Getting sick again...

[Debu]

I take my vitamins everyday but whenever I have a couple days in a row where I have to work alot, get less sleep, I ALWAYS get ill. Is there anything else that I can do to avoid this? It really slows down everything. Any advice or supplements would be greatly appreciated!

I'm at home now being worthless:bawling

 

[esteveze]

 

[Debu]

You mak'n fun of a poor little sick girl Este?


Thanks, SPAT on the echincea! I totally forgot about that one! I used to take it all the time then I think I got used to it and stopped. All I have now is aleeve and I have NO food in the house, well it's not cooked and I don't have the energy to cook it. (well, ok, there was a bagel so I HAD to eat it)

 

[Gladiola]

Thanks, SPAT on the echincea! I totally forgot about that one! I used to take it all the time then I think I got used to it and stopped.

A good friend of mine is an opera singer - VERY important that they don't get sick & stay healthy (she can't do her job with even a mild cold). She said a friend of hers did a study on Echinacea for her Masters (maybe PhD, can't recall). The deal with it is that you WILL get used to it if you take it all the time - it'll loose it's effectiveness. Take it when you feel yourself starting to get sick.

I gotta go buy some, as I'm home sick today too. been sick WAY too much this winter - more than last winter.

 

[Debu]

I feel nautious all the time, I'm hungry but when I start to eat I feel like thowing up. More like the flu than a cold. Does echinecea work for that as well?

 

[esteveze]

Debu..sorry.....is just that Spatts's answer was funny..that is all...has nothing to do with u..
friends?

 

[Gladiola]

Ech will support your immune system...the hard drive of your computer. Anything you can do that actually makes it run more efficiently (makes its job easier) is great, IMO. Quality, whole-food vits and mins take the cake though.

Are you saying you don't think the body becomes resistant to it's affects & we shouldn't take it all the time (like ECA)?

 

[Torchy]

Garlic, garlic, and more garlic!!! If you're that sick, people don't want to be near ya anyway, poor girl So, why not garlic? I think the stuff rocks. I uaually take the odor free pills, but nothing beats the real thing Well, the occassional glass of red wine every week is good for the soul!!

 

[Debu]

I forgive ya Estee! Thought you were laughing at me for some reason?

Garlic heh? I acutally was watching Oprah yesterday and they were speaking wonders about this thing. I wonder if you take alot of it if you start to smell like it? You know sweat it out? When I use to take only Prolab brand of whey and amino acid, my sweat started to smell just like my male training partners, ewwwww!

 

[VeggieLifterChick]

I've heard that glutamine can strengthen your immune system. When I asked about how to get over a virus on the life extension board recently, that's what they recommended. The virus did go away, but I don't know whether the glutamine I took helped significantly. Also, my boyfriend's best friend is one of those sickly people who's always ill. He came down with tuberculosis recently, in fact. His doctor has him on lots of glutamine too.

Maybe someone more knowledgable could pipe in...