Welcome to "Avoid
Colds and Flus Naturally."
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I'm Doctor David
DeRose, a board-certified
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specialist in internal
and preventive medicine.
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I'm here to help
you master another
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very important medical subject.
I say "another," because
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this is one in a
series of presentations called
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LifeStart Seminars. I'm
glad to have you with us
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for today's
presentation. It was the fall of
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2014, and a
contagion was sweeping
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America. The contagion
wasn't infectious disease.
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The contagion of
fear, the Ebola virus,
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was on American
soil, seeming to spread
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indiscriminately. At
least, so it appeared.
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The experience caused me
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to write a book, Evading Ebola:
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Decrease Your Risk of Infection,
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Fare Far Better if Exposed.
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At the heart of
that book was something
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fundamental about
all infectious diseases.
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We can be exposed
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to serious viruses,
but can remain unscathed.
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That very theme
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comes front and
center as we speak now
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about a more common illness:
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the common cold.
There's another common illness:
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influenza (commonly
knows it as the flu).
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There was a
great irony of the the
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Ebola outbreak
of the United States
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and throughout the world
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(at least in
United States terms).
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We are surrounded by
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more lethal
illnesses that seem to cause us
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relatively little consternation.
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We're speaking
especially about colds.
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The viruses that
cause them typically
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don't do too much in
the way of devastation.
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There are some 200 viruses
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that attack the
upper respiratory system.
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If you look at the data,
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we experience (in
the United States alone)
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some one billion
infections a year.
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You're saying, "One
billion! There aren't that many
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people in the United States."
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If you look at
children, who are most at risk,
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some are
experiencing 6 to 10 (or more)
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episodes of colds per year.
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The average adult may
have 2 to 4 colds a year.
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Yes, it hurts our productivity.
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We may be feeling
under the weather. Many of us
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seem to just try
to fight through it
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and go about our daily lives.
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the problem is, although
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some of the viruses
causing the common cold
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are relatively innocuous. Others
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are not so.
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We all know what
a cold looks like:
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runny nose,
sneezing, sore throat.
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Maybe there's a dry
cough, headache or mild fever.
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Typically the symptoms last a
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few days to a week, maybe two.
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That's the common cold.
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An example of one of
the viruses causing colds
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are the
adenoviruses. This is a family
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of viruses that commonly
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cause the common cold.
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They can do more than that.
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They can cause croup,
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or bronchitis in the
lower respiratory tract.
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Adenoviruses can also
cause intestinal symptoms.
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They can affect
the eyes, the bladder,
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and can even cause
neurological disease.
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A cold may seem innocuous.
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If our immune system is
unhealthy or compromised,
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a virus that
causes the common cold
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can cause
devastating effects. If we
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turned to the next
viral illness that we're
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bringing under
sharp focus in this
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presentation, we
come to influenza.
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Influenza is a
true killer disease.
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Some 3,000 to 50,000 die in
the United States each year.
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It depends on the
severity of the influenza strain
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making the
rounds. Flu actually also
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gains entrance in
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similar ways as the cold.
We'll speak more about that.
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The incubation period
(the time from exposure to
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becoming clinically ill) is
generally two to three days.
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You can actually
transmit the influenza virus
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before you're ill.
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Classic symptoms are
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respiratory (like the
cold), only more severe.
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You can have a very high fever,
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severe muscle and joint pains.
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It can last a number of weeks.
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There is actually no such
thing as the "stomach flu."
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Usually that term
(when someone uses it)
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refers to food poisoning,
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something that we
call gastroenteritis.
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We will talk about that
some more. Gastroenteritis
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sometimes is caused by viruses,
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other times by
bacterial infection.
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The focus of this presentation
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is to help you avoid
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colds and flus naturally.
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What does that look
like? How do we avoid
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colds and flus naturally?
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Before we talk about that,
let me highlight one thing.
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Whether you
develop a cold or the flu,
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there are complications
that can arise that
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are not just
related to the virus itself.
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You can have severe pneumonia,
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sinus infections, or
secondary infections.
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Once you get the cold or flu,
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your immune system
is knocked down further.
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You can then pick
up something else.
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Just keep this in
mind. These are not
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innocuous diseases, even though
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you may have
had them many times,
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never experiencing anything
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too devastating.
Whether it's Ebola,
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colds, or flu,
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there's a common denominator
we need to talk about.
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The common
denominator is something called
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inapparent infection.
It's at the heart of my book,
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Evading Ebola. It's at
the heart of this subject
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of how we can
be exposed to colds
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and flus and not get sick.
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LifeStart Seminars,
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help you as
you're following along
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embarking on in a few minutes.
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It talks about
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natural strategies to deal
with illnesses. In this case,
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it's how to decrease
risk of viral infections
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like the cold. and
the flu. That paradigm
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is summarized in a
one-word phrase: LifeStart.
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The "L" stands for Liquids,
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the proper choice
of beverages and other
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applications of water.
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We talk about Interpersonal
Relationships ("I").
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We talk about the "F,"
which is Foods (nutrition).
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"E" stands for Exercise.
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We're going to see that
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all these things
have a role in helping us
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prevent viral
illnesses, or fend them off.
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We may not be able to go into
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deep detail about all them.
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I'm trying to walk
you through the construct,
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just to help you see.
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Even if you've heard it before,
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all these things apply
to viral illnesses as well.
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That's "Life."
"Start" is a mnemonic as well.
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It's an acronym, a
type of memory device.
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Each of the letters
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represents a
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natural remedy that can
help with viral illness.
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The "S" stands for Sunlight.
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"T" is for Temperance.
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"A" is Air.
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"R" is for Rest.
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"T" is for
Trust in Divine Power.
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Let's bring us all together.
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You can get the e
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resources on the website.
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We have advanced
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You can purchase my
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You can purchase
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programs, as well
as resources from other
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health
professionals. Back to the topic
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of inapparent infections,
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just what is an
inapparent infection?
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This is when a
person is infected
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with a virus, but
never gets clinically ill.
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They look fine,
maybe a little fatigued.
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They don't look
like they have the flu,
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but they're
infected with influenza.
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I'll give an illustration
that ramps up these stakes,
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as we're talking about these
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viral illnesses. I want
to tell you about one called
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Eastern equine encephalitis.
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If you live in the
western United States
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and never travel out east,
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you can rest assured. E.E.E.
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(Eastern equine encephalitis)
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is pretty much
confined to the Atlantic
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and Gulf Coast states.
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You're not going to
expect to find it in California.
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Having said that,
there is a Western
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equine encephalitis. As
you guessed by the name,
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this is a virus
that can affect horses,
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but also humans.
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If humans are infected,
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they can get very sick
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and develop
encephalitis, a brain infection.
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"Encephalitis" literally means
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"inflammation of the brain."
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You can get a terrible headache,
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high fever, chills, vomiting.
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In fact, if you know
much about Ebola, it's
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sounding a lot like that virus.
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Eastern equine encephalitis
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can cause disorientation,
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seizures, coma. You can die.
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Thirty three percent of people
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who develop clinical
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Eastern equine
encephalitis infection die.
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Those who survive
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have serious or
significant brain damage.
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You may ask, "Why are
we talking about this?
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Why isn't there a huge
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outpouring of fear about Eastern
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equine encephalitis?"
The reason is that
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there are only a few
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clinical cases each year.
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Most of the people
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infected with this
mosquito-borne virus
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never get sick.
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They have an
inapparent infection.
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Did you know the
same is true about
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the Ebola virus?
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With some serious viruses,
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like the Ebola
virus in West Africa,
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70 percent of the
people with it die.
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Research indicates
that many people in Africa
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have inapparent infections,
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have the Ebola
virus, but never get sick.
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This was a classic study
from Gabon Africa in 1996.
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Twenty-four had
contact with Ebola patients,
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each directly exposed
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to highly infectious materials
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(feces, vomit,
saliva, sweat, and blood).
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Not one of those
24 people became sick.
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Researchers checked these
individuals for infection.
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They found that 11 of the 24
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had been infected
with the Ebola virus,
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yet never got sick.
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Why am I talking about Ebola
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in the context
of colds and flus?
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I'm trying to
help you see something.
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We may think certain
viruses are innocuous,
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and others are dread illnesses.
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What I'm trying to help you see
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is, when it
comes to viral illness,
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many viruses
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can cause severe,
life-threatening complications.
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This mean some cold
viruses, for sure the flu.
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While we are afraid of Ebola,
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viruses like Eastern
equine encephalitis and the flu,
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claiming lives and
causing serious infection.
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I'm trying to give
you some good news,
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though it may seem
like I'm being morbid.
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You can come
into close proximity
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with serious,
even lethal viruses.
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Whether it's Ebola,
Eastern equine encephalitis,
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or influenza, you
don't have to be infected.
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Remember that study in Gabon.
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Twenty-four individuals,
intimately associated,
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and 13 of them
did not get infected.
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Even if you do get infected,
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or a virus gets a
foothold in your body,
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you have the
potential to fight it
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without ever getting sick.
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That is good news. It applies
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not only to
serious illnesses, but also
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to colds and flus.
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Hopefully you're
hearing how potentially
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very serious these are.
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What researchers
found with Ebola is the same
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that we're finding
with colds and flus.
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The key is the
person's immune system.
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What I'm suggesting
is that we need to live
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a lifestyle that is aware
00:14:33.94\00:14:36.77
of the presence of
viruses in our midst.
00:14:36.81\00:14:38.87
when I wrote Evading
Ebola, I said we should live
00:14:38.91\00:14:41.51
an Ebola-aware lifestyle.
00:14:41.54\00:14:43.04
When speaking
about colds and flus,
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you should live a cold
and flu-aware lifestyle.
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This is a part of
the LifeStart Seminars.
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What do you think
we'll focus on in LifeStart?
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We're going focus on liquids,
interpersonal relations, and
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foods. Let's
start with the liquids.
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The most important concept,
when it comes to liquids,
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is hygiene.
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It's the external
application of water
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to articles like your hands.
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We're speaking of hand washing.
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When it comes to
any infectious agents
00:15:29.32\00:15:33.73
(viral as well as
bacterial agents),
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one key issue is
called the infective dose.
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You can be exposed to a virus
or bacteria but never get sick,
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if you don't get
exposed to enough of them.
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It's just like
a battle or a war.
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Let's say you're at
war with another country.
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Someone says, "
We're sending two soldiers
00:15:53.35\00:15:55.22
onto American
soil to wipe you out."
00:15:55.25\00:15:57.65
You're saying,
"Come on--two soldiers?
00:15:57.69\00:15:59.49
I don't care where they land.
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How much damage
can two soldiers do?"
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It may be a lot,
00:16:03.22\00:16:04.83
but they're not going
to overrun the country.
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It's the same
with infectious agents.
00:16:06.76\00:16:08.63
Let's talk about food poisoning.
00:16:08.66\00:16:10.60
We mentioned that misnomer of
00:16:10.63\00:16:13.27
stomach flu
(there's no such thing).
00:16:13.30\00:16:16.64
Gastroenteritis
means inflammation
00:16:16.67\00:16:19.57
of the
intestines in the stomach.
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You've got gastroenteritis
00:16:21.81\00:16:24.35
(or the potential for
it) if you're exposed to
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Campylobacter
Jejuni. Campylobacter causes
00:16:27.15\00:16:31.45
two million infections in
the United States every year.
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Most people have
never heard about it.
00:16:34.92\00:16:37.43
You'll have
diarrhea, maybe some vomiting,
00:16:37.46\00:16:40.43
but it doesn't
leave its calling card.
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If you've said, "I've got
00:16:43.97\00:16:45.87
food poisoning," or,
"I've got the stomach flu," you
00:16:45.90\00:16:48.67
shouldn't be
using that terminology.
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Why am I repeating
it? Campylobacter Jejuni
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could be
contaminating your food.
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You need somewhere
between 500 and 10,000 bacteria
00:16:59.01\00:17:03.92
to get infected.
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You're saying, "That's a
big range, 500 to 10,000.
00:17:05.22\00:17:08.29
Why is there such a range?"
00:17:08.32\00:17:09.36
Our immune systems have varying
00:17:09.39\00:17:13.09
fortitude. Let me
mention something else.
00:17:13.13\00:17:17.10
If you're taking medications
00:17:17.13\00:17:20.27
to suppress stomach acid,
00:17:20.30\00:17:22.77
you are suppressing one
of the lines of defense,
00:17:22.80\00:17:25.67
when it comes to
infectious agents
00:17:25.71\00:17:27.71
entering through the oral tract.
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Campylobacter comes
through the oral tract.
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Your food could be contaminated.
00:17:32.78\00:17:34.58
Someone working
in the restaurant
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might not have
followed signs like "All
00:17:37.52\00:17:41.46
Employees Must Wash Their
Hands Before Returning to Work."
00:17:41.49\00:17:44.16
They didn't do
that. They were sick,
00:17:44.19\00:17:46.73
Campylobacter
in their excrement.
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They pass it
along when handling your
00:17:49.70\00:17:52.60
food. I know that's
not a pleasant thought,
00:17:52.63\00:17:55.57
but it can happen.
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If you are being more hygienic,
00:17:57.74\00:18:00.14
even if you're
exposed to Campylobacter,
00:18:00.18\00:18:02.71
you may not
develop the infection.
00:18:02.74\00:18:05.31
Other infectious
agents are more virulent
00:18:05.35\00:18:08.08
(in other words, a smaller
00:18:08.12\00:18:09.58
number of viruses or
bacteria cause infection).
00:18:09.62\00:18:13.09
Salmonella Typhi,
00:18:13.12\00:18:14.82
the agent that
causes typhoid fever,
00:18:14.86\00:18:18.19
takes maybe 15
to 1,000 bacteria.
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That's tenfold or less than
00:18:21.40\00:18:25.40
Campylobacter
needs to infect someone.
00:18:25.43\00:18:28.24
You can have a few
Salmonella bacteria
00:18:28.27\00:18:31.07
(Salmonella
Typhi) and not get sick.
00:18:31.11\00:18:33.61
Ebola seems to take
fewer viruses then those
00:18:33.64\00:18:39.38
other agents.
00:18:39.41\00:18:43.99
Let's say you're
exposed to those things.
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Let's make this
scenario a little different.
00:18:46.62\00:18:48.76
Let's say the restaurant
worker uses the restroom,
00:18:48.79\00:18:54.96
then washes his or her hands.
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Let's deepen the
plot a little bit.
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The restaurant
worker uses the restroom,
00:19:03.14\00:19:06.78
does not wash their hands,
00:19:06.81\00:19:09.61
and opens the bathroom
door, contaminating it.
00:19:09.64\00:19:14.32
As they're going
to prepare the food,
00:19:14.35\00:19:16.99
they say, "I'd
better wash my hands.
00:19:17.02\00:19:19.32
I can't contaminate the
food," then wash their hands.
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The food won't be
contaminated with Campylobacter.
00:19:21.66\00:19:24.73
It's on the door
handle of the bathroom.
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You go into that bathroom.
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We're applying
this concept of using
00:19:29.53\00:19:32.13
liquids and washing your hands.
00:19:32.17\00:19:33.74
You use the bathroom,
00:19:33.77\00:19:35.14
washing and drying your hands.
00:19:35.17\00:19:38.41
You throw the paper towel
out, open the bathroom door.
00:19:38.44\00:19:43.41
You can
contaminate your washed hand
00:19:43.45\00:19:46.48
with that dirty door
handle in the bathroom.
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After washing your hands,
00:19:50.65\00:19:53.36
you could use a paper
towel to open the door.
00:19:53.39\00:19:55.82
Do you see the difference?
00:19:55.86\00:19:57.36
Things in that
bathroom may be contaminated.
00:19:57.39\00:20:00.86
This includes the
faucet and the door.
00:20:00.90\00:20:03.40
It could even include
the paper towel dispenser.
00:20:03.43\00:20:06.70
Think about that.
00:20:06.74\00:20:08.07
Keep your hands clean,
00:20:08.10\00:20:09.57
and you can decrease the risk
00:20:09.60\00:20:11.11
of infectious diseases,
00:20:11.14\00:20:12.27
not just
Campylobacter and Salmonella.
00:20:12.31\00:20:15.48
This is how
00:20:15.51\00:20:16.85
the flu and common colds
are effectively transmitted.
00:20:16.88\00:20:19.85
Someone blows their nose,
00:20:19.88\00:20:22.12
they have a cold or the flu.
00:20:22.15\00:20:24.29
They then open the door
00:20:24.32\00:20:26.69
to the establishment. We're
00:20:26.72\00:20:27.89
not talking
about a bathroom door.
00:20:27.92\00:20:29.56
We're talking about
walking into a grocery store.
00:20:29.59\00:20:32.26
You say, "They have electric
00:20:32.29\00:20:33.46
doors, Doctor DeRose."
00:20:33.50\00:20:34.40
Whatever door you
have to handle, you handle.
00:20:34.46\00:20:37.10
They're touching
boxes in the grocery store.
00:20:37.13\00:20:39.40
They're touching the fruit.
00:20:39.43\00:20:40.77
You touch the fruit
00:20:40.80\00:20:42.60
that has been exposed to
00:20:42.64\00:20:46.14
an adenovirus.
00:20:46.17\00:20:47.84
You then rub your eye
00:20:47.88\00:20:49.84
or nose.
00:20:49.88\00:20:51.91
You have just
inoculated yourself
00:20:51.95\00:20:54.05
with a virus.
00:20:54.08\00:20:55.98
It all starts with liquids.
00:20:56.02\00:20:58.05
Use liquids, clean
your hands thoroughly.
00:20:58.09\00:21:01.19
Wash thoroughly,
00:21:01.22\00:21:02.59
especially before
touching your face,
00:21:02.62\00:21:04.63
your eyes, or eating food.
00:21:04.66\00:21:08.03
You will decrease your risk of
00:21:08.06\00:21:11.17
developing colds,
flus, and other more
00:21:11.20\00:21:14.87
serious infections.
00:21:14.90\00:21:17.17
Let's talk about
the use of hydrotherapy.
00:21:17.21\00:21:20.11
Water therapy can
help decrease your risk
00:21:20.14\00:21:22.58
of colds and flus.
00:21:22.61\00:21:23.85
Many people don't realize this.
00:21:23.88\00:21:25.48
If your
respiratory tract is very dry,
00:21:25.51\00:21:28.92
the mucosa (the
lining) is not moist.
00:21:28.95\00:21:34.09
That increases your risk
00:21:34.12\00:21:36.62
of developing colds or flus.
00:21:36.66\00:21:38.66
Bacteria or viruses
00:21:38.69\00:21:40.86
(colds and flus
are viral illnesses)
00:21:40.90\00:21:43.70
can get a foothold
00:21:43.73\00:21:45.10
into your mucosa easily.
00:21:45.13\00:21:48.37
What do you do?
00:21:48.40\00:21:50.67
How do you prevent
00:21:50.71\00:21:52.07
your mucosa from drying out?
00:21:52.11\00:21:55.54
You can use a
humidifier in your room.
00:21:55.58\00:21:58.11
Have you ever
thought about that at night?
00:21:58.15\00:21:59.88
Some say, "I don't
want to buy a humidifier."
00:21:59.91\00:22:02.08
One of my friends, who is a
00:22:02.12\00:22:05.15
family practice doctor,
00:22:05.19\00:22:07.99
actually has
people put a Crock Pot
00:22:08.02\00:22:10.66
in their bedroom with
a layer of water in it.
00:22:10.69\00:22:14.66
You use the Crock Pot
during the day for cooking.
00:22:14.73\00:22:19.03
You use it at
night during the cold and
00:22:19.07\00:22:20.94
flu season when
the humidity is low.
00:22:20.97\00:22:23.14
The colder the air is,
00:22:23.17\00:22:24.64
the less humid it will be
00:22:24.67\00:22:25.84
(especially in
drier parts of the US).
00:22:25.87\00:22:27.81
You can have
that vaporizer going
00:22:27.84\00:22:30.31
throughout the
night. It will keep your
00:22:30.35\00:22:32.08
mucous membrane moist,
00:22:32.11\00:22:34.62
decreasing your
risk of colds and flus.
00:22:34.65\00:22:37.12
We've talked about
liquids to some extent.
00:22:37.15\00:22:39.85
That's just the
first of nine strategies
00:22:39.89\00:22:43.12
in the LifeStart
paradigm, that acronym.
00:22:43.16\00:22:46.46
What about the rest?
00:22:46.49\00:22:47.66
Let's jump to
exercise at this point.
00:22:47.66\00:22:50.20
Exercise is so
important for the immune system.
00:22:50.23\00:22:52.50
Back in 2011,
00:22:52.53\00:22:55.60
Doctor David Nieman
00:22:55.64\00:22:56.84
and his colleagues at
Appalachian State University
00:22:56.87\00:22:59.41
looked at the
incidence of colds and flus
00:22:59.44\00:23:02.84
in that North
Carolina community.
00:23:02.88\00:23:05.41
Individuals aged 18 to 85
were included in the study,
00:23:05.45\00:23:09.58
men and women.
00:23:09.62\00:23:11.55
They followed these individuals
00:23:11.59\00:23:13.69
for 12 weeks during
the cold and flu season.
00:23:13.72\00:23:17.46
What they found
was quite remarkable.
00:23:17.49\00:23:19.53
Those who were
exercising on a regular basis
00:23:19.56\00:23:22.63
(five or more days per week)
00:23:22.66\00:23:25.03
were compared to those who were
00:23:25.07\00:23:26.97
exercising less
than two days per week.
00:23:27.00\00:23:30.87
Frequent exercisers had
about half the likelihood
00:23:30.91\00:23:34.88
of having colds and
flus and the symptoms
00:23:34.91\00:23:37.65
related to those illnesses.
00:23:37.68\00:23:39.28
They may have had an
inapparent infection.
00:23:39.31\00:23:41.82
Exercise is an immune enhancer
00:23:41.85\00:23:44.52
with moderate exercise.
00:23:44.55\00:23:46.29
I stress "moderate exercise,"
00:23:46.32\00:23:48.09
as illustrated in the
00:23:48.12\00:23:51.59
Exercise
Immunology Review, in 2010.
00:23:51.63\00:23:54.93
Excessive exercise
00:23:54.93\00:23:57.13
(as often occurs with athletes)
00:23:57.17\00:24:00.30
suppresses the immune system.
00:24:00.34\00:24:02.07
This particular
study looked at a dozen
00:24:02.10\00:24:05.27
athletes, engaged in two
hours of exhaustive exercise
00:24:05.31\00:24:10.55
on an exercise bicycle.
00:24:10.58\00:24:12.81
Researchers found
that, after exercise
00:24:12.85\00:24:15.18
white blood cells (that help
fight off viruses like Ebola)
00:24:15.22\00:24:21.32
dropped. It dropped two,
four hours after exercise.
00:24:21.36\00:24:25.26
It stayed at a low
level, did not return to normal,
00:24:25.29\00:24:29.40
even after 24 hours.
00:24:29.43\00:24:31.13
Do not
over-exercise. Another natural
00:24:31.17\00:24:36.67
element that can help prevent
colds and flus is in that
00:24:36.71\00:24:39.71
LifeStart acronym
is Air (fresh air).
00:24:39.74\00:24:42.38
The single
worst thing you can do
00:24:42.41\00:24:44.51
is expose yourself
to cigarette smoke.
00:24:44.55\00:24:46.72
Research goes back
to the 1919 influenza
00:24:46.75\00:24:50.69
epidemic. This is
an anecdotal story,
00:24:50.72\00:24:53.32
something told
in medical circles.
00:24:53.36\00:24:55.99
Some of these things
are hard to document.
00:24:56.02\00:24:59.03
Apparently, in California
(where I call my home)
00:24:59.06\00:25:03.60
many suffered from
the influenza epidemic, as
00:25:03.63\00:25:07.70
was the case
throughout the world.
00:25:07.74\00:25:09.94
Doctors ran out of
space in the hospital.
00:25:09.97\00:25:12.41
They moved some
patients out into tents,
00:25:12.44\00:25:17.55
tried to keep
them warm by putting
00:25:17.58\00:25:20.52
how water bottles at their feet.
00:25:20.55\00:25:22.42
The story is, these
individuals fared better
00:25:22.45\00:25:27.42
(the ones outdoors
getting fresh air).
00:25:27.46\00:25:29.82
This is just an
interesting insight.
00:25:29.86\00:25:31.76
Don't lock yourself up
00:25:31.79\00:25:33.53
in your room. Keep
some fresh air circulating,
00:25:33.56\00:25:36.00
even if you're fighting
00:25:36.03\00:25:37.07
an infection, but
don't get chilled.
00:25:37.10\00:25:38.77
Let's talk about a
few more things, like
00:25:38.80\00:25:42.50
foods and immunity.
00:25:42.54\00:25:44.44
Steve Provacha, a physician at
00:25:44.47\00:25:46.44
Kaiser Permanente,
00:25:46.47\00:25:47.78
the California-based
00:25:47.81\00:25:50.68
healthcare provider, the HMO.
00:25:50.71\00:25:53.15
He actually
00:25:53.18\00:25:54.65
wrote an
interesting article that
00:25:54.68\00:25:56.72
appeared in medical
hypotheses years ago.
00:25:56.75\00:25:59.05
Looking at the research, he
00:25:59.09\00:26:01.72
found that when you
eat animal products,
00:26:01.76\00:26:04.16
the stress system of
the body is activated.
00:26:04.19\00:26:07.40
You may know
about stress hormones.
00:26:07.40\00:26:09.86
Stress hormones
decrease inflammation.
00:26:09.90\00:26:11.93
That's why we
give cortisone shots.
00:26:11.97\00:26:13.90
When you decrease inflammation,
00:26:13.94\00:26:15.94
you suppress the immune system.
00:26:15.97\00:26:17.51
Provacha's work
made a strong case.
00:26:17.54\00:26:21.14
For our immune
systems to function optimally,
00:26:21.18\00:26:25.21
we want to keep
animal product intakes low.
00:26:25.25\00:26:29.42
We want to increase
our intake of fruits,
00:26:29.45\00:26:32.15
grains,
vegetables, nuts, and seeds.
00:26:32.19\00:26:36.12
Let me come back to
Liquids, since we're
00:26:36.16\00:26:38.59
speaking about
the stress system.
00:26:38.63\00:26:40.16
Many of us take a beverage
00:26:40.20\00:26:42.63
that ramps up
our stress hormones.
00:26:42.66\00:26:44.47
That beverage is
anything containing caffeine.
00:26:44.50\00:26:47.44
Caffeinated
beverages ramp up the stress
00:26:47.47\00:26:50.21
system of the body.
That's why it wakes you up.
00:26:50.24\00:26:53.11
Think about how
the stress system
00:26:53.14\00:26:55.98
suppresses the immune system.
00:26:56.01\00:26:58.25
Stay away from caffeine
00:26:58.28\00:26:59.88
during cold and flu season.
00:26:59.91\00:27:01.95
You may be surprised.
00:27:01.98\00:27:03.15
Another beverage with
immune-suppressing effects
00:27:03.18\00:27:05.95
is alcohol.
00:27:05.99\00:27:07.16
Alcohol has
immune-suppressing effects.
00:27:07.19\00:27:09.99
It's something else
I recommend you avoid.
00:27:10.03\00:27:12.83
On the flip side, let's get
00:27:12.86\00:27:13.96
back to our LifeStart acronym.
00:27:14.00\00:27:15.60
You want to get more
sunshine in the winter.
00:27:15.63\00:27:19.47
If you're much
00:27:19.50\00:27:20.70
further north of
Bakersfield, California, or
00:27:20.74\00:27:23.00
Chattanooga, Tennessee,
00:27:23.04\00:27:24.57
you wont make vitamin D
by getting out in the sun.
00:27:24.61\00:27:27.44
Take a vitamin D
supplement. It's vital.
00:27:27.48\00:27:30.18
Sleep, rest, and
stress management
00:27:30.21\00:27:33.15
are vital to
optimal immune functioning.
00:27:33.18\00:27:35.38
That pretty much
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