Push out a Cold before it gets YOU!

Another 'Thwarting Illness' blog from yours truly, Turmeric. I will teach you how to attack the first signs of a cold so that it doesn't take over your body.

If it starts like a scratch in your throat the first thing you want to do is gargle with very warm water and diluted Celtic Sea Salt (not the popularly used iodized salt; that salt should never enter our system). The water should be salty enough where it tastes like the sea. Use a very full mug and gargle the entire content of the mug a little at a time. It helps to vocalize your highest to your lowest notes for each swig. Do this as many times as you want.

Then make sure to not consume any sugar or dairy. Dairy is mucus forming and bacteria live and multiply in the mucus; the less you have the less time illness can stay in your body.

Drink echinacea tea at least twice a day or take the recommended amount of echinacea supplements. Eat foods rich in Vitamin C or take vitamin C supplements.

I would also (if you can bear it) eat a raw garlic clove. If this seems like more than you can handle, chop up the clove into very small pieces and add to a raw salad.

I can usually push a wannabe cold out of my system in less than a day doing just a couple of these suggestions.

If your head hurts, drink coconut water or if unavailable to you, an abundance of filtered water.

If the cold starts with a runny nose, blow as much snot out of your nose as you can bear; again, bacteria live and breed in mucus, the less you have in your body, the quicker you get better.

In addition: In general, you stay healthy for much longer strips of time and get sick far less frequently if sugar and dairy is kept out of your diet, and if your diet is rich in fresh (and organic) produce.

To your Health,

~Turmeric