Flu Vaccine Info

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Three Reasons to Reconsider Flu Shots

Information from www.mercola.com

There are three major reasons why this government push to vaccinate 84 percent of the U.S. population with a yearly flu vaccine is so incomprehensible: 

1. The majority of flu shots contain 25 micrograms of mercury; an amount considered unsafe for anyone weighing less than 550 pounds! And which groups are most sensitive to the neurological damage that has been associated with mercury? Infants, children, and the elderly.

2. No studies have conclusively proven that flu shots prevent flu-related deaths among the elderly, yet this is one of the key groups to which they’re pushed.

3. If you get a flu shot, you can still get the flu (or flu-like symptoms). This is because it only protects against certain strains, and it’s anyone’s guess which flu viruses will be in your area.  

So why would you take a flu shot – EVERY YEAR -- that has NEVER been proven to be effective, that can give you the very illness you’re trying to prevent, and has potential long-term side effects that are far worse than the flu itself?

The powers that be have done an excellent job of instilling fear into the population so they believe that they must get a shot to stay healthy, but the simple reality is it’s doing you more harm than good.

And, even if the flu vaccine could effectively prevent the flu, there have been several examples in past years where government health officials have chosen the incorrect influenza strains for that year’s vaccine.  In 2004, the National Vaccine Information Center described how CDC officials told everyone to line up for a flu shot that didn't even contain the influenza strain causing most of the flu that year.

Two-Thirds of This Year’s Flu Vaccines Contain a Full-Dose of Mercury

According to Dr. Donald Miller, MD, two-thirds of this year’s flu vaccines contain 25 micrograms of thimerosal. Thimerosal is 49 percent mercury by weight.

Each dose of these flu vaccines contains more than 250 times the Environmental Protection Agency’s safety limit for mercury.

By now, most people are well aware that children and fetuses are most at risk of damage from this neurotoxin, as their brains are still developing. Yet the CDC still recommends that children over 6 months, and pregnant women, receive the flu vaccine each year.

In addition to mercury, flu vaccines also contain other toxic or hazardous ingredients like:

• Formaldehyde -- a known cancer-causing agent
• Aluminum -- a neurotoxin that has been linked to Alzheimer’s disease
• Triton X-100 -- a detergent
• Phenol (carbolic acid)
• Ethylene glycol (antifreeze)
• Various antibiotics: neomycin, streptomycin, gentamicin – which can cause allergic reactions in some people

The Evidence Against Flu Vaccines

For those of you who are still unconvinced, know that there’s plenty of scientific evidence available to back up the recommendation to avoid flu vaccines – if nothing else, then for the simple reason that they don’t work, and don’t offer any real benefit to offset their inherent health risks. For example:

• A brand new study published in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine found that vaccinating young children against the flu had no impact on flu-related hospitalizations or doctor visits during two recent flu seasons. The researchers concluded that "significant influenza vaccine effectiveness could not be demonstrated for any season, age, or setting" examined.
  
  
• A study published in the Lancet just two months ago found that influenza vaccination was NOT associated with a reduced risk of pneumonia in older people. This supports a study done five years ago, published in The New England Journal of Medicine. 
  
  
• Research published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine last month also confirms that there has been no decrease in deaths from influenza and pneumonia, despite the fact that vaccination coverage among the elderly has increased from 15 percent in 1980 to 65 percent now.
  
  
•  Last year, researchers with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the National Institutes of Health published this conclusion in the Lancet Infectious Diseases: “We conclude that frailty selection bias and use of non-specific endpoints such as all-cause mortality have led cohort studies to greatly exaggerate vaccine benefits.” 
  
  
• A large-scale, systematic review of 51 studies, published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews in 2006, found no evidence that the flu vaccine is any more effective than a placebo in children. The studies involved 260,000 children, age 6 to 23 months.

So how do you keep from the getting the Flu?

Beat The Flu, Cough & Cold
Debra Raybern, N.D., M.H., C.N.C.   
 
School and work absenteeism will be at an all time high during the peak of flu season.  Take steps now and be prepared.
 
Two years ago, Dr. J. Anthony Morris (former Chief Vaccine Control Officer of the FDA) stated:
If you had five consecutive flu shots in any decade your chance of getting Alzheimer’s Disease is TEN times higher!
He goes on to say “There is no evidence that any influenza vaccine thus far developed is effective in preventing or mitigating any attack of influenza”.
Here are simple steps to strengthen the immune system and protect ourselves not just from the flu ,but  coughs, sore throats and the common cold.
 
FOOD – Cold weather puts an added stain on the body by depleting necessary nutrients.  To give yourself an added boost, make the foundation of every meal a healthy choice.  Now, yes, I know that almost all of us will make some exceptions to healthy eating, especially during the holidays – cookies, pies, and an assortment of holiday treats, but since sugar will slow down the bodies overall metabolism and immune system response, you should keep the sweets to a minimum and the healthy fresh fruits and vegetables high. A large fresh salad makes a great addition to any meal.  Winter fruits like apples, citrus and pears are in season and make great snacks and are naturally sweet.
 
A favorite all natural sweetener at our house is the Blue Agave Nectar.  This golden liquid from the cactus is just as sweet as sugar in taste, but with a glycemic index of 11 – beats even honey and maple syrup as a healthy alternative to sugar.
 
Add a clove or two of raw garlic to your salad for added protection against germs.  Garlic is a well-known anti-viral and anti-bacterial herb.  Are you into skipping meals?  Well you shouldn’t.  When you need a meal on the go, try a green drink that you can make yourself with a juicer and fresh vegetables or add 1 heaping tablespoon of a nutritional green drink like Juva Power to your favorite juice. Balance Complete makes into a great meal-on-the-go shake. We even carry a NingXia Red sample packs in our purse for a quick pick-me-up on the go.
 
ELIMINATION – To help your body defend itself, it is important to be able to get rid of accumulated waste and toxins.  This is done primarily through the intestinal tract.  The colon often becomes over burdened during the cooler months as we gravitate to the warming soups and stews that are void of digestive enzymes and good fiber.  Make it a habit to consume plenty of raw high fiber foods daily, even with your hot meals.    For maintaining good bowel movements, add Comfortone - formulated to heal and restore proper bowel movement – not habit forming laxative, but rather an all natural herb and oil blend that cleans and heals the intestinal tract.  (Balance Complete is excellent also.  Contains 11 grams of fiber)
 
WATER – Not much does a body better than fresh pure water.  If you are still drinking tap water – STOP.  Tests from municipal water supplies around the country show toxins such as fecal matter, bacteria, prescription drug residue, chemicals and much more are increasing at an alarming rate.  At least get a sink or pitcher style filter for your drinking, cooking and teeth brushing water.  Recent research has revealed that brushing your teeth with an unsanitary toothbrush lengthens the time a person stays sick.  Studies also show a link between tooth and gum health and heart disease.  All the more reason to use a toothpaste with added essential oils, – Dentarome Plus or Ultra, or drop a bit of Thieves oil directly onto your tooth brush for an exhilarating experience.
 
AIR & ENVIRONMENT – Our houses stay closed much of the cold season with the heat or fireplace warming the home.  Keeping things so tightly closed, keeps the old stale air in for breathing and re-breathing.  If someone is even a little under the weather, the air they exhale will be full of germs, now out there for everyone else to breath.  An essential oil diffuser with oils such as lemon, eucalyptus, lime, orange, grapefruit, or blends like Purification, Citrus Fresh, Christmas Spirit and Thieves, will help to kill airborne germs and keep the house smelling fresh.  Be sure to take advantage of the not so cold days when the doors and windows can be opened and swap the old air for some fresh air.  How about the countertops in the kitchen and bathroom – a virtual breeding and spreading ground for germs!  Not with Thieves concentrated cleaner, wipes and spray.  Carry the wipes or spray with you in your purse for door knobs, handles, grocery cart handles, toilet sets and any surface hundreds of others may touch with who knows what.
 
EXERCISE – Get moving, just 20 to 30 minutes per day for at least three days per week will get the blood moving, which helps carry away toxins and brings proper nutrients to the cells.  It also keeps the lymphatic vessels moving out waste. Where there is good blood flow there will be no stagnation.  A stagnant pond breeds bacteria, algae and starves the water of oxygen with an ultimate end of death.  Don’t let your blood become a stagnant swamp. A brisk walk in the afternoon sun, work in the garden or yard -  pulling, planting, chopping, or if you prefer to stay indoors, put in an exercise video and get moving!  Both MultiGreen and NingXia Red are shown to help cleanse the bloodstream as will the enzyme PolyZyme.
 
SUPPLEMENTATION -  Target your supplementation program to kill the germs and support your immune system. Our family takes the following approach to staying well.
 
1. We take a broad spectrum all natural multiple vitamin mineral supplement with added enzymes and essential oils for greater absorption -Master Hers/His or True Source.  We also take MultiGreen an essential oil packed green food supplement – high protein, high energy chlorophyll formula to invigorate the cell.
 
2. We drink the world’s best antioxidant, NingXia Red to crush free radicals in their tracts, and to boost the immune system.  My office is getting several testimonies daily about the incredible results people are getting with this product. Tests by Brunswick Labs confirm there is NO other juice or supplement on the market today that is better!!!
 
3. We daily take a variety of essential oils internally*. Thieves, Oregano, Mt. Savory, Lemon and Frankincense are routinely part of our regimen, with others added depending on the need. (Inner Defense or Longevity contain these oils and is a convenient supplement for cold/flu season)
For viral conditions use – Melissa, Ravensara and Mt. Savory. *Only use Young Living Essential Oils internally, no other brand!
 
4.  We boost our immune system specifically from Thanksgiving to Valentines day with a little extra help.  Here are some choices:
 
ImmuPro – chewable, power-packed immune stimulant with wolfberry, medicinal mushrooms, essential oils.
a blend of amino acids, trace minerals, herbs and essential oils. This anti-microbial blend can help destroy yeast, fungus and bacterial.
 
ImmuneTune – a super antioxidant complex is especially helpful at the first sign of illness.  Curcuminoids, essential oils, herbals, nutritionals, all designed to stop the spread of illness within the body.
 
Exodus – supercharged with essential oils, this botanical and nutritional blend provides important immune system support.
 
 
For added protection against illness, apply a few drops of essential oil to the bottom of the feet -  ImmuPower, Oregano, Thieves, Peace & Calming, are good choices.
 
While you do not need to take everything listed above, if you will equip yourself now with some of these powerful illness fighters and start taking the immune system boosters now – then if the flu, the cough, cold or sore throat comes into your house – you can kick him out fast!!!!!
 
SO – the choice is yours – optimal health and wellness with a little prevention or sickness and fatigue just taking a chance.  Make good health a priority as this year comes to an end, and on into the new year.  As the old saying goes – An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
 
Your highest anti-viral oils include Melissa, Oregano, Mt. Savory and Ravensara.

Testimonies
From Connie McDanel
Crown Diamond Distributor for Young Living

I’m so excited to say that I am pharmaceutical free today. It all started with a gift, a bottle of Thieves.   I was going to visit my sister and her new baby and felt a cold coming on. I started taking a drop orally every day and within a few days I felt fine.
 
I have always had a hard time falling and staying asleep so when I was given a few drops of Rutavala to try, I had been using Unisom for years and before that I had self medicated with drugs and liquor, so this was going to be a big deal if it worked. From the first night I used it I have slept better than I had my whole life. I won’t go without it now!!
 
I was invited to a class and then later bought the EDR, did some research and found that I could use oils for a lot of the other problems I was having. About 8 yrs ago I started having a problem with a cyst like eruptions in my groin area and at the same time I started having problems with heavy bleeding and cramping. After 1 fibroid surgery, a partial hysterectomy due to return fibroids, a gland removal and countless prescriptions and steroids later, I found that Thieves, Melrose and Dragon Time were the combination needed to help clear up the cysts and balance my hormones.
 
Some of the other oils I turn to are Peppermint, for headaches and I love Lavender, Peace and Calming for tension. Even my daughter who is six and a half will ask for Lavender at bed time and Thieves or Oregano on her feet when she feels a cold coming on.
 
It does my heart good to know that she will hopefully not have the problems I have had with my health, because she will have the education and alternatives to pharmaceuticals that I didn’t have growing up.
Thanks
Heather P.
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  With autumn on its way, I have a wonderful testimonial that I would like to share regarding how amazing the oils in the Golden Touch 1 kit have been for my children during allergy/cold and flu season.
  We have been using the oils for two years now, but prior to that each of my three children would come down with the croup cough (the seal like bark where it is hard for them to breathe) every September and it would continue through the next several months on and off, finally ending in April of the following year.  We were constantly in to the doctors for Ventolin and antibiotics, which only helped for a short time.  Also, the Ventolin always made my boys so hyper that I absolutely dreaded having them on it, but I faithful did as the doctor ordered, not knowing any better at the time.
  Finally!  After diligent prayer I was lead to the knowledge of Young Living Essential Oils!! The oils in the Golden Touch 1 kit, especially RC and Raven rubbed over their chest and back and on the soles of their feet knocked that croup cough right out…IF it even happens to start up now when fall comes!!  We use ImmuPower on the soles of our feet daily also, so I have seen how that helps keep them from getting sick as often also.  As a matter of fact, since using the ImmuPower and GT1 kit, I haven’t had to take any of the children to the doctors for an illness!!
  The Di-tone, Thieves and Melrose also come in VERY handy during the winter months for various symptoms that might come up.  We always have these oils on hand, but especially in the fall/winter.
  I hope this information might help someone else out there, the way it has for us!  Thanks be to God for these precious oils!
                          --Jennifer G.
 
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Hello Connie
I have a story for you also.  My entire family caught a virus.  We were all sick for about six days(that is a long time for me because I can usually kick anything in two to three days)  every morning I would do a mini raindrop treatment on my childrens feet using which oils were most appropriate that day.  It was a great way to start our day and the children enjoyed the foot massage. My children are seven and three.  My husband chose not to use the oils and he is still suffering today what can I say he is just stubborn.  Have a very happy day and I will talk to you soon.  Kim R., RMT
 
 
Immune Support Products
 
Young Living has two products that promote the development of a healthy immune system as highlighted by Dr. Freedman above.

ImmuPro

  ImmuPro is a polysaccharide, which gives us the ultimate immune support.  It enhances the system with many different ingredients.  They form a powerful blend of immune stimulating ingredients.  One of the ingredients is selenium.      Selenium helps the body in various ways.  It helps in the production of thyroid hormones, increases the body’s ability to transport glucose to cells, and is necessary for activity of the enzyme glutatione peroxidase, a good antioxidant.
  ImmuPro also contains the Ningxia wolfberry along with various Oriental mushrooms.  These are immune system enhancers.  Orange oil is also in ImmuPro and is a high source of d-limonene.  According to the research at Young Life Clinic, incorporating limonene in your diet is a healthy lifestyle choice that helps promote normal cell life cycles.  D-limonene is one phytochemical of particular importance in cancer prevention.  The clinic says the key is prevention with chemoprevention agents like limonene. ImmuPro will serve us well.

Ningxia Red

  Antioxidants and amino acids are vital for optimum health and longevity.  Ningxia Red has 18 amino acids, 21 different minerals, many antioxidants and vitamins such as vitamin C, thiamin, and niacin.
  The Ningxia wolfberries in the Ningxia Red have the highest antioxidant capacity of all known fruits.  By scavenging for harmful free radicals in the blood and transporting them to the liver for processing, antioxidants protect cells and strengthen the body’s immunity against disease.
  Antioxidants also are essential for exercise.  They combat the oxidative stress and damage that occurs naturally to the body during exercise.
  Amino acids are the building blocks of protein and help in cell metabolism.
 
 
Prevention and Symptom Relieve
 
Raven
 The combination of this blend gives strength in fighting respiratory disease--flu, sinusitis, and bronchitis.

Thieves
Thieves help protect the body against winter illnesses because it is highly antiviral, antiseptic, antibacterial, anti-infectious properties.  We diffuse it in our home regularly throughout the winter months.  We also use this at the first signs of symptoms—a drop under the tongue, rub on the gland areas on the neck, and breathe it from cupped hands.

R.C.
This blend is very helpful to relieve the symptoms of colds, sore throats, and congestion.  We put RC on glands under the ears and on the chest alternating with Thieves.
 
Raven, R.C. and Thieves are found in the Golden Touch 1 kit or can be purchased separately.

Click here to find out how to order!