Colds and flu are caused by viruses rather than bacteria yet we take our children to the Dr. and they get an antibiotic.

The Centers for Disease Control now say DO NOT take your child for antibiotics when they have the flu or a cold because the over use of antibiotics is contributing to the development of antibiotic resistant strains of disease organisms.

Likewise, research shows that the flu shot is not significantly decreasing deaths among elderly due to respiratory issues.  This is because the deaths are not due to flu, they are due to pneumonia, which is something that can easily set in when the immune system is down, the water levels in the body are low, and the person does not get up and move around to allow the lungs to breathe deeply and clear out mucous.  Excess mucous provides a nice moist nutrient-rich environment for viruses, bacteria, and fungi to grow.

So what is a better idea?

PREVENT it in the first place!

Therapeutic Quality essential oils each have hundreds of constituents, many of which are antimicrobial, these work together to disable the virus, bacteria, fungus, or even staph.  Because there are so many different molecules in the oil, the microbe does not have an opportunity to mutate into a resistant strain as it can in the presence of a single antibiotic molecule or even a triple antibiotic.

At Young Living, a powerful blend of oils called Thieves may be the protection your family needs.  Thieves is used in a mold remediation and prevention protocol and plays the starring role in a set or oral care and hand sanitizing products.

Thieves is named such because it is designed after a blend used by a band of grave robbers during the bubonic plague… They were apothecaries and spice traders who KNEW that the herbs and oils would protect them from getting the plague and so they robbed the deceased with abandon.  These same oils can help you stay healthy during the cold and flu season.

Diffusing Thieves in the home, especially in areas where children gather to play can eliminate enough of those little germs to allow you a healthy winter season.

I also suggest using the household cleaner on a regular basis, you can even use it in the laundry.

Instead of those commercial single antibiotic had sanitizers, check out the Thieves hand sanitizer- it does not have the harmful chemicals that commercially available hand sanitizers contain.  More on Thieves here.

If someone does come down ill, have on hand “Inner Defense” capsules which contain Thieves oil along with Oegano, Thyme, and Citronella as a great defense against common diseases.

WATER- is another key element in staying healthy-  as a generaly rule you should drink 1 ounce for each 2 pounds of body weight.  Extreme cold or heat, illness, stress or caffeine and sugar containing products increase the water need.  Remember this at all those Holiday festivities and ask for a glass of water!

The easiest way to try the Thieves products is with the Thieves Start Living Kit from Young Living.  This gets a $67 savings and entitles you to wholesale pricing on other Young Living products!  Use Referral number 304046 to order.  Contact me with questions…. email hidden; JavaScript is required