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8 Things You Can Do To Deal With Cold And Flu Symptoms Without Drugs

With the cold and flu season here, you must be wondering what you can do besides taking neo citran and over the counter drugs to speed up your recovery and feel better.

Here are my tips:

1) Eat lots of garlic and ginger.  Both of which are immune boosters and cleansers.

2) Make a concoction of water, honey, lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, grated ginger with a pinch of sea salt and drink a liter of it throughout the day to replenish your electrolytes.

3) Eat lots!  Especially meat and good fats (butter, coconut oil, avocado, olive oil)

4) If you have a sore throat, a mix of  unheated honey and raw coconut oil.  That mixture will sooth your throat and destroy microbes

5) If you’re taking fish oils, double up on them until your symptoms subside.  If you’ve been neglecting them, this is a really good time to start taking them.

6) Up your vitamin C intake if you take some, take some if you’re currently having none.

7) Take vitamin D3 (10,000 – 20,000 IU per day or more) until symptoms subside

8) Go to bed early, (10:00pm is good) sleep lots.  Run a humidifier in your room while you sleep if the room is dry.  Bundle up at night so you raise your temperature and sweat.  This signals your immune system to work a bit harder.

Bonus:

9) You could also add a few drops of oil of oregano, propolis and olive leaf extract (very anti-viral) especially if you have no fever.

How Long Should My Workouts Last?

Without the use of performance enhancing substances (in non politically correct terms: steroids) training longer than 45 – 60 minutes is counterproductive.  Studies show that testosterone levels start declining at about 45 minutes.  Which means the body goes into a catabolic state (breaks itself down).  Going beyond 45 minutes of intense training (with 15 minutes of combined mobilizations, corrective stretching and cool down) could halt or severely slow down strength, hypertrophy (increased muscle size) and fat loss.

To be a little more clear, when I say “training”, I mean resistance training, lifting weights, or doing bodyweight movements (repetitions – reps) for short periods of time (sets) repeated a few times.

In no way am I writing about aerobic training!  Aerobic training has too many negative effects for the average person for me to ever recommend it.  Unless you’re an athlete whose sport requires endurance training, I’d refrain from training specifically for the aerobic benefits.  Even Lance Armstrong (pictured above) greatly benefits from resistance training (kettle bells in this case.)

I’ll avoid going into the details as Charles Poliquin has already written a very informative article about it:

The (Many) Negatives Of Aerobic Training

For the most benefit out of your workouts, keep them under 45 minutes (within 60 including warmups and cool downs,) lift your bodyweight or added weights and avoid sole aerobic training (treadmills, stationary bikes and ellipticals.)

Lamb Chops with Lemon-Mint Gremolata

Simple Food Made Glamourous (Rodale, 2010) by Donatella

Ingredients:
8 lamb rib chops
2 lemons, zested
1 large shallot, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh mint
1 tsp extra virgin olive oil
Lemon olive oil (optional)

Brush lamb chops with olive oil; add salt and peeper to taste. Set aside at room temperature for 20 minutes to 1 hour.
Meanwhile, make the lemon-mint gremolata by mixing the lemon zest, shallot, garlic, and mint in a small bowl; set aside
Preheat the broiler with the oven rack 5 to 6 inches from the heat source. Place the chops on a rimmed baking sheet or broiler pan outfitted with a rack. When the broiler is very hot, broil the chops for 4 minutes on each side. Turn off the broiler, but leave the chops in the oven with the door closed. Let the chops rest for 10 minutes for medium-rare, or 15 minutes for medium.
Arrange two chops on each plate and coat with gremolata. Top chops with a drizzle of lemon olive oil, if desired.
Makes 4 servings. Per serving: 210 calories, 9g fat, 2g carbs, 28g protein.

Gramma’s Chicken Meatloaf

By Gail Tapscott

Preheat oven to 350 F

Ingredients:

2 lbs ground chicken ( Organic)
1 Egg
1/2 tsp of each:
Sage
Rosemary
Basil
Sea Salt
1/4 tsp Black pepper
2 tsp prepared spicy mustard
Fine chopped :
1 carrot
1 small onion
1 stalk celery

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together
Press into a loaf pan
Bake in oven for 1 Hour
Remove from oven,
Slice into 6 slices & enjoy