Please understand that the media will use fear and intimidation to coerce you into getting the flu vaccine. They will try to convince you that you stand a good chance of dieing from the flu unless you get the flu vaccine.

Well nothing could be further from the truth.

If you examine the recent CDC statistics, they claim that nearly 70,000 people die from the flu, but when you actually examine the statistics less than 300 died from the flu, the rest died from pneumonia.

Why would the government seek to convince you to get the vaccine if it really doesn't help you and frequently is not effective against the strain of flu that is in the population, as the vaccine is made from older strains? In fact, there is limited evidence that the flu vaccine even works at all.

Well, did you ever hear of conflict of interest?

Most of the expert panels are paid by the very drug companies that produce the vaccines they are reviewing for public health recommendations. There is more than enough money to go around as profits for the flu vaccine alone are approaching half a billion dollars.

If the average American were aware of the common components of flu vaccines, they may think twice before considering them. Here is a partial list of some of the fillers that vaccines could contain:

• Ethylene glycol (antifreeze)
• Phenol
• Formaldehyde
• Aluminum
• Mercury
• Neomycin and Streptomycin (antibiotics)

While the fact that vaccine fillers and preservatives can literally kill you should be enough to cause anyone to turn and run the other way, it's also important to realize that using flu vaccines can also negatively alter the way your immune system is designed to function.

Illness plays an extremely important role in your health. Especially in regard to children, the process the human body goes through as it responds to a virus or bacteria is one that has developed over thousands of years, and is vitally important to the proper training of your immune system.

Manipulating your immune system through artificial or unnatural means, such as vaccines, can disrupt this process and typically leads to poorer overall function. One or more new problems may result, the least of which can include getting the flu anyway.

Finally, please don't be fooled into believing the only way to prevent death from the flu is to get a dose of the vaccine. The significant number of deaths associated with the flu is actually outrageously exaggerated!

It is also helpful to understand that the people who are really dying from the flu do so because they are already sick and have compromised immune systems, and that certainly doesn't have to include you.

The following tips are surefire ways to improve the function of your immune system and greatly reduce your chances of getting the flu this coming winter.

Dr. Mercola's Guidelines to Preventing the Flu

• Avoid sugar.
• Get plenty of sleep.
• Exercise regularly.
• Eat according to your metabolic type.
• Eat garlic regularly.
• Support yourself during stressful times.

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