Well, I'm stealing this idea from my Sis, who has a really cool blog ( Get Your Hair Done and Quit... ). It's to post one thing every day leading up to Yule (Winter Solstice) that I am grateful for. If I post till Yule, I'll get 22 things, but I wasn't including the day of, December 22.
So, today I am grateful for my immune system. Yes, that's right, my immune system. I know from being very sick at various times in my life, and from suffering from Fibromyalgia, that one should not take their immune system for granted. I take care of myself so that my immune system can thrive. It's been a long trek of learning and trial and error, but I found a recipe that works for me. If I don't waiver from it, I stay quite healthy and unaffected. When I falter, I immediately begin the homeopathic remedies I'm sure many of you know as well as I do.
Vit C - lots! like 1000mg to 1500 mg a day. I like Jamieson's Chewable Vit C with Blueberry extract.
Vit D - Right now I'm taking SISU brand Vit D2 (sourced for the veg-heads like myself) I tend to check for that with all my supplements
Echinacea - don't over do this one, just take it as recommended
Vit A - because there is no pre-formed Vit A available that is veg-head friendly, I boost through my digestive tract. With Organic Carrot Juice (great source! the fresher the better), Kale, Butternut Squash, Sweet Potato, Spinach... you'll get all you need.
Vit E - check the source if you're a veg-head ;)
Vit B - supplement is made synthetically(B1 is the veg-head friendly one)
Along with these, some of which I take daily or twice weekly all the time anyway with other supplements like Cal/Mag, I drink herbal tea concoctions.
Good ingredients for teas are Elderflowers, hibiscus flowers, oregano (the essential oil is fabulous), rosehips, rosemary (also a great essential oil), saw palmetto berries, thyme, blue vervain, I like adding organic Nettle Leaves as well. I'm sure there are plenty of others, but that's what I currently use.
So yeah, I don't have to use any of this very often, and I start using it when I feel the vestiges of sick, which totally bombards the sick away. Yay Immune System!! And I don't get anyone sick on set! Can't say others on set are quite as courteous, but mostly. ;D
I haven't had a bad cold in years, I am happy to say. And that's pretty great considering I used to get sick at least twice a year, for months and months at a time. Just when thought I was almost over the last one I would get sick again. Not any more! Yippee! (knock on wood and thank the Universe!!)
My day one gratitude is:
MY IMMUNE SYSTEM
Happy December 1st all! ;D
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