Posted on 03/17/2020 9:01:07 AM PDT by rebuildus
In my last post, I featured little-discussed (and natural) weapons to fight Coronavirus—namely sleep, rest, meditation/prayer and food choices. Today, I want to speak briefly about three more natural weapons—fresh air, sunlight, and exercise.
One thing we have to remember about natural weapons is that they can be easily overlooked, because they are simple and free or low cost. Fresh air, sunlight, and exercise are exactly that.
Fresh Air and Sun Power! A recent Medium article, Coronavirus and the Sun: A Lesson from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, well-explained the value of these natural powerhouses. Here’s the money quote:
Put simply, medics found that severely ill flu patients nursed outdoors recovered better than those treated indoors. A combination of fresh air and sunlight seems to have prevented deaths among patients; and infections among medical staff. There is scientific support for this. Research shows that outdoor air is a natural disinfectant. Fresh air can kill the flu virus and other harmful germs. Equally, sunlight is germicidal and there is now evidence it can kill the flu virus.
An article in the International Business Times recently appeared: Vitamin D: Deficiency May Increase Coronavirus Infection Risk. Where do we get our best source of Vitamin D? The Sun, of course!
The Timeless Value of Exercise A new New York Times-originated article tells us what we already know—Science: Moderate Workouts Don’t Increase Coronavirus Risk and Could Lessen It.
How many times must the eternal value of Old School answers be proven true?
It’s not that we don’t know these things. It’s that we forget them, and in our commercial-saturated culture, it is easy to do that. Let’s face it, there’s not a lot of money to be made from fresh air and sunlight (unless you’re selling air cleaners!). I know everyone needs to pay their bills, I get it, so no judgment here!
I’ve got to pay my bills too, so I’m going to put in a shameless plug for one of my really effective products. But it does fit in perfectly with this subject matter, so my conscience is clear! 🙂
If you want to enjoy great health, you need fresh air, sunlight, inner peace, good water and food, and hearty exercise.
You can get most of these benefits from going outdoors (much healthier than a gym these days!) with a water bottle in tow, and doing a complete full-body workout.
I’ve created a fun and challenging fitness system that works your body from head to toe, allows you to ramp up or down the intensity (for ultimate, disease-fighting health it’s best to keep the intensity moderate as the above article states), and improves every important attribute—strength, power, balance, mobility, and cardio. And you need no equipment besides a small mat (or just find a soft patch of ground). It’s called Greek Yoga™ and you can get the video by going HERE.
Conclusion Seek the simple, natural way and you will not go wrong. This applies to every aspect of your life. If we would use our God-given common sense, we would be healthy, wealthy, and wise as ole Ben would say.
Now I’m not saying there’s no place for good science. We all hope to see medical breakthroughs that can help stem the spread of the Coronavirus. But all too often, modern men and women seek modern medicine to bail them out, instead of just using good sense to begin with to avoid the problem!
Didn’t the father of medicine, Hippocrates, admonish physicians to “first, do no harm”? (or words to that effect, anyway)
Let’s return to the simplicity of Old School sense, lest awash in our modern pride we take a great and unnecessary fall.
To your health and fitness…
Patrick Rooney is the Founder of OldSchoolUs.com. Its focus is natural health and independent living. Patrick is the author of GREEK PHYSIQUE: The Simple, Satisfying Way to Sculpt Your Body—Even if You’re Old, Weak, or Broken Down; and is also the creator of Greek Yoga™ and the Greek Yoga for Beginners video. He offers health and fitness consulting in-person in Middle Tennessee and worldwide via phone, Zoom, and Skype. To reach Patrick, email him at info@oldschoolus.com.
A Lesson from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic . Put simply, medics found that severely ill flu patients nursed outdoors recovered better than those treated indoors. A combination of fresh air and sunlight seems to have prevented deaths among patients; and infections among medical staff.
Open-Air’ Treatment in 1918 During the great pandemic, two of the worst places to be were military barracks and troop-ships. Overcrowding and bad ventilation put soldiers and sailors at high risk of catching influenza and the other infections that often followed it.[2,3] As with the current Covid-19 outbreak, most of the victims of so-called `Spanish flu’ did not die from influenza: they died of pneumonia and other complications.
https://medium.com/@ra.hobday/coronavirus-and-the-sun-a-lesson-from-the-1918-influenza-pandemic-509151dc8065 Coronavirus and the Sun:
Most of the wisdom in the poem, in spite of the title, comes directly from the bible. Too bad that Kipling felt the need to throw in some socialism.
With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch,
They denied that the Moon was Stilton; they denied she was even Dutch;
They denied that Wishes were Horses; they denied that a Pig had Wings;
So we worshipped the Gods of the Market Who promised these beautiful things.
When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "Stick to the Devil you know."
On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife)
Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "The Wages of Sin is Death."
In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die."
Be healthy. Live healthy. And work at those two to make your body stronger, inside and out.
And, of course...sex, a good Brazilian wax job, and chicken noodle soup.
The silver ion kills all viruses and bacteria
Look
Up
“ colloidal silver “.
The guvmint used to put out disinformation. They’ve given up
This is the time for the lies to subside once and for all
The silver ion is God’s magic bullet !
Uh, that’s fine, but it’s been raining or heavily overcast in Atlanta for flippin’ weeks on end! I totally sick of the weather here and have been plotting a way to relocate to Arizona once and for all!
Use silver on mucosal surfaces and skin only. There it’s an anti-microbial. A study on IV silver resulted in leukopenia, not something you want in fighting an infection.
So you can gargle it, swab nose, use on skin, but don’t swallow.
You could get you ass sued if someone takes your recommendation orally.
Use silver on mucosal surfaces and skin only. There it’s an anti-microbial. A study on IV silver resulted in leukopenia, not something you want in fighting an infection.
So you can gargle it, swab nose, use on skin, but don’t swallow.
If I was a bad A$$ed lawyer, I could make a fortune from what is posted on line re cures and things to short the markets.
We used to buy Silva dine Use silver on mucosal surfaces and skin only. There it’s an anti-microbial. A study on IV silver resulted in leukopenia, not some thing you want in fighting an infection.
So you can gargle it, swab nose, use on skin, but don’t swallow.
We used to buy silvadene in the biggest jar available for our sons getting road rash and other skin injuries.
Our church has silver chalices for the wine.
Yes, I agree 100% with your premise. I see very few talking about the best point of the epidemiological (spread of infectious disease) triangle, all three being necessary for transmission. One is the infected host...not much we can do. Another is the contaminated item...air with droplets, door handles, etc. Third is the point we can very much control...our own immunity. I discovered years ago that small olive oil sips taken and allowed to roll around the back of the throat before swallowing prevent most viral infections. I think it allows the body to fight back most efficiently. I had taken it when a flu was coming on, waking me at three in the morning. I couldn’t find a throat lozenge so settled for olive oil by the kitchen stove, thinking that it would at least soothe my throat enough to get back to sleep, I awoke hours later with a total cure. It stung for a few seconds which first worried me, but since then I have realized that was the beginning of the prevention and the cure. Sometimes several doses as often as needed are required to completely change the course of what is coming on. Now I always take a sip in the morning and at night before bed. It can’t hurt...and it sure does help!
Interesting, Bravada. Olive oil has historically been prized as a medicinal food. You rediscovered it, inadvertently, like Newton!
Ping for later
Olive oil probably dissolves the viruses’ outer layer, rendering them unable to enter and infect cells properly.
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