Fighting the Flu

Well we have been fighting the flu here in our home.   However, our symptoms have been mixed and fortunately, our son has been hit the least.    The blessing in all of this has been using Shaklee supplements that help boost the immune system instead of lots of OTC medications or antibiotics.

We are also blessed that I am the only one who has used an antibiotic.  We are realizing that friends' children are on much higher doses of anitbiotics than kids should be at that age.   However we are in such a antiseptic/clean society that the bodies of these children are using immune systems to fight even common germs.  The constant use of anti-bacterial gel, soap, wipes etc.  have not helped build their immune systems.

Something to be said of those of us who grew up eating dirt and ashed our hands usually only before dinner.

I'll share with you our own Shaklee story.  When PW our son was 18 months old he got under our counter and sprayed himself with Clorox Clean up, causing a burn on his chest that was visible for over 6 weeks.  At that point a friend approached me asking if I had heard of Shaklee's home care products which were non-toxic and biodegradeable.  That was our first part of my conversion - cleaners that work, are easy on my breathing, safe under my sink, and extremely cost effective.  

We also started using their hand soap which is NOT anti-bacterial.  However the soap cleans well and smells great.  It is getting harder and harder to find any liquid soap that is does not contain anti-bacterial products.  We still use an anti-bacterial at the onset of a cold in our home but that's it - about 3 weeks a year.

Our son has only once had to be on an anti-biotic and that was prior to our starting him on Shaklee vitamins.  When cold & flu season hit we also add in the extra Vitamin C, Nutriferon and Defend and Resist to our regiment but we do not have him on that all year long.  We try to let his body do what it is supposed to do, help it where we can, and boost up only when needed.

I'm sure I have shared this before, but each year when my wallet reflects savings on cleaning products, our family is in better health, and our bodies do not need lots of prescriptions to get through things we are always wanting people to know how.