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Helping myself to better health

I have been sick a couple of days and am self-treating the illness. It's really just a fall bug that's been going around at work and in the schools. Nothing too serious but it takes you out for a couple of days.

I've been resting and drinking lots of water. I've also been taking my cold-fighting vitamins - C, echinacea, and zinc. Every so often I fix myself a cup of hot tea made with a regular tea bag plus some dried mint. I sweeten it with honey, a known antibacterial agent.

No, I'm not a doctor. I just believe that God put things in the earth and in our bodies to help us, and that we don't need a lot of artificial stuff in our systems in order to get better. Sure, if I developed a serious illness like pneumonia or cancer, I'd want a doctor to help me. But this other stuff, I can take care of on my own.

The key is to encourage your own body to heal itself. For instance carnitine fumarate is produced by the body to help with weight loss and energy levels. But, you may need to ingest something to get it kick started. Also, if you have seasonal allergies, maybe taking some locally produced honey will help with that. The bees use local flowers of all kinds and pass along a little immunity for us in the process.

Another way to help with allergies is to use locally produced goat milk. Goats eat all kinds of vegetation, even poison ivy! Drinking that milk can help relieve you of some of the worries associated with allergic reactions to plants.

Labels: Health

posted by Ann crum @ 11:10 AM