You may have heard different pieces of advice about preventing sickness during the flu season. The bottom line is that anybody is at risk for the flu, regardless of whether you’ve received a flu shot. Taking proper prevention measures helps lower your risk of getting sick this flu season. To reach ultimate health and ward off sickness, keep your immune system at its strongest.
Flu Statistics from the CDC
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourage all adults and children over six months of age to receive a flu vaccination to reduce the risk of getting sick. However, getting a flu vaccine isn’t a guarantee you’ll avoid contracting the flu. The CDC provides the following statistics related to the flu:
- Flu season often takes place between the months of October through May, and it peaks in the United States between December and February.
- While difficult to determine, the CDC estimates that 9.3 to 49 million people in the U.S. each year get sick from the flu.
- Flu causes 140,000 to 960,000 hospitalizations each year in the U.S., based on CDC estimates.
- The CDC estimates that 12,000 to 79,000 U.S. adults and 37 to 1,200 U.S. children die each year from the flu.
It’s difficult to determine the exact number of flu-related illnesses, hospitalizations, and flu deaths each year, but the bottom line is the flu can lead to serious health problems if your immune system is weak or you don’t get proper fluids, nutrition, and rest.
What Are the Symptoms of Flu?
Flu symptoms range from mild to severe, but you may notice the following after contracting the flu virus:
- Sore throat
- Fever or chills
- Muscle or body aches
- Fatigue
- Headaches
- Cough
- Runny or stuffy nose
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
Flu symptoms often come on suddenly and may last for a few days to a week or two. Flu can cause complications, such as pneumonia, sinus infections, ear infections, tissue inflammation, kidney or lung failure, and life-threatening sepsis. Flu may also accelerate asthma and worsen chronic heart disease.
How Is the Flu Spread?
You contract the flu from other people who are infected with the virus. Individuals infected with the flu can spread it to other people who are up to six feet away. The virus is often passed through fluid droplets spread by:
- Talking
- Sneezing
- Coughing
- Touching the same surfaces
- Foods prepared by an infected person
The flu virus gets into your mouth or nose after contact with an infected person or inhaling droplets containing the virus. People with the flu are most contagious during the first three to four days, up to seven days after the illness begins, but may be able to infect other people the day before their symptoms develop. After the flu virus enters your body, you might notice flu symptoms within one to four days.
Which Flu Prevention Measures Should I Take?
The CDC recommends getting the flu vaccine to lower your chance of getting the flu or developing severe symptoms. The CDC reports that vaccinated adults admitted to the hospital with flu were 59% less likely to suffer severe illness resulting in ICU admission—and vaccinated adults spent four fewer days in the hospital compared with non-vaccinated adults.
However, the flu vaccine comes with risks, and not everybody is willing to trust or receive the vaccine. If this is the case for you, do the following to lower your risk of contracting the flu virus:
- Wash your hands regularly, rubbing for 15-30 seconds in soapy suds before rinsing.
- Avoid putting your hands on or near your face.
- Keep your distance from people who are sick.
- Wear a mask when you’re in public.
- Boost your immune system.
There are numerous ways to boost your body’s immune system naturally, including:
- Get at least seven hours of sleep each night.
- Avoid smoking and other tobacco products.
- Eat a plant-based diet rich in fruits and vegetables, such as the Hallelujah Diet.
- Get regular exercise but avoid overtraining.
- Maintain a healthy weight.
- Avoid alcohol or drink it in moderation.
- Minimize stress.
- Take immune-boosting dietary supplements.
Hallelujah Diet supplements, such as BarleyMax, probiotics supplements, Liposomal Vitamin C, Nascent iodine and Selenium / Glutathione Promoter and Vitamin D3/K2 are specifically designed to strengthen your immune system and make it easier to fight off or reduce the severity of illnesses naturally without vaccines. Following Hallelujah Diet meal plans, rich in fruits, vegetables, and other plant superfoods, is an excellent way to maximize your body’s immune-fighting power. God designed your immune system to fight off sickness and disease naturally. With a strong immune system in place, your body functions at its best and wards off flu and other illnesses the way God intended.
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