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Elderberry Juice: A Natural Alternative to H1N1 Flu Vaccine

by Frank Liao | October 14, 2009 at 03:47 pm

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Some East Texans residents don't plan on getting an H1N1 flu vaccine shot when they become available. Instead, they are opting for natural remedies like taking vitamin C supplements or drinking elderberry juice.

Those that opt for natural remedies believe that they are more effective than an H1N1 flu vaccination at preventing flu. There is some level of distrust in the ingredients that go into the H1N1 vaccine, and whether there might be some adverse side effects to taking it.

She said natural supplements boost the immune system and help combat the flu. "Vitamin D," said Dr. Kitley. "We're finding out that it really helps to fight infections off."

To learn how to make your own elderberry juice, I recommend checking out eHow.com's excellent and simple recipe on mixing the drink.

I'm dying to hear from those who have either eaten the fruit or drank the juice; I can't recall ever doing either. It makes me wonder what it actually tastes like.

I would love to have first hand experience because of people who say the complete opposite and don't believe in elderberries containing miracle properties that boost our immune system.

"There is a propensity on the part of unscrupulous marketers, every time there is a health scare, to say, 'I can take care of your problem for $39.95,'" McGuffin said in a recent interview. "If the promise sounds too good to be true, it probably is."

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Emma2 (not verified)

at 07:23 on October 15th, 2009

Influenza is transmitted by coughs and sneezes from an infected person. Coughing and sneezing puts the virus into the air as an aerosol that is inhaled into the lungs of the next victim.