Re: health and immunity

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Agreed! A healthy gut is extremely important for immunity.

I also agree about holding off on the Tylenol. Our pediatrician

recommends this as well. A fever is the body's way of fighting back.

The immune cells function better at a slightly elevated body

temperature. Giving a fever reducer can interfere with the immune

function and prolong the sickness. I think the highest our

pediatrician recommended as o.k. is like Bonnie said, 104. A friend

of mine uses the homeopathic remedy Belladonna for fever reduction. I

haven't tried it yet as we haven't needed to reduce fever in a long

time. Also, cold compresses and cool baths help reduce fever and keep

them comfortable.

I would love to know more about the reiki, Bonnie.

Just one additional note on the pain relievers (acetaminophen or

ibuprofen) - aside from all the undesirable additive gunk (corn syrup,

dyes, etc, etc) I have always wondered if these are detrimental to our

kids with gut issues. The anti-inflammatory products (like ibuprofen)

are known stomach irritants (and I'm extrapolating that to believe

that they can irritate intestines as well). Here's a quote from my

son's doctor's website regarding leaky gut/food allergy conditions:

" Avoid anti-inflammatory medicines like Motrin. Use instead, natural

ones like MSM, curcumin, boswellia and bromelain. "

Does anyone else have thoughts on this?

>

> It seems like there have been a lot of postings about colds/flus

lately. I

> was getting ready to share our latest find, which is that it seems

as though

> when we take probiotics and omega-3s regularly, we hardly get sick

at all.

> Of the three of us who normally get sick all the time (the three

kids and

> me), my 9-year-old and I haven't gotten sick once since starting the

> probiotics and omega-3s. My 4-year-old has gotten sick twice, but

only with

> a very mild stuffy nose that went away quickly. My husband, who eats two

> yogurts a day but doesn't take any omega-3s, pretty much never gets

sick.

> But maybe it's silly for me to post that here, as many of us on this

list

> are already devoted probiotics/omega 3 users...those of you who have

been

> doing this a long time, do you find that you are rarely ever sick? Our

> chiropractor told me that these two supplements were the most important

> thing we could do to avoid catching everything that goes around...

>

> Incidentally, re: fevers...my policy, now, is that I don't give

Tylenol or

> ibuprofen for anything under 104. And actually, I try reiki first if

fevers

> get that high (not that we've had any fevers this fall...I'm

thinking back

> to last spring when we were still getting sick sometimes). I know it

sounds

> crazy, but I found that reiki techniques will bring a fever down two or

> three degrees, which was good enough for me...

>

> Bonnie

>