The route to health is complicated and can be individual, depending on your body and background. In general, avoiding all pharmaceutical and over the counter products while eating high quality food with minimal processing, will result in a good level of health. This assumes consuming very little sugar, flour and other “white” food products. *
Health is also promoted through good lifestyle practices like getting good sleep, regular exercise, time spent outdoors, reducing chemical exposure from household and beauty products, practicing relational harmony, working on forgiveness of yourself and others, and drinking plenty of high quality water.
Sometimes we all feel like we could be “catching something.” The body is fully equipped to fight off infections. God designed our immune system. Fever is one of the ways our body has of attacking and killing off invaders.
Maintaining optimal levels of nutrients will assist the immune system so that it can mount any assault needed.
The following recommendations are from Dr Brownstein, a Board-Certified family physician and one of the foremost practitioners of holistic medicine. Dr. Brownstein has lectured internationally to physicians and others about his success in using natural hormones and nutritional therapies in his practice.
| Nutrient | Normal Dose | Viral Attack Dose |
| Vitamin C | 3,000 mg – 5,000 mg per day | 1,000 mg per hour until bowel flush (similar to diarrhea), then back off for a time, but continue lower dose |
| Vitamin A | 5,000 IU per day | 100,000 IU per day at the first sign of illness, for 4 days (High doses NOT advised during pregnancy) |
| Vitamin D | 2,000-5,000 IU per day | 50,000 IU per day at the first sign of illness, for 4 days |
| Iodine | 25 mg per day | 50-100 mg/day at first sign of illness, for 4 days |
I previously described in detail various approaches to giving high doses of vitamin C to every member of the family based on their weight.
Becky Hastings, wife, mother, grandmother, passionate follower of Jesus and truth. As a breastfeeding counselor for over 23 years Becky is devoted to helping parents make wise decisions for the long-term health and wellbeing of their babies. As a member of a Vaccine Safety Education Coalition, Becky writes and speaks on the topic of vaccine safety.
*Sometimes if you are taking prescription drugs it is important to gradually reduce rather than cold turkey. This is not medical advice. If you take any prescription drugs it is important to find a medical professional who understands the power of the body to heal, who can guide you in the process of reducing the medication if needed.
