After the recall of infant cold medications, it made me wonder why they pulled just the ones for infants and not the ones for everyone else. I looked at the ingredients and didn't see much of a difference other than the dosage, so I started to look closer at the common cold...which led me to mucus.
Whenever someone sneezes, coughs, or blows their nose, how do you react? Do you back away and cover your mouth so you don't "catch" their cold? Probably, because it's a centuries old instinctive reaction.
But what exactly is a cold? Is it an illness caused by a virus? Most of us would say yes, but that may not always be the case.
I have learned that the body creates mucus naturally, in epithelial cells in the respiratory, gastrointestinal, urogenital, visual, and auditory systems in mammals. It also works as part of our body's natural defense system, by protecting it against infectious agents such as fungi, bacteria and viruses. The more toxins in the body, the more mucus is produced.
Mucus is not digestable by the body, so it must be expelled. Coughing and sneezing are automated body reactions designed to eliminate the foreign toxins that are surrounded by mucus from the body. Blowing our noses is a manual operation, necessary in a more aesthetic way, but the need to blow our nose is still caused by excessive mucus.
If you read my post called the 'Natural Mineral Detox", you know that I have been taking a mineral called zeolite since April of 2007. Because it only stays in your system only 4-7 hours and does not bioaccumulate, it should be taken every day, at least 3 times a day. The key word here is "should". There are times when I have not been able to take it because I used it all before it was time for me to order it again.
Sometimes I take extra if there is a flu virus going around at work. Sometimes I take extra if I haven't had enough sleep and need to boost my immune system because my body is run down. This mineral, to me, is important enough to be in my regular budget, like food and gas, but when an unexpected expense occures, sometimes I just can't buy it.
Someone once said to me that maybe I'm "addicted" to it and I'm having withdrawal symptoms. At the time, they didn't understand that zeolite is not a drug, nor a medication, which is why it's safe for pregnant and nursing mothers and does not react with any medication. It is a natural mineral, created from the Earth, and it is impossible to become "addicted" to it in that sense.
The reason I start to exhibit the symptoms of a cold is because of my body burden. Zeolite goes through the body on a cellular level collecting heavy metals and toxins. Without the extra help from the zeolite, my body has to work extra hard to do it on it's own. Since toxins are continually entering our bodies even when we are just breathing, it becomes overwhelmed, and then the mucus steps in to help. Hense, the symptoms of a cold.
It makes sense to me now that suppressing the symptoms of a cold doesn't allow the body to eliminate the toxins so it can heal. That is why, when you have a cold, it is recommended that you rest in bed and drink plenty of water.
Resting allows your body to concentrate on healing instead of handling all the stuff it needs to do in order for you to follow your regular daily routines. Water helps the body flush the toxins so you can heal faster.
I think it is better to just not have so many toxins in the world that we are given medications to suppress the symptoms created by the illnesses that these toxins produce. I feel like I am doing my part by not purchasing any OTC medications and I'm fortunate not to be on any regularly prescribed medications because I'd quit those too.
Using the zeolite is like health insurance to me. I don't feel any different when I'm taking it...no side effects like drowsiness, cotton mouth, or nausea. I can drive and operate machinery. I don't have to worry about adverse reactions while taking another medication at the same time or damaging one of my organs. I don't have to worry about accidentally overdosing and ending up in the hospital or, even worse, dead. I really only notice when I don't take it. I get a "cold".
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