The Swine Flu – Why Now?
Recently their has been an outbreak of a completely new disease that has never been seen before. It is a cross between the swine flu, avian flu, bird flu and human flu (influenza) and and is the type H1N1 strain of influenza type A. The information we know so far is of great concern as the percentage of people who are losing their lives due to the swine flu after contracting it is about 7.1%. The Spanish flu of 1918 however was only 2.5%. The disease is also spreading quickly and is already in the United States (after starting in Mexico), Canada and Europe. Given the fact that the flu is completely new, humans do not have much resistance to it, and it is showing signs of a possible pandemic because the people that are losing their lives are mostly the strong ones, which is similar to the 1918 Spanish Flu. This anomaly is probably due to the swine flu causing a cytokine storm in the healthy individuals, which causes the strong immune system to overreact and damage the body. More information on the flu itself can be found by reading about swine flu here or searching google. It is also recommended to stock up on natural antivirals that will not contribute to the inflammatory cytokine storm yet will strengthen other parts of the immune system. Such herbs include garlic, tumeric, green tea, st john's wort and others. However it is important to note that such foods as spirulina, bananas, milk and echinacea could make the situation worse. A question that arises is why has this terrible disease arisen and what can we do to prevent this kind of problem happening again. To find the answer to this question we must look at the origins of this virus. The virus originated in battery pig farms, where the swine virus mixed with the avian virus (which also originated in factory bird farms) and the human flu. Pigs in factory farms make very good breeding grounds for viruses because of the extremely unhealthy way in which they are kept. The pigs are crammed into tiny cages where they are not allowed to move and they are force fed steroids and antibiotics. The viruses have an excellent chance to mutate in this situation into something that is very dangerous to humans. The pigs themselves suffer immensely, even without a viral infection. Pigs are extremely sensitive creatures and rival the intelligence of dogs. They have been shown to have deep emotions and the ability to think rationally and solve problems. They also ave strong family bonds and a desire for affection and friendship. Yet the humans desire for 'pork' creates this situation where these noble creatures are treated so inhumanly. So the solution to the previous problem would be for humans to stop eating animals and adopt a vegetarian diet. The vegetarian diet proven to be superior for ones health directly, and indirectly as well. These virus breeding grounds could be removed from the planet if the worlds people adopted a vegetarian diet. Not only would the health of the people themselves improve by adopting this diet, but the worlds food supply problems would be solved, as there would be a massive surplus of food available to feed the 1 billion people in the world today who are staving, while the another 1 billion are overweight and sick! The site does not provide
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