ot question

[Ruatha]

Alcohol won't cure you a bit, neither will it have an noticable disadvantages concerning the cold (unless you take too much or you have to go out and it's very cold (read canada, alaska, scandinavia etc on the winter)).

It may very well make you feel better though, not to disregard

[ May 23, 2003, 17:01: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

[Gryphin]

You may or may not want to skip alcahole. It kills white blood cells.

It does make you feel better.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

my reason for avioding colds is i'm tired of getting them, it's like i've got a cold magnet or something. they say there's 300 of them, and i think the only reason i'm getting less is i've had 150.
i'll be sure to tell my sis about peppers.
thanks, your all way more helpfull than i even asked for. pat yourselves on the back, and don't dislocate your shoulders.

[Fyron]

I did not say that vitamins will prevent you from ever getting a cold. But, vitamins are essential to the operation of your immune system. A deficiency of vitamins will cause your immune system to operate at less than peak efficiency. A balanced diet (food pyramid anyone? ) gives you all the vitamins you'll ever need.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

my mom eats raw onions when she has a cold. i think she intimidates the virii into leaving.

[Ruatha]

My wife forces me to take strange distasteful things when I get a cold (Ginko biloba, Echinacea purpurea etc).

To her it would seem as it works as I now try very much to hide it if I get a cold as I don't want that puke provoking stuff!
And when I get a cold she just have to threaten with it to make me better

[oleg]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
my mom eats raw onions when she has a cold. i think she intimidates the virii into leaving.

Yeah ! That is my idea too why vodka ca be so helpfull: no bug can live in pure 40% C2H5OH

[ May 25, 2003, 23:47: Message edited by: oleg ]

[Taera]

((NOT TALKING FROM EXPERIENCE ON THE NEXT PARAGRAPH - ONLY SPECULATIONS))
alcohol is a bad idea for when you're having anything stronger than mild cold/infection because it acts on your blood system and heart - which are already working on emergency regime. you need all the blood you can get and dont want to load your liver with additional load.

as for the rest, onions and garlic are very strong natural antiviral medicines - as a matter of fact if you have a flu going in a house you can put garlic to a few corners and that'll make things harder on the bug. onions help sustain current illnesses and helps your immune system.

but the best cure is rest

[oleg]

Originally posted by Taera:
... as a matter of fact if you have a flu going in a house you can put garlic to a few corners and that'll make things harder on the bug...

Ha-hmm. That' the textbook recipe against vampires. Are you sure you had the diagnosis right ?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

well, vampires fly.