Supplements & Immune Boosters

ldot123 said:

Stevia?
Hi Kay,

What is Stevia? And thanks, will try the green tea mixture.

Cheers,
Lance

Taken from Wikopedia
Lance,

Stevia is a genus of about 240 species of herbs and shrubs in the sunflower family (Asteraceae), native to subtropical and tropical South America and Central America. The species Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, commonly known as sweetleaf, sweet leaf, sugarleaf, or simply stevia, is widely grown for its sweet leaves. As a sugar substitute, stevia's taste has a slower onset and longer duration than that of sugar, although some of its extracts may have a bitter or licorice-like aftertaste at high concentrations.

A lot of folk who are on sugar-restricted diets will use Stevia as a sugar substitute if they aren't comfortable or react to the chemical sugar substitutes like Equal, Sweet and Low, etc.

Hugggggs,

Cheryl

pamness said:

You got lots of great information
I managed to get through two years - one year of surgery, treatment, etc. and another year ned, without a cold, etc.

I washed my hands whenever I was in a public place and went to the bathroom, I used a paper towel to open the bathroom door (in public places), I avoided movies and restaurants when they were crowded and went at less crowded times, I carried an anibacterial spray and hand sanitzing washes - to use when someone sneezed on my credit card, or had a cold when I handled money.

I stopped touching my hands to my face - I am actually not a germaphobe. All this occupied about 1 minute a day - the outcome was great.

Just use common sense it can really help. You don't have to go nuts.

Pam

Cold/Flu...
Hey Pam,

I'm thinking now that mine was either a false alarm or I have a super immune system now. There was no doubt in my mind that I was coming down with something... scratchy sore throat, a few sniffles, sneezes and even a bit of a dry cough. Now, here we are on Sunday and no sign of anything. So, either it was a cold that decided not to develop (I did stay home all day and night yesterday and took it easy), or it really is the cement blasting that is going on at the apartment building next door and the cement dust is getting to me.

I try to be aware... washing hands, using sanitizer (when I remember), etc. but staying away from places where a lot of people gather, I have to admit I still do that, just because that is my lifestyle. That's why I was not surprised that I may be coming down with a cold since last Sunday was my big Celebration of Life and Friendship party... and there was a mixture of kids and adults in the gang of 200. There had to be a bunch of germs floating about.

But today, I seem to be doing quite good I'm a little leary of the anti-bacterial products. Again, in moderation... but if used to excess, we get the problem of bugs becoming immune to them and then the super bug emerges. That scares the heck out of me to ever be exposed and contract one of those super bugs.

Hugggggs,

Cheryl