October 27, 2022 general

Learn to Fly. Oops, that is the name of a Foo Fighters rock song. I guess the soundalike blog title caused me a shortcircuit for a minute. I meant to say “learn to fight flu”—as in influenza. When Ray Solano wason the show this week, we covered some ideas for building immune function and warding off viruses. I will build on those here.

• Don’t get carried away with the sugar which will tempt us throughout the coming holiday seasons. A good dose of sugar can shut down immune function for 4 hours. Reading labels will help and watch for other types of sugar such as high fructose corn syrup (which is also a source of toxic mercury). Hint, 4 grams is a teaspoon. So that means if a “tall” (which, of course, in Starbucks’ world means small) Starbuck’s Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino® contains 44 grams of sugar. That equates to 11 teaspoons which is about ½ cup and almost twice as much as a slice of pumpkin pie. Don’t be fooled into thinking that artificial sweeteners are the answer. They don’t fool the blood sugar and have side effects. The natural sweetener Stevia is better than okay.
• Start the day with protein. Eggs are an obvious choice. You can make your own protein drink using vegetable juices or even water and a protein powder mix. The same rules apply here—read the label to avoid high sugar and chemical artificial sweeteners (Many people use whey protein, but I prefer collagen-based powders. Seems to me that serves a double purpose. You get protein and stimulate the body to make its own collagen for joints and other tissues. Currently, I’m using this one from Costco that is available from many other sources including Amazon.)
• Keep your nutritional supplements up, especially vitamin D, vitamin C and zinc. This page in the HBN library has prevention details and other suggestions. And on this page, there is a link to a remedy kit which would be smart to have on hand ahead of time just in case.
• Ray mentioned glutathione. It is the master antioxidant and detoxifier. You can take pills which don’t absorb well, and PD Labs has a spray. I think a smart move is to take the probiotic strain ME-3 because the organism makes glutathione for you in your intestinal track on a continuing basis. That friendly bacterium is also available in combinations. For the flu season, consider, Reg´Activ IMMUNE & VITALITY.
• Health basics such as hydration and sleep become even more important. Keeping away from sick people and avoiding crowds wouldn’t hurt. Dare I mention high quality masks? All the extreme steps we took for covid at least reportedly cut down on the number of flu cases. (Although I suspect a bunch of flu cases were labeled “probable covid” because there was a lot more money in it.
• We also advise you to jump into action at the first little symptom…at least before 24 hours by which time the virus can have multiplied enough to make you sick. Use the same treatments that HBN and Peter McCullough have recommended for sanitizing the nasal passages and throat to shut down covid-19. He suggests nasal irrigation with dilute provodine iodine (g. 2 tsp betadine in 6 ounces water for use in a netti pot or similar device and also gargle with that solution and spit out). Tom Levy, MD recommends nebulizing (misting) hydrogen peroxide. Click link to read about that and the protocol details.)