Cold/Flu Viruses & Other Infections

In a typical year, flu season occurs from Autumn to early spring — and with it comes sniffling, sneezing, coughing, fatigue, and all the familiar trappings of the flu.

Both a cold and the flu share a few common symptoms. People with either illness often experience: runny or stuffy nose, sneezing, body aches, general fatigue. As a rule, flu symptoms are more severe than cold symptoms. Another distinct difference between the two is how serious they are. Colds rarely cause other health conditions or problems. But the flu can lead to sinusitis, ear infections, pneumonia and sepsis.

Why do some people get really sick, even die from flu, while others don’t? How do you win the cold war? Colds and flu, including COVID-19, are viral diseases that a healthy immune system should be able to fight off with natural immunity. Here I focus on how can you promote your own immune power with diet and nutrients.

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The Science of What Works is Very Clear

My paper has been selected as ‘editors choice’ in Nutrients journal.

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NICE Admit Knowingly Ignoring Vitamin C Evidence

NICE confirm no review of any of the 18 Vitamin C papers.

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Vitamin C in a Nutshell

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D-Day for Ireland

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Vaccines – the Elephant in the Room

There is one giant ongoing mistake, almost an elephant in the room, in the 21st...

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Flu jab – yes or no?

Every year the vaccine experts place their bets. In a good year that achieve 50%...

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Does Vitamin C reduce your risk of getting a cold?

We know vitamin C reduces the severity and duration of colds and flu, but does...

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Powering Up Your Immunity – my step by step guide

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To C or not to C – take the quiz

Take my vitamin C quiz to C if you know how much you actually need...

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Are you going to have the flu jab?

Are you going to have the flu jab, for which your GP will be paid...

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To C or not to C?

What’s the best form of vitamin C? Is natural better than synthetic? How much can...

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BBC’s The truth about healthy eating

The truth about healthy eating on BBC1 last night was a programme with an agenda...

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Expect more vaccines

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Is vitamin C helpful against Ebola?

Understandably, there are no trials yet testing vitamin C against the Ebola virus, either in...

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Key nutrients halve AIDS risk

Multivitamins including vitamin C and selenium halve rate of progression from HIV positive to AIDS...

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The Vitamin C Pee Myth

When you take high doses of vitamin C don’t you just excrete it? This is...

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Cold and Flu

Exposure to viruses is unavoidable, unless you live like a hermit. However, whether you succumb...

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How to strengthen your immunity this winter

Winter's is well and truly upon us. And that means colds and flu are too....

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Natural ways to kill a cold

Before you reach for the Lemsip there are natural, and more effective ways to beat...

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Can vitamin C kill swine flu? (living proof)

Before you read on about the power of high dose vitamin C against any flu,...

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Wakefield – a scapegoat for MMR vaccine policy?

Yesterday’s ruling by the General Medical Council against Dr Andrew Wakefield and two leading Professors...

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Tired, sniffling, low? You need sunshine

What's the cause of winter ailments, colds and blues? A lack of vitamin S -...

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Don’t sneeze at vitamin D

Two years ago I predicted that vitamin D deficiency in the winter was an important...

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Why Lack of Sleep Promotes Colds

A lack of sleep has been linked to many things including weight gain, heart disease,...