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"Let's say a flu virus enters your body. Immune cells that are programmed to recognize the proteins from the flu virus set out to find it and attack it. They are able to recognize these proteins as dangerous because they recognize the unique code of amino acids on the surface of the virus. Once these immune fighter cells recognize the flu virus based on its similar "identification bar code," they send out a posse of antibodies that begin to bind with the intruders, often engulfing and destroying them." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"For example, the flu vaccine is comprised of inactive flu virus. When presented to the immune system, the inactive virus acts as a Wanted poster, alerting the immune system to be on the watch for live flu virus when the body is exposed. Short-term immunity, on the other hand can be transferred passively from one individual to another via a serum containing antibodies. In this way, infants are protected by antibodies they receive from their mothers before birth and during breastfeeding." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"Immune cells that are programmed to recognize the proteins from the flu virus set out to find it and attack it. They are able to recognize these proteins as dangerous because they recognize the unique code of amino acids on the surface of the virus. Once these immune fighter cells recognize the flu virus based on its similar "identification bar code," they send out a posse of antibodies that begin to bind with the intruders, often engulfing and destroying them." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"You may have heard of medical experiments in which volunteers are exposed deliberately to a pathogen, such as flu virus. Some of the people exposed get the flu, whereas others don't. In conventional medicine, one explanation for this result is that those people who did not get sick have strong immune systems. From a bioenergetic perspective, however, we would say that those peoples' Source energy is strong." - Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey, Decoding the Human Body-Field: The New Science of Information as Medicine (Get the book.)

"When presented to the immune system, the inactive virus acts as a Wanted poster, alerting the immune system to be on the watch for live flu virus when the body is exposed. Short-term immunity, on the other hand can be transferred passively from one individual to another via a serum containing antibodies. In this way, infants are protected by antibodies they receive from their mothers before birth and during breastfeeding. In some situations, an immune response is mounted against some of the body's own cells when they become damaged or defective." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"In addition, roses can deter infection in the digestive tract and lungs as well as the cold and flu virus with aggravating symptoms of runny nose, sore throat, and lung congestion. Rose's decon-gesting quality carries into the reproductive system, relieving painful, heavy menstruation, irregularity, and infertility. Rose is also used for impotence in both men and women, not only on the physical level, but aiding in the emotional component of sexual insecurity." - Pam Montgomery, Plant Spirit Healing: A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness (Get the book.)

"Once these immune fighter cells recognize the flu virus based on its similar "identification bar code," they send out a posse of antibodies that begin to bind with the intruders, often engulfing and destroying them. But in a less than healthy body—one compromised by genetic predisposition, a heavy burden of chemicals, stress, a processed-food diet, or some combination thereof—the immune fighter cells and the antibodies they send forth begin to make costly mistakes." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) "They may see a set of amino acids, or a bar code, in healthy body tissue that is very like those in the flu virus, and instead of recognizing that pattern as being similar yet distinctly different, they goof, mistaking the sequence of amino acids in the healthy body cells for those belonging to the infiltrating germ. They set out to obliterate all the cells and viruses that share the same sequences, just to be sure they are getting the job done. Such was the case in my own episodes of neurological autoimmunity." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Massage stimulates your lymphatic system, which may help fight the flu virus. Plus, massage therapists say, it helps flush and carry away toxins that could be suppressing your immune system. Vegetarian Soup Alternative w, hether or not you're a vegetarian, the next time flu strikes, try cooking up some shiitake mushroom broth or miso-garlic soup instead of grandma's chicken soup. Besides supplying needed fluids, both shiitake and garlic purportedly have antiviral and immune-boosting properties. These ingredients can easily be purchased at a greengrocer's." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Later I found evidence that elderberry also fights flu virus in other ways. Viral spikes are covered with an enzyme called neuraminidase, which helps break down the cell wall. The elderberry inhibits the action of that enzyme. My guess is that we'll find elderberry acts against viruses in other ways as well."52 In a double-blind controlled trial she tested the effects of the elderberry extract on people diagnosed with any one of a number of strains of flu virus." - Patrick Holford, The New Optimum Nutrition Bible (Get the book.)

"Though it has often been suggested that it is the flu virus that mysteriously damages the brain, it is not mysterious, and the damage can come from many different sources. In 1964 the U.S. experienced a German measles (rubella) epidemic. Thousands of mothers caught the disease and exposed their unborn babies to measles during pregnancy. Those who were thus exposed were more likely later to develop schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders than were those not exposed to the disease.29 Of course, many explanations could be suggested for the traditional viral theory." - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

"On the contrary, it can build up natural immunity even against future encounters with new strains of the flu virus. The very reason that nature creates these new forms of virus every year and spreads them with accurate timing is to ensure continued ecological balance and strong immunity in plants, animals, and humans alike. Anyone prone to repeated infections is likely to have a toxic liver with many hundreds of stones accumulated in the liver and gallbladder. Gallstones, which harbor many types of infectious bacteria and viruses, are a constant source of immune suppression." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Adaptations that confer truly significant benefit to a species will eventually spread across an entire species, as when a strain of the flu virus acquires the new characteristic to go pandemic. But organisms, so the collective wisdom went, only happen upon helpful mutations by chance. (Remember, of course, that one species' advantage may be another species' disadvantage—an adaptation that allows a bacterium that harms humans to resist antibiotics is an advantage for the bacteria; for us, not so much." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"Although the basic underlying cause remains uncertain, research suggests that CFS is triggered by a combination of factors, including a genetic susceptibility and repeated infections, particularly of a flu virus." - Marshall Editions, 1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses (Get the book.)

"An epidemic requires only large cosmopolitan populations to take off. The flu virus originated in wild aquatic birds, has spread and mutated in domestic fowl, and tends to jump species upward, first to domestic swine, which serve as transfer breeding stations for the virus, and then to humans. Pigs seem to act like living laboratories where bird and mammal viruses can get together and share RNA segments to create new strains of flu virus. Where human populations swell and more people mingle with chickens, ducks, and pigs, the prospects increase dramatically for new brands of flu." - James Howard Kunstler, The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century (Get the book.)

"Expose them both to the flu virus at the same time. One person comes down with all of the symptoms of the flu and becomes very sick. The other person shows no symptoms whatsoever, stays healthy, and does not "get the flu." They both got the flu virus! One person succumbed to it and got sick; the other person did not and remained healthy. Throughout your life you will pick up thousands of bacteria and viruses. That is natural. The real question to ask is why your body does not do what it was designed to do: fight off and handle the bacteria or virus. Why did you succumb to the bacteria or virus?" - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About (Get the book.)

"It may, therefore, sound reasonable to vaccinate the older people to protect them against the flu virus. But there is no total protection even among those vaccinated. Around 20 percent or more of the elderly people who get the vaccine still get a more virulent strain of flu, and many others get a lighter form of the flu. The same is true for the people in the same age group who haven't been immunized. The weak and elderly people are more likely to die from the flu, regardless of whether they have been immunized or not. The bottom line is that there is no real advantage in having a flu shot." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Kime also cited research showing that UV therapy killed the flu virus outside the body66 and destroyed cancer-producing viruses.67 He reported good results in his own practice in treating fungal infections with sunlight therapy. Other early research showed that all bacteria within eight feet of low-intensity UV lights were killed in ten minutes.68 While visiting in Mexico, a friend invited me to tour a bottled-water plant in a town called Juchipila. It was interesting that the water was exposed to UV as a means of purification." - Marc Sorenson, Solar Power For Optimal Health (Get the book.)

"But it is very risky, for instance, to give children who are infected with the flu virus H, the antibiotic chloramphenicol. The drug is known to destroy bone marrow, which requires subsequent blood transfusions and many other therapies that cannot guarantee a recovery at all. Chloramphenicol preparations are still prescribed even for such minor problems as a sore throat." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Researchers at the National Institute of Health, Tokyo, Japan, discovered that EGCG binds with the flu virus, thereby preventing it from causing an infection. This is a very promising discovery, since influenza causes many deaths throughout the world. A study of mice demonstrated the anti-influenza action of polyphenols in animals. When one group of mice was infected with the influenza virus, all died within ten days. However, when a second group of mice was given polyphenols right after being exposed to the virus, all of the mice survived." - Lester A. Mitscher and Victoria Toews, The Green Tea Book (Get the book.)

"If one person in your home or office has the flu, then every single person has been exposed to and "caught" the flu virus. When anthrax was found in the envelope, not every single person in that building got anthrax! The question is not whether you will pick up bacteria or a virus, the real question is why do some people succumb to the bacteria and virus and get sick, and other people do not? Take two people. Expose them both to the flu virus at the same time. One person comes down with all of the symptoms of the flu and becomes very sick." - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About (Get the book.)

"These vaccinations, which offer little protection against yearly flu virus strains, are heavily promoted by the CDC, Public Health Department and most physicians. Many hospitals have made flu vaccinations of the elderly a part of routine admission orders. This, in my view, is criminal. Some forms of mercury, such as methylmercury, phenylmercury, and ethylmercury, are very fat-soluble. This means that an obese person can sequester a considerable amount of mercury in his or her body fat, as well as in his or her nervous system." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.)

"Olive leaf extract enhances immune function and fights all types of infection, including the flu virus. Q Wild pansy tea can treat colds accompanied by fever and respiratory congestion. Q For cough and sore throat, mix 1 tablespoon of slippery elm bark powder with 1 cup of boiling water and V2 cup honey. Take 1 teaspoon of this mixture every three to four hours. It can be taken either hot or cold, as you prefer. Recommendations {_} Follow these basic tips for keeping flu away: • Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"US National Institutes of Health to Stanford University to study how to guard against the flu virus "if it were to be unleashed as an agent of bioterrorism". Stanford University News Release 17 September 2003, (See: http://mednews.stanford.edu/ newsreleases html/2003/septrelease/bioterror%20flu.htm) 6 The resurrection of 1918 influenza has plunged the world closer to a flu pandemic and to a biodefense race scarcely separable from an offensive one, according to the Sunshine Project, a biological weapons watchdog. " - Mark Sircus, Transdermal Magnesium Therapy (Get the book.)

"Contagious Highly contagious with easy transmission Rare complications Readily and rapidly progresses to pneumonia Rarely fatal (less than 2%) Can be fatal (possibly more than 50%) Virus confined to Can infect brain respiratory tract and other organs When recreated in the laboratory, the 1918 flu virus was found to be 50 times more prolific than ordinary flu on the first day of infection, and 39,000 times more virus particles were released four days later. This is an astounding rate of replication and beyond what even the strongest of human immune systems can keep up with." - J. E. Williams, Beating the Flu: The Natural Prescription for Surviving Pandemic Influenza and Bird Flu (Get the book.) "Wipe surfaces: The flu virus can survive 48 hours or longer on an exposed surface. Keep frequently touched objects like phone handsets, computer keyboards, doorknobs, and other commonly used objects clean. Wipe flat surfaces like countertops, desks, and tables where viruses can land. Use disposable toilet disinfectants, disinfectant spray, or disinfectant wipes, or make your own from bleach. Dispose wipes by placing them in a plastic bag before throwing them in the trash. Don't rub your eyes: Try to keep your hands away from vLv your eyes." - J. E. Williams, Beating the Flu: The Natural Prescription for Surviving Pandemic Influenza and Bird Flu (Get the book.)

"But if the body's infection fighters have temporarily gone "on strike" for reasons other than the lack of a vaccine, the flu virus can gain unrestricted access into the body and cause an infection. Regular vaccination (of any kind) is one of the major causes of depleted immunity. The yearly-administered flu shots repeatedly burden the immune system and cells of the body with foreign toxic material without giving them a chance to remove them again." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Influenza can be a life-threatening disease among young children, the elderly, and those debilitated by chronic illnesses—especially because severe bacterial infections such as pneumonia can develop when the system is weakened by the flu virus (ear and sinus infections also may occur). Also, the flu viruses mutate rapidly, and some strains have been much more virulent than others. GENERAL HOME CARE Home treatment for people with influenza is the same as for those with fevers and colds (see chapter 4)." - Stephen Cummings and Dana Ullman, Everybody's guide to homeopathic medicines (Get the book.)

"Thomas Francis, for example, discovered in 1952 that he could not find any antibodies to swine flu virus in people born after 1924 and that the antibodies were most prevalent among people born between 1915 and 1918. Another study looked at people living in Alaska, where the 1918 flu had decimated some villages and spared others entirely. People who had lived in villages struck by the 1918 flu had antibodies that blocked the swine flu virus; those who had lived in villages that escaped the flu did not. The mysteries of the 1918 flu were beginning to be solved." - Gina Kolata, Flu : The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic (Get the book.)

"Every generation of virologists since the First World War has feared that a 1918-like flu virus would re-emerge one day. So far it has not, but when the first cases of SARS emerged, everybody suspected that finally a new strain of deadly flu had shown up. When influenza virus was excluded as the cause of flu-like SARS, the race was on to identify the true culprit of this fierce epidemic. Several weeks before the race began, an old professor arrived in Hong Kong for a wedding. He came from Guangzhou, the capital of the neighboring province of Guangdong." - Jaap Goudsmit M.D., Viral Fitness: The Next SARS and West Nile in the Making (Get the book.)

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