Holistic Medicine The Way For Full Soccer Season

While on the topic of the body. Over the last few weeks I suffered a very nasty flu. In fact, in the past month me and the Mrs. have bought a brand new treadmill. It cost us $1,800 , I haggled the price down from $2,100. Therefore for about two and a half weeks I was training on the treadmill doing long slow distance running, building up from a base of 15 minutes to about 26 minutes before I caught the flu. Now here is the point, when I caught the flu, I could well have utilised some prescription drugs to get my fix. Over the past few months I have been looking toward natural supplements to remedy any ailments that I may have been exposed to.

I believe that holistic therapy and medicine is probably the best way of countering any minor ailments that may affect your performance. Also, because of the heavy demands of work recently I feel that my metabolism had broken down quite significantly and this is perhaps the primary reason because of my flu. Therefore I was utilising some of the following natural products, supplements and foods to get me going again and have just recently made a full recovery:

• Ease-a-Cold Flu Strength: Ease a Cold is an Australian product which you can find in your local Australian pharmacy. It contains only natural ingredients such as Echinacea, andrographis, elderberry, olive leaf. I don’t really know of the equivalent in America.

• Liquid Garlic Tablets: Garlic is one of the most potent antioxidant known to man. Back in the days of yore, Russians would utilize a garlic concoction to manage a cold or flu. Liquid garlic capsules will allow you to counter the effects of the flu and help restore your metabolism.

• Brahmi: Brahmi is a fantastic herb that helps with stress and cognitive functions.

• Korean Ginseng: Just bought it today and have used it numerous times during high stress periods. Basically it gives you energy and stamina and can help with cognitive function.

• Glucosamine Chondroitin & Fish Oil: These two taken together have been a real help with recovery from my knee surgery. Fish oil reduces swelling while glucosamine repairs cartilage and ligaments.

Talk about a pill overdose! Seriously though, all the above have really helped me get back into shape and back onto my new baby…my treadmill.