Hoping for Immune System Boost

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My husband is as sick as a dog and has already missed 3 days of work,

which he really hates to do. He has severe cold symptoms and I am

wondering what does one do to boost immune function or at least shake

this bug which just seems to get worse and worse? Interestingly, knock

on wood, I am still healthy, I've been consuming a high fat low carb

diet which he does not really follow, but as of right now I feel fit as

a fiddle.

Dora

[Guest guest]

well, I got the cold that was going around it lasts for weeks, btw, so I took

90,000 mg of Vitamin C with rose hips with a quart of milk over a period of

three hours, I should warn you, this will cause Massive evacuation, Then I took

6-8 Vitamin C pills [500mg each ?] with rose hips per day after that, my cold

was very mild and was gone in less than a week. I should also add that I took

this the Second day I was sick, the faster you take it the better, the first

time I did it was the first day and it was gone by evening.

It's important to get the ones with Bioflavonoid for the rutins and Hesperidins

to make it a 'complete' C.

Katy Brezger

My husband is as sick as a dog and has already missed 3 days of work,

which he really hates to do. He has severe cold symptoms and I am

wondering what does one do to boost immune function or at least shake

this bug which just seems to get worse and worse? Interestingly, knock

on wood, I am still healthy, I've been consuming a high fat low carb

diet which he does not really follow, but as of right now I feel fit as

a fiddle.

Dora

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[Guest guest]

I posted a couple of blog posts on this topic:

Long-term immunity building:

http://cheeseslave.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/10-ways-to-boost-immunity-10-ways-to\

-damage-it/

Short-term (what to do when you are sick):

http://cheeseslave.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/what-to-do-when-youre-sick/

In short, lots of chicken broth, beet kvass, kombucha, and kefir would be

good. And thymus gland if possible is excellent.

Also here is what my Russian nanny recommends -- sweat it out:

http://cheeseslave.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/russian-cold-remedy/

You could also have him take hot baths with lemon or clay -- detoxifies the

body.

Sorry for posting links but it would take too long to type all of that out!

I hope he feels better soon!

Ann Marie

On Feb 4, 2008 9:44 AM, Dora <adorablemama@...> wrote:

> My husband is as sick as a dog and has already missed 3 days of work,

> which he really hates to do. He has severe cold symptoms and I am

> wondering what does one do to boost immune function or at least shake

[Guest guest]

> In short, lots of chicken broth, beet kvass, kombucha, and kefir would be

> good. And thymus gland if possible is excellent.

For short time or long term immune boosting? And do you mean eat sweetbreads to

strengthen the immune system? How often?

Thanks for the links!

Kathy

[Guest guest]

Katy,

Taking 90g of vitamin C over three hours is pretty pointless. There is

no way anyone's GI tract can absorb that much that fast, so you're

going to have bad diarrhea. The diarrhea happens when excess

unabsorbed C moves into your lower bowels and pulls water into the

bowels due to osmosis. If you have loose bowels after taking vitamin

C, it means you took more than you could use and you should back off.

You are right that he sooner you start (after you realize you're

sick) the better. My own advice for stopping a cold is as follows:

Take 4 grams (4000 milligrams) of vitamin C every hour for at least 6

hours. If you get loose bowels, lower the dosage to 2 or 3 grams per

hour. If after a few hours you still feel the cold coming on or

getting worse, try increasing the dosage to 6-8 grams per hour. If you

start this treatment very early in the infection you should be able to

get over it in a day or less. As a precaution I would take 10-20 grams

a day for three days after you think you're all better, again using

your bowel tolerance as a guide. If you don't start vitamin C until

well into your cold (e.g., the first morning you wake up and feel sick

for sure), it's much harder to stop. You can reduce the duration but

you will have to take far more C than you would have at the very

beginning.

There is a lot of information online regarding vitamin C (ascorbate)

megadosing for colds and other illnesses. It can be overwhelming. My

advice above is based on my personal experience in treating colds with

large doses of C. It's awfully fun when you realize you defeated a

cold in record time!

Tom