stress effectively. If you feel overwhelmed by stress, your body will not have the reserves it needs to fight infection.
- Wash your hands. But not with an antibacterial soap. Use a pure, chemical-free soap.
Finally a site that says the antibacterial stuff is not good. YAY. I have avoided the stuff for ever because you need to be in contact with everyday bacteria to build general, everyday antibodies.
So back tot he food recommendations. First one is easy and obvious. But the other two…where can you find animal-based omega 3 and more vitamin D in your diet?
Find animal-based omega 3 in: anchovies, herring, mackerel, salmon and sardines. Krill oil and green-lipped mussel oil capsules sold in pharmacies. Eggs, cheese, milk, yogurt and meat from grass fed animals.
Find vitamin D in: well its pretty similar to omega 3…herring, mackerel, salmon and tuna, egg yolks, beef liver. Also fortified foods (added vit D see package) like margarine, breakfast cereals, orange juice, soy milk  and milk. But of course the best source of vitamin D is the ultraviolet B rays of the sun….so go outside and take in some sunlight (without sunscreen) in the fall and winter for 15-30 min.
Stay healthy!
Hugs and Biscuits
Evelyne
Now you tell me!
I already came down with the flu…too late.
Although I don’t know what kind of flu it is.
They didn’t test me for H1N1. They only test people at risk apparently.
But seriously great blog.
I think I will stock up on Vitamin D.
I already eat a lot of Omega 3 rich foods.
Thanks,
Aurora
Thanks for sharing and firstly i shall move near to the window to do my reading.
the H1N1 or Swine Flu virus did put our country in disarray for quite sometime, it is good to know that at least it did not cause so many deaths.
One of my sisters got infected with H1N1 or more commonly known as Swine Flu. Fortunately, she did not have very high fever and she was able to recover fast .
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If you look at the pandemic of 1977, when H1N1 or Swine Flu re-emerged after a 20 year absence, there is no shift in age-related mortality pattern. The 1977 “pandemic†is, of course, not considered a true pandemic by experts today, for reasons that are not entierely consistent. It certainly was an antigenic shift and not an antigenic drift. As far as I have been able to follow the current events, the most significant factor seems to have been that most people, who were severely affected, were people with other medical conditions.
i remember being scared of getting infected by H1N1 during the height of the pandemic. at least two of my classmates got infected by H1N1.
my brother was one of those people that contracted H1N1, luckily, he survived unscathed’..
H1N1 in reality is not that very deadly at all, it is just a nuisance disease-’-