Whats the first thing we do in cases of colds and flu?
We medicate with over-the-counter analgesics. The most popular analgesics, including aspirin, ibuprofen and acetaminophen, suppress production of antibodies and on average they deplete the immune response by a staggering 50 percent. Among other effects, aspirin uncouples oxidative phosphorylation; inhibits short-chain fatty acid oxidation; lowers lymphocyte transformation and lowers interferon production in response to viral infection. One study found flu symptoms last 5 days in participants who do not take aspirin or acetaminophen, compared with 9 days in people who do! FABULOUS FEVER! When we have infection, our bodies turn the temperature up. This undermines replication of bacteria and viruses which grow well at normal body temperatures, but not at the temperature of a fever. The immune system itself is also more efficient at this higher temperature. To defeat flu, the body also lowers the bioavailability of certain minerals while switching to protein energy production to starve any
