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Flu InformationThe Bird Flu and You
by:
darren rieck
There is more news just about the Craniate
Bird Flu (H5N1), and several of it may be frightful sounding. Even as President Bush finally self-addressed
the issue in a recent speech. He mentioned that the US Military power be called in to help enforce a possible quarantine of those afflicted, since there is no immunizing agent for it.
This apparently is a worse case scenario, but it makes bring to light how more impact thing
like this flu could have. For years now, experts have been warning just about such a pandemic, whether or not it is the current H5N1 virus.
Currently the flu is only responsible for an calculable
65 deaths (October 2005 AP) and has been isolated to primarily Southeast Asia, a continent far away from the States.
The Earth Health Organization (WHO) and different worldwide health organizations have been warning the public and following the flu since its 1st happening in 1997 and HEALTHandFITNESS.com 1st reportable it as a news-headline in early 2005. The main concern is that this virus could change
and easily spread from human to human, which, in another worse case scenario, experts estimate would-be be fatal to a couple million and possibly up to as high as 100 million across the globe.
The most recent development has move from researchers who have reconstructed the world's most deadly flu virus, the Spanish Flu, a pandemic in 1918 that caused at least 50 million deaths (with several researchers stating up to 100 million).
As reportable in the journals Nature and Science, scientists now cognize that this flu started as a bird flu before mutating its way into the human population, raising the immediacy of understanding and, hopefully, dominant
the current bird flu.
What can you do?
Generally speaking, flu is most likely to become fatal to the really old, really young and those afflicted with chronic diseases.
This, however, was not true of the 1918 flu, which primarily affected young adults by filling their lungs with fluids that they submerged
in, but the better fight can be ready-made by those who have accumulated their own immune system's strength. By becoming healthier and stronger now, not later, you can improve your ability to prevent health problem and,if you do become afflicted, increase your ability to fight the flu.
Improve your immune system response by following these guides:
1. Eat Healthier Foods
Make it a point to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables by including them with every meal and for snacks throughout your day.
2. Exercise
Every day you need to do several type of exercise that lasts at least 60 minutes total. Emphasis should be on vas
exercises, but strength training
should be enclosed
to improve the figure of lean body tissue.
3. Proper Sleep
Many a of us are caught-up in working a great deal every day, including the
time for travel to and from activity and the stresses of that type of lifestyle. The better
combatant for this is to get proper sleep each night (6-8 hours on average).
4. Multi-Vitamins & Minerals
Even as the American Medical
Association (AMA) agrees that taking a multi-vitamin/mineral supplement is advisable
for every
adult. Be sure to pick an all-natural food-based aliment that includes close to 100% RDA of your
antioxidant requirements.
Just just about the author:
Darren Rieck is a Health Human (University of Cincinnati) and Environmental Specialist (UC Santa Barbara). Darren is the Publisher and Founder of the informational website HEALTHandFITNESS.com
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