Kids: Flu Prevention

The beauty of eating right and being conscious of what you put in your mouth is that you feel a better sense of control when flu season hits. Here is your arsenal to fight the fear of flu:

• Never feed your kids sugar first thing in the morning. Ingesting as little as 1 tblsp of refined sugar stalls the immune system for 4 hours. Keep breakfast a whole food affair. Don't send them off to school with their immune system shut down due to a high sugar cereal breakfast.
• Acidophiles. Supplement the good bacteria in your gut with a high grade acidophiles. Warning: the higher the bacteria count the worse the taste. Most kids acidophiles cut the taste with sugar. But getting good bacteria into their gut is what counts.
• Perfect Food. Start every day with a 4-6 oz glass of Perfect Food, Barley Green or some other barley green product. This oxygenates your blood with live chlorophyll and boosts your immune system. Kids should have a shot once every 3 days.
• Sleep. Take those phones out of their rooms. They cannot sleep from 9pm to 6:30am with a phone "charging" in their rooms. Don't worry about the grumpy looks - it's better than the flu!
• Play Dates. There is nothing wrong with asking your kids and their play dates to wash their hands, eat a piece of fruit and drink a bottle of water while they are at your home. You're the Mom. If you are not the Mom, no one else is!
• Cook Dinner. The more you eat out this flu season, the more you will be exposed to germs, preservatives, dead food and sugar/fat/salt. Let's face it, everyone looks at the menu and decides to treat themselves. Cook at home and focus on whole vegetables, brown rice and organic protein.
• Buy new toothbrushes. Cheap way to get rid of a ghastly amount of germs.
• Buy toothpaste. One per person. Watch how you apply toothpaste to your toothbrush. It probably touches the bristles. We can't have one tube of toothpaste touching every one's toothbrush.
• Tea Tree Oil. If you feel congestion coming on, create a vapor barrier of tea tree oil by rubbing it in your ears, up your nose and on the back of your tongue. Tea tree oil is a natural antiseptic with strong antibacterial qualities.
• Make water your drink of choice. If soda pop or Slurpees are a big part of your kid's lives, plan the treat for twice during the weekend. Let them decide the times so they feel a little control. Soda pop is instantly acidic to the system. All sick bodies are acidic. Water is alkalizing.