We the undersigned,promote living a 'natural' healthy lifestyle, that embraces cultural medicine, herbalism, rigorous exercise, meditation and internal exercises, and optimizing diet and nutrition in order to thrive in a modern environment with increased social and environmental stress. We promote honest information at the University of Maryland, and aim to bring it to the public.
The efficacy of the flu vaccine(s) have been questioned for years. Cochrane reviews from 2006-2010 have all found moderate to almost no effectiveness in all age groups. Recently, researchers at the University of Minnesota found a 59% pooled effectiveness of the influenza vaccine in over two dozen studies. This study was featured on ABC as being a large shock to the belief that the flu vaccine guarantees prevention against the flu.
There is plenty of scientific research however pointing to the fact that vitamin D prevents against flu (PMID: 20219962), green tea is helpful against the flu (PMID: 21832305), and psychological stress is not helpful agains the flu (PMID: 10204970). Herbal medicine has approaches that are also based on evidence; Elderberries, a common folklore medicine against the flu, has been shown to inhibit many strains of the influenza virus (PMID: 9395631).
The Flu Vaccine costs you $15 dollars at the Health Center. Green tea costs you $4. Exercising at the ERC or going to the rock climbing wall, or doing some sprints and then meditating after for 10 minutes, or doing some yoga, costs you $0. At the Smile Herb Shop on Berwyn Road, an ounce of Elderberries costs you less than $3. A vitamin D supplement costs you $5. Steamed broccoli or kale costs you another $3, and now we're at $15 in addition to a healthy beautiful sustainable lifestyle.
Get on the next level, and shift this paradigm.
