By man flu, I mean that cough that’s going around.
all the supplements etc listed below have at least one scientific paper showing that it works to some degree whether it’s in vitro (petri dish or test tube) or in clinical studies on people, rather than on a collection of cells….
in theory, chaga mushrooms may help, other foods or supplements that either reduce the negative health effects or stop you getting it in the first place include:
- – black seed oil
- -Wormwood
- – PEA – palmitoylethanolamide
- – Curcumin
- – Vitamin d3 with k2 (also requires adequate levels of magnesium to work)
- -Acetyl l carnitine
- -niacin /NAD
- -Ephedra sineca
- – Dandelion extract
- – exogenous ketones (or being in ketosis)
- – Methylated blue
- -zinc with turmeric, quercitin or green tea
- – garlic essential oil
- – oregano oil
- – NAC
- Not catching Man flu in the First place :
- Iodine gargle
- Iodine nasal rinse
- Salt inhaler
- Allicin inhalation
Some decent evidence that gargling with diluted iodine and rinsing your sinuses with a salt solution (neilmed on amazon sell one called netipot) with a bit of iodine prevents the virus from ‘building up’
If you don’t fancy a nasal rinse, using a salt inhaler, preferably with some allicin has a similar effect
Ice baths have been shown to increase white blood cell count.
Vitamin c is also helpful as a base to prevent infection, but be aware high doses can produce oxalates, which can be offset to some extent with tart cherry juice or extract
