What's Wrong with Getting a Flu Shot?

Fall is upon us and the marketing has begun..."Get your flu shot!".  My husband's company actually offered free flu shots at his work the other day.  They're peddling them via signs at the pharmacy and commercials on television.  Everyone wants to avoid the flu so it makes sense to get a flu vaccine.  Or does it?

Dr. Tenpenny recently published a blog post entitled "The Truth About the Flu Shot", in which she talks about the ingredients:

• Egg proteins: including avian contaminant viruses

• Gelatin: can cause allergic reactions and anaphylaxis are usually associated with sensitivity to egg or gelatin

• Polysorbate 80 (Tween80™): can cause severe allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis.  Also associated with infertility in female mice.

• Formaldehyde: known carcinogen

• Triton X100: a strong detergent

• Sucrose: table sugar

• Resin: known to cause allergic reactions

• Gentamycin: an antibiotic

• Thimerosal: mercury is still in multidose flu shot vials

She also discussed effectiveness of the flu shot: In a review of 48 reports including more than 66,000 adults, “Vaccination of healthy adults only reduced risk of influenza by 6% and reduced the number of missed work days by less than one day (0.16) days. It did not change the number of people needing to go to hospital or take time off work.”

Reference: “Vaccines for preventing influenza in healthy adults.” The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 1 (2006).

So if you don't want the flu and you opt against getting a flu shot, what are your alternatives for staying healthy?

Why not try Immune Stimulator from Nature's Sunshine?

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