I believe that the best way to avoid is letting your body strong with good food. Escape of the virus is not a good idea. They are everywhere.Caution is necessary, but more is needed let your immune system and strong.

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thanks...
Kabin

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i think its like joke of the day. not good.

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The information about hand sanitizers and superbugs and the like is right on. I'm actually surprised that more people aren't already aware of this, since there have been plenty of studies on things like this. If people are so worried about getting sick from shopping carts, then instead of freaking out and using more chemicals (ie: those sanitizing cloths provided for your carts), then the simplest solution to this is to wash your hands with plain soap and water once you are finished grocery shopping, just like you should be doing for food preparation and before you eat. And, I mean PLAIN soap and water, as in the stuff they had before all these toxic chemicals were introduced to our soap. Steer clear of those liquid hand soaps that say anything about antibacterial/antimicrobial, and read the back of all your labels. Stay as far away from triclosan as is humanly possible. That isn't just bad for us, it's bad for the environment and is responsible for the superbugs from antibacterial hand sanitizers and soaps. Better yet, steer clear of all those man-made chemical soaps that also have all those awful synthetic perfumes and fragrances in them. Plain soap and water does all you need it to do.

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Don't forget those studies being referred to here about supplements being so "dangerous" and such a pointless waste of money are studies based on the use of synthetic "vitamins" and are funded by big Pharma. Supplementations under proper guidance from a natural doctor are necessary more and more as we get older. And, if we're doing everything else right and still need supplemenation for something as vital as vitamin D in order to remain virus-free, then with proper directions it is absolutely necessary. If I were to listen to Lauren about vitamin D, my levels will drop below the barely registered level that I already know I was tested at the first time. That's more dangerous than anything she is suggesting here.

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Just a couple of points:

1. Our society is hysterically germophobic. This doesn't mean that germs can't hurt you - just that we overreact to their threat. Even Consumer Reports says that antibacterials are mostly unnecessary for home and personal use. A study of the health of sewer rats vs. lab rats, by the way, showed the down and dirty guys were far the healthiest!

Moreover, the overuse of "sanitizers" is creating huge problems with resistance and pollution - and could damage your immune system from exposure to the toxic chemicals in most. For some useful info related to this topic, try these links to my organization's website: www.toxicsinfo.org/TIPS_house.htm and
www.toxicsinfo.org/TIPS_environment.htm

Also note that many hand sensitizers state on the package that you should wash your hands after using - a fact ignored by stores that provide them at the door to "sterilize" the shopping carts! (According to CU, the bacteria killed by such stuff are replaced on the surfaces cleaned within about five minutes - from the surrounding air.

Blessings,

Liberty Goodwin, Director
Toxics Information Project (TIP)
www.toxicsinfo.org

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Forgot to also mention that there was a recent study done on hand santizer (broadcast on primetime news here in NYC) earlier this year that revealed hand sanitizer to be completely ineffective against bacteria and viruses, and other germs that make you sick!!

In the study, they tested numerous brands, including naturals (witch-hazel based instead of alcohal & chemical-based), on numerous types of viruses and bacteria....and there was almost NO effectiveness WHATSOEVER, surprisingly enough!!
So be careful of consumer products that make too-good-to-be-true claims, because the same study revealed that washing your hands with warm water and regular soap eliminated most of the germs, viruses, and bacteria they tested including stuff like strep and rhinovirus, e-coli, etc....

So when you have strep, taking vitamins and using hand santizer does nothing to minimize it... the only thing that can be done is to keep your immune system strong all along, or the next time around after you recover and finish your anti-biotics start on a daily regimine of probiotics to restore and to keep beneficial bacteria on your side for when you are exposed again later this winter, and by maintaining a regular lifestyle that promotes a strong ability to defend against things like strep, so that you won't be so susceptible.

Our culture is sooo after-the-fact about things. I do believe in herbs like Echinachea though, but they can only do so much when it comes to certain kinds of infectio

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Supplements don't work. You must get your vitamins from their raw, natural food source for them to work. Check out today's NYT...a world-wide study on the effectiveness of taking vitamin supplements actually found that they hurt and increase cancer and death in patients!! Eat organic, and/or wholesome foods that have potent vitamins. Don't forget fluids from natural sourcess...limit complex carbs and sugars...sugar is the biggest threat to your immune system besides lack of sleep and stress, because it actually blocks vitamins like C from even being used by the body!! Check your labels, and avoid sugar and over-processed crap like crazy. Don't waste money on buying vitamin supplements...they don't work.

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Right on, Kai. You knew what point I was trying to make. I believe that Lily made some valid points, but vitamin D is too critical to overlook. I speak from experience! My vitamin D levels had gotten so low that when it was finally tested for the first time ever that it scared my conventional doctor. It was lower than what one woman mentioned on some other forum I had been reading, and hers was still only .5 higher than mine was. This means that it barely even registered. You do not want to get this low--ever. It's no wonder that I was catching every little virus that was going around the community! Sunshine is best, but mercola.com does give practical advice for the safe kinds of sunbathing beds, as Kai mentioned. And, for those of us who don't really have this option, the oral supplementations are a good way to get vitamin D, as long as you're using the natural form. If you do have to use oral supplemental vitamin D, you must follow the advice about this on mercola.com as well and routinely get your blood tested for the vitamin D levels. Mercola.com really is a superb online medical advice website. I will check into the other site that Kai mentioned, as I hadn't heard about that site until I read his comments. Thank you for that information, Kai. I appreciate all the useful tips I can use for myself and that I can share with others by sending them links to these valuable websites and newsletters.

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Well, what to say... she still got ill!
I think most of what the article said is correct. Ventilation, hygiene etc. The most under-rated vitamin though is Vitamin D taken orally in the right amounts, which are quite high and nothing to do with the pathetic recommended 'official'
International Units(i.u's). They are seriously deficient. (Check out online medical advice like Mercola.com & Natural News.com for real info on this subject.) Best way though is sunshine. This
lacking, a safe sunbed at home (info needed on this as well.) I wish I had one of these in the winter, 'cos England is a miserable place with all this spluttering around. I did my best and for seven years I managed to catch nothing. This was mostly done by exclusion. I lived a kind of private life and swallowed vitamins and other stuff, apart from good food. Couldn't keep that
up though without becoming a hermit! You have to have a kind of religious zeal to not keep catching stuff, without becoming obsessive. You also have to do nothing to undermine your immune
system, like depressive thinking, flaking out - so-called relaxation. Even the smallest bout of depression at the 'wrong' moment will let the stuff through. So it's complicated & personal.
Kids need to be 'controlled' so that they don't do all the disgusting things they are going to do! We've taught our kid to wash his hands, before any food anywhere, even at school. We are STILL training him to keep 'hands away from mouth & face'..

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