Holistic Cold/Flu Remedies

I absolutely {heart} our pediatrician here in Frisco.  If we ever leave, I will be SO hard-pressed to find a doc that we love any more!  A large part of the rason is that they allllways provide all kinds of holistic at-home treatment options before scribbling out a prescription.  We are pretty stocked up around here on cold/flu treaments...so in case you've never heard of them (like me) I'll break it down what we've learned so far! 

Cold/Congestion/Immune Booster

• Silver: dosing is on label...lots of specifics for this one! 

• The following can be taken 2-3x day for 1-2 weeks during acute illness, look for prevention dosing on label
• Lithy Tree:  congestion
• Briar Rose:  cough & congestion
• Elderberry:  flu (research has shown it to stop replication of flu virus)

• Vitamin D
• sick: 1600 IU(kid) / 8000 IU(adult)
• prevention:  fall/winter- half dose,  spring/summer- quarter dose

FLU Treatments/Homeopathic Vaccine

• Influenzinum: for 4 weeks take 4 pellets(kid) / 10 pellets(adult) and then once a month during flu season
• Influenza:
• Sick: 1 spray(infant), 2 sprays(kids 2-12), 3 sprays(adult).  Spray under tongue 2-6x day until symptoms improve. 
• Preventative: use anywhere from once a day to once a week.
• Oscillococcinum (age 2+): 
• Sick (start within 48 hours of first fever): 3x day for 5 days
• Prevention (after exposure): 1x day for 5 days
• Any/all immune boosters listed above!

**DISCLAIMER:  always discuss any type of treatment for your little ones with you DOCTOR FIRST!!!**

the Twinkie Diet...

Okay...let me start off by saying that I am IN NO WAY promoting this... but I just canNOT get over it, so I'm blogging about it.

A nutrition professor @ K-State went on a 2-month long diet on which he consumed a twinkie every 3 hours instead of a normal meal.  He also munched on some Doritos & Oreos as snack.  He took a multivitamin and ate one can of veggies every day as well.

He was exploring/proving the point that in weight loss, calories in vs calories out is the bottom line.  It doesn't matter what type of calories they are.  You burn more than you consume and you WILL lose the weight. 

When people throw this at me, I ALWAYS shoot them down saying that yes, they'll lose the weight, but in the process will destroy their health.  Umm...according to the results this dude experienced I am just straight up wrong. 

His health actually IMPROVED!!! Seriously...??

I still believe with every fiber of my being that if continued, this diet would have started destroying his body...sooner rather than later. 

I'm still kind of in shock though.  Read it HERE.

My Fit Foods

I totally didn't realize there was a "My Fit Foods" in the Dallas area!  Anyone ever been there?  I am thinking this would be an absolutely awwwesome place to recommend clients to!  One of the biggest complaints I get as a trainer is that eating healthy takes "too much effort, too much time, too much planning, too much money...." blah blah blah.  Understandable...but there are ways AROUND these obstacles.

So anyway...any "My Fit Foods" lovers out there?  Is it pricey?  Is it easy?  Talk to me!