Advanced Healing Center of Orange County
Colds and Flu Season 2010/2011
Achy, fatigued, filled with mucous, sore throat, coughing, runny nose, missing school or work, fever, stomach ache, diarrhea, vomiting, loss of appetite, shots, drugs, miserable and just plain pissed off. Doesn’t being sick sound fun? Well, it could easily be all wine and roses if you take the proper, preventative steps.
Yes, it’s that time of the year again – “Cold and Flu Season”, and I just wanted to remind everyone that I have put together a natural “preventative” protocol to fight-off colds and flu (for adults and kids). Now, not tomorrow, is the time to get going on this – for ultimate protection! The products are all natural and the possibility of side-effects is practically zero. The combo ($38-50 total) is Liquid Vitamin D Forte*, a special probiotic powder (caps also available) and chewable vitamin C (w/rutin). This may seem very basic and how can this work, but at therapeutic doses this actually moves the body from a straw house, to a stick house, to a brick house. Brick house people don’t get sick. I have been using this protocol for the past ten years w/my patients and the ones who follow it haven’t been affected by the flu, or if they did, it was very mild. Q: I’m I getting the flu shot? “Ah, that would be a no!”
There are specific additions that can be taken and will be recommended on an individual basis. Diet, exercise, chiropractic adjustments are also very important. If you or anyone you know would like a natural approach, rather than a vaccine, I would love to help.
*Adequate Vitamin D is the most important nutrient your body needs to stay healthy and avoid colds and flu this winter. To find out your current levels, you can order a test directly from my office.
Vitamin D blood test is available:
1. Normally $221. For you, the 25-OH Vitamin D test is $69. This is paid by cash, check credit card.
2. Please call our office to get a requisition sent to you or it can go directly to the lab – 714-639-4360.
3. Take the requisition to your closest LabCorp blood draw station.
4. Your lab results will be emailed to you.
5. Your results should be >50 ng/mL
6. Phone or office consults to discuss your result with Dr Ettinger are also available. Call 714-639-4360 for more information.
What’s in the regular flu shot?
Egg proteins: including avian contaminant viruses.
Gelatin: can cause allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis.
Polysorbate 80 (Tween80™): can cause severe allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis. Also associated with infertility in female mice.
Formaldehyde: known carcinogen.
Triton X100: a strong detergent.
Sucrose: table sugar.
Resin: known to cause allergic reactions.
Gentamycin: an antibiotic.
Thimerosal: mercury is still in multi-dose flu shot vials.
Do flu shots work?
Not in babies: In a review of more than 51 studies involving more than 294,000 children it was found there was “no evidence that injecting children 6-24 months of age with a flu shot was any more effective than placebo. In children over 2 yrs, it was only effective 33% of the time in preventing the flu.
Reference: “Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy children.” The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2 (2008).
Not in children with asthma: A study 800 children with asthma, where one half were vaccinated and the other half did not receive the influenza vaccine. The two groups were compared with respect to clinic visits, emergency department (ED) visits, and hospitalizations for asthma. CONCLUSION: This study failed to provide evidence that the influenza vaccine prevents pediatric asthma exacerbations.
Reference: “Effectiveness of influenza vaccine for the prevention of asthma exacerbations.” Christly, C. et al. Arch Dis Child. 2004 Aug;89(8):734-5.
Not in children with asthma (2): “The inactivated flu vaccine, Flumist, does not prevent influenza-related hospitalizations in children, especially the ones with asthma…In fact, children who get the flu vaccine are more at risk for hospitalization than children who do not get the vaccine.”
Reference: The American Thoracic Society’s 105th International Conference, May 15-20, 2009, San Diego.
Not in adults: In a review of 48 reports including more than 66,000 adults, “Vaccination of healthy adults only reduced risk of influenza by 6% and reduced the number of missed work days by less than one day (0.16) days. It did not change the number of people needing to go to hospital or take time off work.”
Reference: “Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy adults.” The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 1 (2006).
Not in the Elderly: In a review of 64 studies in 98 flu seasons, For elderly living in nursing homes, flu shots were non-significant for preventing the flu. For elderly living in the community, vaccines were not (significantly) effective against influenza, ILI or pneumonia.
Reference: “Vaccines for preventing influenza in the elderly.” The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.3 (2006).
What about the new Swine Flu shot?
Some of the new H1N1 (swine flu) vaccines are going to be made by Novartis. These shots will probably be made in PER.C6 cells (human retina cells) and contain MF59, a potentially debilitating adjuvant. MF-59 is an oil-based adjuvant primarily composed of squalene.
* All rats injected with squalene (oil) adjuvants developed a disease that left them crippled, dragging their paralyzed hindquarters across their cages. Injected squalene can cause severe arthritis (3 on scale of 4) and severe immune responses, such as autoimmune arthritis and lupus.
1. Ref: (1): Kenney, RT. Edleman, R. “Survey of human-use adjuvants.” Expert Review of Vaccines. 2 (2003) p171.
2. Ref: (2): Matsumoto, Gary. Vaccine A: The Covert Government Experiment That’s Killing Our Soldiers and Why GI’s Are Only the First Victims of this Vaccine. New York: Basic Books. p54.
Federal health officials are starting to recommend that most Americans get three flu shots this fall: one regular flu shot and two doses of the vaccine made against the new swine flu strain. School children who have never had a flu shot are targeted for four shots in the fall – twice for seasonal flu, twice for pandemic swine flu. (July 15, 2009 news)
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has been talking to school superintendents around the country, urging them to make plans to use buildings for mass vaccinations and for vaccinating kids first. (CBS News, June 12, 2009.)
Contact Dr. Ettinger @ 714-639-4360 or by e-mail – info@advancedhealing.com
