WHY I NEVER GET FLU SHOTS

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http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/11/26/flu-shots-part-two.aspxWhy I Never Get Flu Shots by Chet DayReprinted with permission from Chet Day's Health & Beyond Every year about this time, quite a few people write me and ask,"My Doctor tells me to get my annual flu shot. Should I do it?" Well, I don't diagnose or prescribe, and what you do with yourbody remains entirely up to you and your doctor (if you still go to adoctor), but I'll gladly tell you what I do regarding flu shots...I avoid them like the plague.In fact, at age 52, I've never had a flu shot, and it would take aMarine nurse and at least four burly wrestlers the size of JessieVentura to hold me down and give me one.Perhaps you already sense I have strong feelings about flu shots?These feelings stem from personal opinion, reading, and dramatic personal experience.First off, I don't think toxic chemicals and virus strains grown onliving tissue belong in the human body, even when they're packaged insterile glass vials.Since my family and I don't rely on doctors anymore, I don't haveaccess to an insert that reveals the composition of this year's fluvaccine, but I did find some general information at the Concerned Parents for Vaccine Safety web site, where I learned about some of the ingredients used to make vaccines.Do you want any of the following vaccine constituents in YOUR bloodstream?Ethylene glycol (antifreeze) Phenol, also known as carbolic acid (this is used as a disinfectant, dye) Formaldehyde, a known cancer-causing agent Aluminum, which is associatedwith Alzheimer's disease and seizures and also cancer producing inlaboratory mice (it is used as an additive to promote antibodyresponse) Thimerosal (a mercury disinfectant/preservative) can result in brain injury and autoimmune disease Neomycin and Streptomycin (used as antibiotics) have caused allergic reaction in some people. Vaccines are also grown and strained through animal or human tissuelike monkey kidney tissue, chicken embryo, embryonic guinea pig cells,calf serum, and human diploid cells (the dissected organs of abortedhuman fetuses as in the case of rubella, hepatitis A, and chickenpoxvaccines).Well, I refuse to put all of the above in my body, and I hope whenyour doctor starts telling you it's time for your annual flu shot thatyou'll require him to defend the annual injection. You or yourinsurance company's probably paying eighty bucks for a visit, so getyour money's worth.Have your doctor read you the insert that comes with the vaccine.Then have him/her explain why it makes sense to inject toxicchemicals into the human body and how such substances can aid thedelicate immune system.Related Stories:Six Ways to Avoid the Winter Flu - And Flu Shot Isn't One of ThemRisks of FluMist Vaccine Beware of Colds If You Are Under Stress Chances are he/she will fall back on questionable statistical anddemographic explanations that the medical establishment has used fordecades to justify immunization.Try to engage your doctor in a non-confrontational discussionbecause this is an opportunity for him/her to actually give someserious thought to what he/she is injecting into bodies of patients dayafter day after day.Many traditional doctors who haven't studied diet and lifestylearen't going to change unless we help to educate them to what drugs andvaccines may really be doing long-term to people.Okay, to speak from personal experience for a moment, let's lookover our shoulders to 1990, a time period before the Day family turnedto natural methods of building health.In February of 1990, right after my wife's major cancer surgery in January, her doctor recommended a flu shot.Almost immediately after the injection, my wife started feeling ill.Overnight she came down with the worst case of flu she'd ever had.She went to bed and literally didn't get up again for more than a few hours at a time for years afterwards. Only now, almost a decade later, is she finally regaining full health and energy.I don't have space or enough heart yet to tell my wife's entire story, though I'll do it one of these days, but if you'll click here,you can read an article written by another CFIDS sufferer, an articlethat shows the cause and effect connection between flu vaccines andterrible immune disorders.Okay, I'm a realist so if was still thinking traditionally, part ofme would almost buy into the typical rationale for flu vaccines, thatso many people are spared the annual flu and only a few die or havetheir lives ruined after being injected.I'd buy into that if I were convinced that injecting a filthy substance into the body actually made sense.Unfortunately, once I stopped buying into the big medical lies abouttheir drug, cut, and burn system, I started questioning all of it.And when one digs into the vaccine history (check out the Swine Fluvaccine if you want a real horror story) and scientific research(especially in Europe), it quickly becomes apparent that nobody really knows what these toxic stews of chemicals and microorganisms do in the human body.Well, readers and a few medical professionals have called me asimple-minded dolt on more than one occasion, but since 1993 I'veapproached the yearly flu shot hype with the understanding that if Ieat and live properly, I won't have to worry about catching the flu. The flu vaccine I use -- eating and living as close to nature as I can -- actually works.Not only that, but it doesn't cost a dime, and nobody's going tohave his/her life ruined because of a "bad batch" of vaccine thattriggers some mysterious autoimmune disease that lays a person out ofcommission for years.But let's say you don't want to eat and live close to nature.Okay, I can understand that, but my next question would be "Which isbetter? Some rest time with the flu or having toxic chemicals injectedinto your bloodstream?"I mean, seriously, before I got healthy I almost looked forwardto a yearly bout with influenza because it meant I could go to bed andget some rest instead of working practically every waking moment of mylife.I might add that I haven't missed more than two consecutive days of work from an illness for almost five years,so a non-vaccine approach does work for me. This non-drug approach hasresulted in a level of health that continually amazes me, especiallywhen I see other men and women my age who are miserable and withoutenergy. Men and women who spend all too much of their time driftingfrom doctor to doctor in endless pursuit of solutions that don't get tothe cause of their problems -- diet and life style.Revolutionary New Krill for Women — Perfect for Female HealthFind Out More Dr. Mercola's Comments: Chet Day is right on target here. He is one of the few newsletter writers that I am in virtual 100% agreement with. I have heard some authors state that there is a directcorrelation of the number of flu shots one has and the incidence ofAlzheimer's. This would be due to the aluminum and mercury that is putin every flu shot.I could not agree more with his recommendations. I am fond ofproviding the following answer to people who ask me if they should geta flu shot.I tell them "Only if they want to get the flu".I am glad to see Chet has gone for five years without missing two consecutive days of work. In the last 20 yearsthough, I have not missed one day of work due to an illness. Now mydiet and lifestyle program has NOT always been perfect, far from it.But for the most part I am following an optimized program.The only miracle here though is that God has given us suchwonderful bodies that if even come close to following an optimal diet,exercise and rest, we will have a high likelihood of immunity fromillness.Related Articles: Flu Shot is Not Cost Effective For Adults But is For Children? Flu Drug Relenza May Damage Lungs Stress and the Flu Flu Drug May Affect Central Nervous System and How The Flu Can Really Be Treated The True Y2K Bug: Flu Virus Hits Nation With A Vengeance