You may at first think it strange to cover such a topic in a ‘nutrition’ site, but when you look deeply into it it’s only about nutrition – or the lack there of… lets first take a look at what’s going on.

What we know so far

All we are hearing so far is that this epidemic, pandemic, whatever the news of the day is calling it (although the figures don’t back up the terminology) is going to end the world, until it blows over and the next disaster of choice comes along to wipe out the world.

Let’s look at the symptoms of this so called Swine Flu:

Chills, Fever, Sore Throat, Muscle Pains, Headache, Coughing, Weakness, and general Discomfort. Interesting…

Let’s look at the symptoms of any other cold or flu:

Chills, Fever, Sore Throat, Muscle Pains, Headache, Coughing, Weakness, and general Discomfort.

Now is it just me, or is there a common theme here? hmmm…Now let’s look at this from a nutritional point of you.  All of these symptoms are signs that your body is run down, is lacking the nutrients it needs, has gone without restful sleep etc… and is not operating as well as it could.

So now we have two options when it comes to dealing with this; we can either treat the symptom with a medication of some kind to suppress the problem, or we can work on strengthening our body to eliminate what it needs to and quickly get back in shape. Bear in mind the facts first, and that is when you have the symptoms listed above, your body is trying to clean itself out. Do we hinder it or help it out? The choice is ultimately yours, i just want you to see both sides of the equation so you can make an educated decision as to how you approach things when you start feeling ‘under the weather’.

If we take the medical approach and buy cold and flu tablets, cough mixtures, anti this and that, we push it back into our system and temporarily ease the pain, but it’s still there. Later on down the road it will come out again a little bit stronger, maybe in another form – it heads straight for the back door, so we take another tablet to dry things up and push it back in. We are always treating the symptom in this scenario, not the problem. It will keep coming back until it’s eliminated one way or another, and if it’s not eliminated, eventually will lead to what we call disease.

If we take the natural approach and let things run their course, and help it along with the right food choices regarding whole foods and nutrition then whatever is offending your body is removed and is no longer a problem.

Check out what the ‘Indiana Jones’ of Health says about whole foods and their healing properties – Don Tolman

What we can do

Do you want to take the natural approach? my guess is yes if you’re here reading this page…so here’s some tips when you start feeling this way, and these are also good to prevent it happening in the first place.

• Stay well hydrated – the importance of this is always understated, but it is essential to drink plenty of fresh clean water daily (try to add a pinch of celtic sea salt to your water to make more of a saline solution – your body will love you for it).
• Cleanse on a regular basis, and if you start feeling run down  get some fresh juice into you of any kind (more of what juice can do in a later post).
• If you have a cough or sore throat try some hot water with a good sqeeze of lemon and honey.
• Keep moving. Get out in the fresh air as much as you can and get your body moving! This will help speed up the elimination process and the sun also gives you nutrients that you won’t find in any pills or powders. Sweat it out in the gym if you can, it’s all about helping to speed up your body’s natural recovery process.
• Finally, get more natural whole foods into you, and stay away from clogging foods such as dairy. There is a theme here, and that is to help your body cleanse itself, without the so called aid of pharmacueticals.

I hope this helps, if we educate ourselves on these things then we don’t have to worry about what’s in the media…
Let the swine have their flu, while we just get on with training!

Keep an eye out for my next post on the best sources of muscle building protein in natural foods…

Hey there, and thanks for taking the time to check out my blog.

I’ll take this opportunity with the first post to welcome you and let you know exactly what this site is about and what to expect in the very near future – content, content, content!

Nutrition the way Nature intended

Now, this is a bit of an airy fairy headline, but let’s look at what it really means, and that is quite simply – eating foods that enhance your system as opposed to damaging it – especially when it comes to the muscle building industry. It’s not rocket surgery, but it is at the same time very rare! How many people do you know that intellectually ‘know’ what to eat, when to eat it, but when it comes time to eat all that knowledge goes out the window and they eat what ‘tastes’ good at the time (i know i’ve been guilty of that in the past).

My aim here is to explore things at a deeper level and see what natural alternatives there are to the myriad of synthetic so called ‘health foods’ on the market, and by doing so give you another choice if nothing more. I will also aim to cover in depth, practical things you can do to maximize your fat loss and muscle growth!

Be sure to check back regularly, and bookmark this site if you’re interested… because the time has come to get back to what works, and forget what doesn’t – it’s time to draw a line in the sand…