Originally Posted By: 69GTX
The thing with "studies" is that 99% of them have flaws. So even if they show a positive result, the next study done shows just the opposite. The drug companies (and their regulators and medical associations) try to ensure that no "studies" using other means can be as effective as their drugs. Do it as nature intended, even if the "studies" say it doesn't work. Nature's way works even if the so-called "studies" say they don't. Maybe your next exposure to a more potent flu is just a month away...why not start now?
I will say that eating well, lots of fruits/vegetables, fish oil, Vitamin D, Zinc, Calcium are helpful. Good hydration, and 30 minutes of good exercise 5 times a week will do wonders.
But "nature" alone will not prevent you from getting some flues. Some strains give the healthiest people the worst outcomes (varieties of the 1918 flue for instance and related strains that are still around. Check to see how the Third World does without vaccines.
Also chronically, sick,the old, the young, pregnant mothers will certainly want to take the flu. Statistically..they have worked 60% of the time over decades. I do all the right things. But I am 70 years old and was not born stupid. I get the shot. Been betting it for 40 years. Have had the flue once since then. And it was a mild case. I got the flu at the age of 15 or so. It almost killed me. To each his own.
And as mentioned..hand sanitisers.
. Yes zinc is very important. But it can trigger a deficiency in copper so one has to supplement both........or just eat oysters.
