Naturally Green Life Coach

It seems like the flu is running rampant this season.  Needless to say it hasn’t skipped our household either, so I thought I would write today’s post on ways to take care of yourself and family should the flu decide to make a visit to your home.

The first two suggestions are no brainers, drink plenty of fluids and get lots of rest.  The reason for these are simple.

Our bodies heal while we are resting.  Plenty of rest just means, stop, let your body do it’s job to take care of itself fighting the virus, without having to multi-task.

When we are sick, especially with the flu, it’s easy to become dehydrated.  Since most of us are already dehydrated to a degree, this will certainly put us into the severely dehydrated category.  You want to drink lots of clear liquids.  When I say clear liquids that doesn’t mean liquid you can see through.  That means fluids that do not have caffeine or heavy sugars.  Stick with water, herbal teas, kool-aid, or Gatorade type drinks.  I drank loads of green tea (great antioxidant) with honey to keep me hydrated while flushing toxins from my body.

This week while we were fighting the flu we added a couple of other steps to this.

I dosed myself with garlic.  Garlic is antibiotic, antiviral, antimicrobiotic, so it actually helps fight the viral flu bug.  I know some people who will eat the whole clove of garlic or take a spoonful of minced garlic.  I’m not one of those.  I buy the garlic oil capsules and took 2 capsules 3 times a day.  Not hard or gross.

I also had a diffuser burning with the essential oil blend of Eucalyptus and Rosemary.  The Eucalyptus was to help keep sinus passages clear so breathing was a little easier.  The Rosemary to disinfect the air to keep the virus from spreading.  You only need a couple of drops of each in a base oil (such as veggie oil) in a tea light oil burner will do the trick.

Hopefully you won’t get the flu this season, but if you do, I hope these tips help you to be a little more comfortable.

Have a Wondernous day!

Dehydration is a growing problem is our nation.  When someone feels thirsty, instead of reaching for soothing water, more than likely they reach for soda, coffee, or an energy drink.  All of these aredirectics which drain our bodies of even more fluid.

I admit, I am a coffee drinker.  I drink large amounts of coffee no matter the season.  Did you know to replace the fluids lost by drinking coffee, I have to drink 4 glasses of water for each cup of coffee?  For me, that’s a lot of water.

Our bodies give us subtle signs of dehydration.  First is thirst.  That’s really a no brainer, that we don’t listen to.  Next comes dry lips.  Our lips dry out, we try lip balms and a very other creative things to try to moisten them, but nothing works.  Next is dry skin.  We all hate the ashiness of dry skin so we apply lotions.  Still the dryness continues.

After this our bodies start getting a little more serious with it’s hints.  We start having little medical issues like headaches, constipation, blurry eyesight or spider lines in our vision, and brain fogs.  Still we do not pick up a glass of water.

Our bodies are made mostly from water.  It makes sense to replace the water to keep our bodies running smoothly.