With growing concerns about the heightened immune alerts coming from governmental and non-governmental agencies, now is the time to care for your immune system.
Atlantis Natural carries Natural Immunogenics Sovereign Silver and neigther we nor they make claims against any specific disease, you can always count on Sovereign Silver for your immune support needs.
They suggest an immune building protocol using their bio active silver hydrosol of 1 tsp 3x day, held under the tongue for 30 seconds before swallowing (which equates to 2 of the 8 oz bottles per person, per month). If you are already fighting something then you may increase the dosage to 7x daily for short term immune support.
Among CDC recommendations are to wash your hands frequently and use a hand sanitizer. We also carry an all natural hand sanitizer from All Terrain Co. in a convenient travel size for purse or school bag.
As an adjunct we recommend the Sovereign Silver Homeopathic Silver First Aid Gel for topical cleanliness. This gel contains no harsh chemicals and can be used as often as necessary, as directed on the product label.
Please consider checking out the CDC web site (http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu) for the latest information and health alerts, symptoms, transmission and their advice on how to stay safe.
A silver hydrosol is the purest form of a colloidal silver product because its ingredients are only pharmaceutical grade purified water and positively charged silver particles are suspended, not dissolved. Lower quality colloidal silver products may contain silver compounds, such as silver salts or silver proteins, and do not have the high percentage of active silver which is present in Sovereign Silver's silver hydrosol.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
My favorite small appliances for cooking healthy food
I'm often asked about the best way to prepare healthy food at home and I have to say that I rely upon 3 small appliances to 
prepare almost everything I make, my bread machine, Vitamix and Flavorwave counter top convection oven. I avoid plastics and non stick coatings in utensils and appliances due to the chemicals that leach into food when heated, and microwaves have been shown to diminish the nutritional value of food so I haven't turned one on in years. I know that whole foods prepared from scratch are healthier than frozen dinners but I work all day so time is really of the essence in getting dinner ready. The bread machine takes little preparation and then takes over from kneading to rising to loaf, or for Friday school pizza days I run it on the dough cycle using whole grains and when ready my daughter can help make her own pizza which she loves. I bake it in an oiled cast iron skillet for a crispy crust that comes out easily without the need for non stick pans. One ball of dough is enough to make a medium and small kid sized organic pizza in my two pans. I then pack a few slices in on of my favorite stainless steel lunch containers and zip off to schoo
l with fresh baked pizza that stays warm enough for a preschooler until lunch.
I use the recipes that came with the bread machine but substitute my own healthy ingredients and rather than paying $5 per loaf at Whole Foods my own fresh organic whole grain bread costs under a buck. Any recipe calling for sugar can substitute honey (yeast just needs a little sweetener), just remember to add all of the liquid ingredients first, make sure your water temp is between 80 and 100 degrees and put a well in the top of the flour for the yeast so it doesn't get wet right away. I use Bob's Red Mill organic wheat bread flour which seems to work well. Good bread in a machine is all about the right consistency of dough so once you get the hang of it you can substitute all sorts of healthy ingredients and just check the dough when it first mixes to see if it has too much or not enough liquid and adjust as you go. In addition to making super quick from scratch soups, salsas and smoothies, my Vitamix blender can grind grains so whenever the recipe calls for nuts I'll throw in some fresh ground whole grains instead.
My Flavorwave oven is my other favorite healthy meal-on-the-go kitchen toy. I purchased the new one with the glass dome since I didn't like the idea of heating food in the plastic dome the old one had. Food sits inside a glass dome on a stainless steel grill and is heated quickly by convection powered infrared. Fat drips through the grill onto the base of the glass dome making for healthier meals and easy clean up. I can take a piece of free range chicken or grass fed beef with some seasonings and put it on the rack with cut up organic sweet potato, red pepper and onion and then chat with my daughter about
her day at school for 20 minutes until dinner is ready.
For healthy sweet potato french fries I toss the cut up sweet potato with a tiny bit of coconut oil and some sea salt and grill in the Flavorwave. Together with mom's "barbeque" chicken it has become her favorite.
So those are my secrets to including more whole grains, fruits, vegetables and healthy low fat meat in my family's diet while balancing the demands of a busy career.
prepare almost everything I make, my bread machine, Vitamix and Flavorwave counter top convection oven. I avoid plastics and non stick coatings in utensils and appliances due to the chemicals that leach into food when heated, and microwaves have been shown to diminish the nutritional value of food so I haven't turned one on in years. I know that whole foods prepared from scratch are healthier than frozen dinners but I work all day so time is really of the essence in getting dinner ready. The bread machine takes little preparation and then takes over from kneading to rising to loaf, or for Friday school pizza days I run it on the dough cycle using whole grains and when ready my daughter can help make her own pizza which she loves. I bake it in an oiled cast iron skillet for a crispy crust that comes out easily without the need for non stick pans. One ball of dough is enough to make a medium and small kid sized organic pizza in my two pans. I then pack a few slices in on of my favorite stainless steel lunch containers and zip off to school with fresh baked pizza that stays warm enough for a preschooler until lunch.I use the recipes that came with the bread machine but substitute my own healthy ingredients and rather than paying $5 per loaf at Whole Foods my own fresh organic whole grain bread costs under a buck. Any recipe calling for sugar can substitute honey (yeast just needs a little sweetener), just remember to add all of the liquid ingredients first, make sure your water temp is between 80 and 100 degrees and put a well in the top of the flour for the yeast so it doesn't get wet right away. I use Bob's Red Mill organic wheat bread flour which seems to work well. Good bread in a machine is all about the right consistency of dough so once you get the hang of it you can substitute all sorts of healthy ingredients and just check the dough when it first mixes to see if it has too much or not enough liquid and adjust as you go. In addition to making super quick from scratch soups, salsas and smoothies, my Vitamix blender can grind grains so whenever the recipe calls for nuts I'll throw in some fresh ground whole grains instead.
My Flavorwave oven is my other favorite healthy meal-on-the-go kitchen toy. I purchased the new one with the glass dome since I didn't like the idea of heating food in the plastic dome the old one had. Food sits inside a glass dome on a stainless steel grill and is heated quickly by convection powered infrared. Fat drips through the grill onto the base of the glass dome making for healthier meals and easy clean up. I can take a piece of free range chicken or grass fed beef with some seasonings and put it on the rack with cut up organic sweet potato, red pepper and onion and then chat with my daughter about
her day at school for 20 minutes until dinner is ready.For healthy sweet potato french fries I toss the cut up sweet potato with a tiny bit of coconut oil and some sea salt and grill in the Flavorwave. Together with mom's "barbeque" chicken it has become her favorite.
So those are my secrets to including more whole grains, fruits, vegetables and healthy low fat meat in my family's diet while balancing the demands of a busy career.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The Dangers Of Food Dyes And Children
The article below is from Well Being Journal, a wealth of knowledge about the latest research on organic food, supplements, food additives and environmental concerns. I wish there was a way to link directly to articles on their site but unfortunately the way their library is set up it isn't so we have reprinted the article in its entirety here. Please do sign up with them for a subscription as it is worth every penny.
This particular article is on such an important topic that we wanted to provide visibility to all of our readers. Preschoolers and young school children are exposed to unacceptable amounts of food dyes in the school, often delivered by well meaning parents who probably have no idea the damage they are causing to these developing minds. Think of birthday party cupcakes with brightly colored icing, Halloween party treats, Valentine's Day bright red candies, Christmas cookies decorating in bright red and green sprinkles and the list goes on.
We urge you to forward this article to your friends, print it out and leaves copies in your classroom for other parents to read, do what you can to ensure that people are informed. We sincerely believe that if more parents understand the danger of food dyes to their own children as well to highly sensitive children in the classroom that we can reduce the exposure to these chemicals and have calmer classrooms.
This particular article is on such an important topic that we wanted to provide visibility to all of our readers. Preschoolers and young school children are exposed to unacceptable amounts of food dyes in the school, often delivered by well meaning parents who probably have no idea the damage they are causing to these developing minds. Think of birthday party cupcakes with brightly colored icing, Halloween party treats, Valentine's Day bright red candies, Christmas cookies decorating in bright red and green sprinkles and the list goes on.
We urge you to forward this article to your friends, print it out and leaves copies in your classroom for other parents to read, do what you can to ensure that people are informed. We sincerely believe that if more parents understand the danger of food dyes to their own children as well to highly sensitive children in the classroom that we can reduce the exposure to these chemicals and have calmer classrooms.
| Scientists Urge Congress to Ban Food Dyes |  |  |
| By Jane Hersey | |
| Nineteen prominent psychiatrists, toxicologists, and pediatricians have sent a letter to Congress, urging it to pass legislation banning the use of synthetic food dyes and certain other additives that have been linked with children's behavior and attention problems. “The undersigned physicians and researchers are concerned about the effects of food ingredients, especially food dyes, on children's behavior, including children with hyperactivity and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and are troubled by federal inaction,” they wrote. The scientists stressed that the link between food dyes and children's behavior has been confirmed by numerous studies since Ben Feingold, M.D., a pediatrician and allergist, first discovered it over 30 years ago. “The first hints that food ingredients could impair children's behavior came in the mid-1970s, when the late Dr. Ben Feingold publicized his clinical findings,” they explained. “His contentions not only generated great public concern, but also spurred scientists to conduct scientific research. Many of the studies done over the years, in the U.S. and abroad, have confirmed that some children are adversely affected by foods, with food dyes being the ingredients most intensively studied.” In their letter, these doctors and researchers cited a meta-analysis of previous studies, which included a discussion of the low-additive Feingold Diet and concluded that “our results strongly suggest an association between ingestion of [artificial food colorings] and hyperactivity” (Schab 2004). They also cited a recent British study on the effects of six synthetic food dyes on 297 children, which concluded: “The present findings ... lend strong support for the case that food additives exacerbate hyperactive behaviours (inattention, impulsivity, and overactivity) in children at least up to middle childhood.” It also noted: “These findings show that adverse effects are not just seen in children with extreme hyperactivity (i.e., ADHD), but can also be seen in the general population and across the range of severities of hyperactivity” (McCann 2007). Reactions to these studies have been dramatic, both here and abroad. The European Parliament passed legislation this summer requiring labels on foods containing six synthetic dyes to warn that they “may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.” (Manufacturers were given eighteen months to comply.) Britain's Food Standards Agency also called on manufacturers to voluntarily remove the dyes by the end of 2009 and advised parents to limit their children's intake of these additives if they show signs of ADHD. In the United States, the American Academy of Pediatrics acknowledged in its journal, AAP Grand Rounds, that “a trial of a preservative-free, food coloring-free diet is a reasonable intervention” for hyperactive children. In addition, the Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calling on the agency to ban eight synthetic food dyes and to require warning labels on all foods containing them in the meantime. The letter to Congress points out that some multinational corporations have already cut down significantly on the use of synthetic food dyes in Europe—but not in America. These companies apparently think that these additives are too risky for British children to eat but are “good enough” for American children! Despite many studies linking these dyes with behavior problems, the food industry dumps huge amounts of these chemicals into our food. According to the FDA, people consume about five times as much synthetic food dye today as they did in 1955. Worst of all, these additives are found in many processed foods targeted at children, including candy, gum, cereals, sports drinks, popsicles, gelatin, cookies, and frostings. Children's foods do not need to be colored with synthetic dyes, because there are plenty of natural ones available. Food manufacturers are now competing with each other to see who can offer kids the most brightly colored foods and beverages, but if these petroleum-based dyes were banned, the manufacturers would use safe natural colorings such as fruit- and vegetable-based ones. While the eventual banning of synthetic food dyes is an important goal, concerned parents can take steps now to eliminate these petroleum-based additives from their families' diets. As a first step, parents can read ingredient labels and avoid all foods listing color/number combinations, such as Yellow 5 and Red 40, because these are synthetic food dyes. In addition, it is recommended that parents refuse to purchase foods containing artificial flavorings and the preservatives BHA, BHT, and TBHQ, because these have also been linked with conduct and learning difficulties. But reading labels is not the only answer, because food manufacturers do not always list all of the ingredients and restaurant menus seldom do. More complete information on food ingredients can be found at the Feingold Association website (see note below). ∆ Note: The Feingold Association (www.ADHDdiet.org) conducts in-depth food research and publishes a Foodlist & Shopping Guide, which lists thousands of brand-name foods that are free of the unwanted additives; the Pure Facts Newsletter; a Mail Order Guide; a Fast Food & Restaurant Guide; and more. Jane Hersey is director of the nonprofit Feingold Association, which helps families of children with learning/behavior problems use the low-additive Feingold Diet. A former teacher and Head Start consultant, she is author of Why Can't My Child Behave? and Healthier Food for Busy People. Hersey has testified before the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Congress about ADHD and diet, and she frequently lectures at educational associations, hospitals, medical groups, universities, and schools across the country. She volunteered in the Feingold Association in 1976 after the low-additive Feingold Diet helped her daughter Laura. This article is from the January/February 2009 issue of the Well Being Journal. For annotations, see January/February, 2008, Volume 18, #1. Order online or purchase by phone at 775-887-1702 M-F between 9am and 3pm PST. References “Do artificial food colors promote hyperactivity in children with hyperactive syndromes? A meta-analysis of double-blind placebo-controlled trials.” DW Schab et al., Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics 25(6):423-434, Dec 2004 “Food additives and hyperactive behaviour in 3-year-old and 8/9-year-old children in the community: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial.” D McCann et al., Lancet Online DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61306-3, Sep 6, 2007 “ADHD and food additives revisited.” A Schonwald, AAP Grand Rounds DOI: 10.1542/gr.19-2-17, Feb 2008 (http://www.feingold.org/Research/PDFstudies/AAP08.pdf) |
Sunday, May 17, 2009
The importance of pre-conception healthcare
This video raises some very critical aspects of the impact of Vitamin D levels, and electro magnetic frequency and mercury in the mother on her unborn child. Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, MD, PhD suggests that before becoming pregnant in order to reduce the risk of autism, a woman should;
At Atlantis Natural we have long supported these recommendations. With today's reliance on technology it is practically impossible to eliminate products like computers, cell phones, wireless phones and TVs from our homes (although we should all eliminate microwaves for other health reasons), but fortunately there are products our there to protect ourselves, our environment and our children from EMFs. Click here for more information.
- remove mercury amalgam fillings
- have her Vitamin D level tested to ensure that it is sufficient
- protect areas where she spends a lot of time from EMFs, including working and sleeping areas
At Atlantis Natural we have long supported these recommendations. With today's reliance on technology it is practically impossible to eliminate products like computers, cell phones, wireless phones and TVs from our homes (although we should all eliminate microwaves for other health reasons), but fortunately there are products our there to protect ourselves, our environment and our children from EMFs. Click here for more information.
From Crying To Calm in Seconds Flat - Amazing Baby Video
I'm a Miracle Blanket mom and I truly appreciate the impact of this amazing swaddle blanket. When I was expecting another mom friend advised that if I bought nothing else I should make sure I had one of these. I can say that I truly appreciate it because although I purchased one before she was born, for the first 3 weeks of my daughter's life I forgot I had it and didn't use it. My daughter was a high need baby and would only sleep when held. She was nursing and tended to fall asleep before she was full so was literally awake every hour. It was a cycle of hunger and exhaustion for both of us. Swaddling using a regular blanket seemed too much like origami and I could never master it.
Then one day when organizing the baby clothes I came across the Miracle Blanket and decided to try it. I was amazed. My daughter was not only calmer but she slept longer, nursed better and was generally more relaxed. She was still a high need baby and required more constant attention than the average baby but I was sleeping longer too so I had the energy to handle it. I kept her in the blanket long after the manufacturer recommends. I let her hips go free after a while so she could sleep in the "frog position" so important for hip development. She just loved having her arms in snug beside her. I was so impressed with the product that our company Atlantis Natural became one of the first Miracle Blanket resellers. After having worked with the company for the past 6 years I have received countless emails from grateful rested parents describing how wonderful the Miracle Blanket is. So when I saw this video I thought it would be a great way to visually show parents how quickly babies settle when swaddled with the Miracle Blanket.
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Saturday, May 9, 2009
Kids Safe Chemical Act
I just watched a video about the pollution in people and I was shocked.
Did you know the current law regulating toxic chemicals was passed in 1976? And it hasn't changed since, even though 20,000 new chemicals have come onto the market since then?
Please go to www.KidSafeChemicals.org to watch the video, then sign The Declaration to stop pollution newborns.
WATCH THE VIDEO AND SIGN THE DECLARATION: http://www.KidSafeChemicals.org
People are polluted with hundreds of industrial chemicals. Babies are born pre-polluted with 300 industrial chemicals in their bodies when they enter the world.
We are at a tipping point, where the pollution in people is increasingly associated with a range of serious diseases and conditions from childhood cancer, to autism, ADHD, learning deficits, infertility, and birth defects.
It's time to step up and protect our children. Tell Congress and President Obama that you won't stand for this any longer.
Watch the video and take action. Then share it with your friends. It's up to us to protect our children and make change happen.
The Environmental Working Group is organizing this petition.
Did you know the current law regulating toxic chemicals was passed in 1976? And it hasn't changed since, even though 20,000 new chemicals have come onto the market since then?
Please go to www.KidSafeChemicals.org to watch the video, then sign The Declaration to stop pollution newborns.
WATCH THE VIDEO AND SIGN THE DECLARATION: http://www.KidSafeChemicals.org
People are polluted with hundreds of industrial chemicals. Babies are born pre-polluted with 300 industrial chemicals in their bodies when they enter the world.
We are at a tipping point, where the pollution in people is increasingly associated with a range of serious diseases and conditions from childhood cancer, to autism, ADHD, learning deficits, infertility, and birth defects.
It's time to step up and protect our children. Tell Congress and President Obama that you won't stand for this any longer.
Watch the video and take action. Then share it with your friends. It's up to us to protect our children and make change happen.
The Environmental Working Group is organizing this petition.
ACTIVISTAS signed The Declaration and encouraged others to do so, too. Because, as she said:
EWG wants 500,000 Americans to sign The Declaration so they can show Congress how very many people are ready for a real national chemicals policy. Go ahead, add your name. It's easy and it just might work. It's sure worth a try, anyway.
BABYMINDING says the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act means safer products. She writes:
Currently there are over 80,000 chemicals used in various consumer products including children's toys and personal care, most of which are not tested for safety. In fact, only around 200 are actually proven safe by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).I encourage our readers to sign the petition. Many of us shudder at the memories of products we used with our own children that are now known to be toxic. As a caring mother who travels frequently on business I spent two years nursing my daughter, pumping milk while on the road, storing it in plastic bags which I deposited into the freezer and were later thawed and heated in plastic bottles in a bottle warmer when I was away. Here I thought I was giving my daughter the purest possible food...mother's milk...only to discover years later that I was also poisoning her with BPA from freezing and heating plastic. Now breast milk is still a far healthier option than formula, which is also contaminated due to the plastic liners in cans, but who knows what well meaning actions we are taking now that will have health consequences down the road for our children. Today a children's product may go to market as long as it has not yet been proven dangerous. We need to reverse that logic and not allow a product to go to market until it has been proven safe.If the bill passes, any chemicals or ingredients used in children's products will have to be proven safe and approved by the EPA before the products can go to market.
Protecting Kids Against Swine Flu
Although the Swine Flu pandemic appears to now be coming under control, there are still illnesses and deaths being reported that strike fear in the heart of every parent and insert an extra degree of caution in our daily activities. But even when this threat passes as parents we must all remain vigilant in helping protect our children against the flu.
Flu vaccines present their own dangers. According to the Charleston Gazette, "No one questions the EPA's recommendation that pregnant women consume only certain fish because of mercury contamination. Why then is it a stretch to question the wisdom of injecting very young children with mercury in excess of the EPA's and National Academy of Science's standard safe level for daily ingested mercury? For example, a 22-pound child given a flu vaccine receives 25 times the established safe level with this one shot, unless the (close to) mercury-free version of the vaccine is given. (Both Fluzone, for children under 4, and Fluviron, for children over 4, make two versions of the influenza vaccine. One of each of these versions has only 0.3 micrograms of mercury, while the other has 25 micrograms of mercury.)"
According to holistic pediatrician Dr. Eric Rydland, "Influenza, also called the "flu", is a viral infection similar to, but more severe than a common cold. Occasional epidemics occur, which may at times be very severe and even life-threatening. During these epidemics many physicians and the media often recommend “flu shots” and certain prescription medicines for the flu. Dr. Rydland, many of his patients and his family use a natural approach to flu prevention." Here at Atlantis Natural we also take a healthy and natural approach to prevention through strengthening of the immune system and educating our families about ways to lower risk.
While we do suggest that you check with your own healthcare provider on the best approach for your family, here are the steps we are taking this flu season:
1. Wash hands regularly. Explain to children what germs are and the importance of clean hands before touching food or anywhere on your face. If soap and water isn't handy we like Hand Sanz, an all natural sanitizer without artificial polymers.
2. Sneeze into your elbow and not your hand. This is good practice for limiting the spread of cold and flu germs.
3. Think carefully about whether you really need to take children to crowded public places. Perhaps that shopping trip could be scheduled for a less busy time.
4. Take Vitamin C - Dr. Rydland recommends 300 milligrams per 10 pounds of body weight daily, divided into two to four doses two days per week (e.g. on weekends).
5. Take kidsWellness daily defense herbal remedy during flu season
6. Take Colloidal Silver as a preventative and use in a nebulizer if coughing or congestion is present. Colloidal silver is a liquid preparation made of only silver and water. The silver is suspended in a solution of purified water. The process involves the use of purified silver electrodes that slowly seep the silver into solution. The longer the electrodes are left on, the more the silver that gets in the solution. The amount of silver contained in different preparations can vary from 5 to 500 PPM (parts per million). Silver has been shown effective against infections. Check out Dr. Victor Marcial-Vega's article on Pneumonia, Colds and Flu Protocol for more.
7. Look to homeopathy for natural flu remedies. We use Ohm Pharma, a high quality Florida based manufacturer and like their Cold and Flu remedy.
8. Serve home cooked organic meals whenever possible with whole grains, fruits, vegetables and high quality proteins like wild caught salmon and grass fed beef.
9. Get plenty of sleep to allow your body to rebuild and be at peak immunity for the next day. According to pediatrician Dr. Sears, Below is a chart of average sleeping times for children of different ages.
By taking proper precautions, keeping a clean environment and taking steps to build your child's immune system, the risk of contracting a seasonal or more serious flu will be reduced.
Flu vaccines present their own dangers. According to the Charleston Gazette, "No one questions the EPA's recommendation that pregnant women consume only certain fish because of mercury contamination. Why then is it a stretch to question the wisdom of injecting very young children with mercury in excess of the EPA's and National Academy of Science's standard safe level for daily ingested mercury? For example, a 22-pound child given a flu vaccine receives 25 times the established safe level with this one shot, unless the (close to) mercury-free version of the vaccine is given. (Both Fluzone, for children under 4, and Fluviron, for children over 4, make two versions of the influenza vaccine. One of each of these versions has only 0.3 micrograms of mercury, while the other has 25 micrograms of mercury.)"
According to holistic pediatrician Dr. Eric Rydland, "Influenza, also called the "flu", is a viral infection similar to, but more severe than a common cold. Occasional epidemics occur, which may at times be very severe and even life-threatening. During these epidemics many physicians and the media often recommend “flu shots” and certain prescription medicines for the flu. Dr. Rydland, many of his patients and his family use a natural approach to flu prevention." Here at Atlantis Natural we also take a healthy and natural approach to prevention through strengthening of the immune system and educating our families about ways to lower risk.
While we do suggest that you check with your own healthcare provider on the best approach for your family, here are the steps we are taking this flu season:
1. Wash hands regularly. Explain to children what germs are and the importance of clean hands before touching food or anywhere on your face. If soap and water isn't handy we like Hand Sanz, an all natural sanitizer without artificial polymers.
2. Sneeze into your elbow and not your hand. This is good practice for limiting the spread of cold and flu germs.
3. Think carefully about whether you really need to take children to crowded public places. Perhaps that shopping trip could be scheduled for a less busy time.
4. Take Vitamin C - Dr. Rydland recommends 300 milligrams per 10 pounds of body weight daily, divided into two to four doses two days per week (e.g. on weekends).
5. Take kidsWellness daily defense herbal remedy during flu season
6. Take Colloidal Silver as a preventative and use in a nebulizer if coughing or congestion is present. Colloidal silver is a liquid preparation made of only silver and water. The silver is suspended in a solution of purified water. The process involves the use of purified silver electrodes that slowly seep the silver into solution. The longer the electrodes are left on, the more the silver that gets in the solution. The amount of silver contained in different preparations can vary from 5 to 500 PPM (parts per million). Silver has been shown effective against infections. Check out Dr. Victor Marcial-Vega's article on Pneumonia, Colds and Flu Protocol for more.
7. Look to homeopathy for natural flu remedies. We use Ohm Pharma, a high quality Florida based manufacturer and like their Cold and Flu remedy.
8. Serve home cooked organic meals whenever possible with whole grains, fruits, vegetables and high quality proteins like wild caught salmon and grass fed beef.
9. Get plenty of sleep to allow your body to rebuild and be at peak immunity for the next day. According to pediatrician Dr. Sears, Below is a chart of average sleeping times for children of different ages.
| Age | Hours per Day |
| Birth to 3 months | 14 to 18 |
| 3 to 6 months | 14 to 16 |
| 6 months to 2 years | 12 to 14 |
| 2 to 5 years | 10 to 12 |
By taking proper precautions, keeping a clean environment and taking steps to build your child's immune system, the risk of contracting a seasonal or more serious flu will be reduced.
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