Swine Flu Pandemic Impending: Boost Your Immunity Now!

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(Free-Press-Release.com) May 4, 2009 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) raised the pandemic level for the Influenza A (H1N1) virus to phase 5, indicating a widespread human-to-human transmission in at least two countries. Yet there are no approved vaccines and limited anti-viral drugs.

Mount Kisco/NY, USA (Free-Press-Release.com) May 4, 2009 -- There are three strategies where a healthy diet and natural supplements can be helpful in warding off viruses, such as the Swine Flu. They are:

1. Immune system support
2. Regulation of the body's own inflammatory response

3. Anti-viral activity

1. Natural Products For Immune System Support: A healthy immune system is our only real defense against all the bacterial, viral and fungal organisms in our environment. It is best to have responsive and efficient immune system at the earliest exposure to the virus.

Consume more fermented foods and supplements in your diet. These help to build one's immunity by helping to maintain peak levels of natural killer cells and macrophages and by supporting cytokine production, which responds to infections.

2. Natural Products For Modulation of Body's Inflammatory Response: Inflammatory reactions provoked by the Influenza virus infection can contribute to organ and tissue damage and pneumonia.

It may be possible to diminish these damaging reactions by using anti-oxidants and natural anti-inflammatory products including, fermented soy supplements, Curcumin, Resveratrol, Selenium, Green tea, Quercetin and Omega-3 fatty acids.

3. Natural products with anti-viral properties: Green Tea has very effective antiviral properties. One cup of green tea provides 10-40 mg of polyphenols and has antioxidant effects greater than a serving of broccoli, spinach, carrots, or strawberries. The high antioxidant activity of green tea makes it beneficial for protecting the body.

Curcumin is the yellow compound active ingredient extract of tumeric. Curcuminoids have anticarcinogenic , anti-atherosclerotic, anti-inflammatory, (including anti-arthritic), anti-viral, antifungal and immune regulating properties.

Resveratrol is a compound found in large amounts in red wine, grape seeds, and Japanese knotweed. It has long been used in a variety of herbal medicines in China and Japan, where it is considered a tonic and life prolonging plant.

Judicious precautions have to be taken now in wake on the fact that there is a strong possibility of the virus returning in a more virulent form during the fall and winter months.

JIVA™ Supplements, www.jivasupplements.org, offers a line of supplements recommended by its founder Dr. Vijaya Nair MD, FAMS, MS, as they contain the natural ingredients discussed in this article and will help boost immunity, regulate inflammatory response and offer anti-viral properties. Dr. Nair recommends taking these supplements as soon as possible to get your body in the best condition to ward off Swine Flu.

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