Every year multitudes of people supposedly ‘catch’
the flu and then take antibiotics, antihistamines, pain killers and
a whole range of other drugs to get over it. They inevitably do end
up feeling ‘better’ and think they have beaten the flu.
Before I continue with my understanding of the above
situation I would like to tell a personal story.
My Story
Several years ago I did my first cleanse, the Arise
and Shine cleanse, developed by an American naturopath named Richard
Anderson. What lead me to do this was the fact that my body had
been continuously oscillating from diarrhea to constipation and I
knew something was wrong. My girlfriend at the time had done the cleanse
previously and spoke very highly of it. So she gave me Richard’s
book, I read it and was convinced.
Shortly thereafter I did the one month cleanse, and
wow, I was amazed. The whole time I was one it, I had symptoms resembling
that of the flu, and the things that came out of me were amazing (just
read about mucoid
plaque). After this I soon started realizing the powerful effects
food had on the body. Some foods clean the body (alkalizing
foods) and others don’t (acid
forming foods). Within each group there are varying degrees of
each.
So back to this flu business. It came as no surprise
to me that since I have done this cleansing I never get sick anymore,
and if I do, I just feel like I have a cold for a day where others
are sick for weeks. It has been like this for years now. Call it a
miracle if you will, but it’s just science.
What is the Flu?
‘Catching the flu’ is a modern excuse to
blame someone else for our suffering (we caught it off someone) and
quickly escape it and get back to our daily routine of work work work.
What is really happening is the body needs a break to rid itself of
the accumulated toxins and it starts cleaning it self. It is the bodies
own natural defense mechanism against toxic build up. Taking over
the counter medications merely slows or stops the cleansing
reaction. The long term effects of doing this are often weight
gain, cancer, liver malfunction etc. The reason people gain weight
is because the body is forced to protect the organs from the large
amount of toxins in the blood. The body then stores these toxins in
fat cells where they can’t do any damage, except to your self
esteem.
What should I do?
The first thing to do would be a cleanse
in my opinion. This will clean the body out and give you a fresh slate
to work with. Of course many people don’t want to go to this
trouble, but it is a necessary step. The other way to approach it
would be to slowly shift the diet to a healthier one of mostly fruits,
vegetable, whole grains and nuts. Then when the ‘flu’
comes go onto a juice fast and let it run it’s course. Doing
it this way you would expect to be in bed for a while and have to
endure a fever, drink lots of water and have diarrhea. This may not
sound like a walk in the park to many people but you will feel great
in the end and that sluggish feeling you have every morning will be
a thing of the past.
