Travel Healthy

Thanks to fatigue, poor diet, and other stresses of the holiday season, your immune system has likely been thrown off balance. Time to rest and recuperate. Unfortunately, traveling—accompanied by its own stress, jet lag, and dehydration—can just add to the burden your immune system is under. Additionally, traveling during cold and flu season presents an even higher risk of catching one of these common contagious illnesses when spending long periods of time in crowded public areas.

SIMPLE STEPS FOR DEFENSE

As you start to pack, you may want to begin to prepare your immune system for the trip too. Start by getting hydrated with plenty of clean, filtered water. This will help flush microbial invaders out of the system, plus it will help to hydrate the body, including the mucous membranes. During this time of year, when we are either in the cold and arid outdoors or the warm and arid indoors, it’s easy for our sinuses and eyes to get dried out. Drying can cause irritation and itching, leading to small tears in the membranes, causing vulnerabilities in the body’s first line of defense, the mucous membranes. Itchy eyes or noses can also lead to unconscious rubbing, especially for children, increasing the likelihood of infection if hands are not freshly washed.

THE SECRET WEAPON

Something you will certainly want to have on hand is silver hydrosol. Silver has been used for centuries as an antimicrobial, and silver hydrosol is a great supplement for enhancing the body’s ability to fight off infections of all kinds, including bacterial, fungal and viral.

Silver helps keep you healthy in a few ways. Silver interacts directly with infectious microbes by attacking their oxygen-metabolizing enzymes, and essentially suffocating them. When silver is applied to the mucous membranes, it can actually stop microbes in their tracks before they have the opportunity to invade the body through these vulnerable areas. Silver hydrosol is safe for use in the eyes, nose, ears and mouth, and it is even safe for infants and children. This crystal-clear solution looks, feels, tastes and smells like water, making it easy and pleasant to use.

Silver also boosts the overall effectiveness of the immune system. It increases white blood cell production, and it helps white blood cells to do their job better by promoting the healthy production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), a tool used by white blood cells as a “digestive aid.” Silver also helps the ROS to do their job more effectively by becoming site specific to the targets, allowing ROS to lock into specific immune targets.

Additionally, researchers have found that silver may help white blood cells to more efficiently intercept immune threats. They have observed that administration of silver seems to enhance the “Opsonic Index,” or the tracking, mobilization, recognition, and surveillance abilities of specialized white blood cells. These properties allow silver to adapt to changing viruses. According to Eric Rentz, D.O., a leading expert in silver preparations: “[Silver’s] unique attributes to keep abreast of viral mutations may prove to be one of the most valuable discoveries of this century.” This is key, especially when it comes to cold and flu viruses, which are known to mutate throughout the season. This means that even if you have had a flu vaccine, or already had a round of cold or flu this season, your system may not be prepared to fight off the newest version of the virus.

FINDING A QUALITY PRODUCT

You will find many silver preparations on the shelves at your local health food store, and it is not always easy to know which one to choose. As Dr. Rentz points out, when it comes to silver solutions, “It all comes down to bioavailability.” And when it comes to silver, bioavailability comes down to particle size.

A quality silver hydrosol is really the best bet when it comes to finding a safe and effective product. Silver hydrosol differentiates itself from colloidal silver (a type of silver preparation commonly found in health food stores) in that the silver particles are sub-nanometer in size, so small they essentially dissolve into the water base.

One product that truly stands out is Sovereign Silver™ from Natural-Immunogenics. Sovereign Silver is the first “true silver hydrosol” with the smallest particle size ever produced at .8 nanometers.

The solution of ultra-pure water and silver is created using an electromagnetic process that creates particles only when elemental silver is provided with a positive charge. Natural-Immunogenics says this process assures that each bottle fundamentally contains at least 96 percent active particles. The positive charge, combined with the small particle size, allows for even dispersion as well; the particles actually repel one another with their positive charge, so the dispersion is uniform. This widely dispersed concentration also allows for maximum results with minimal silver. Sovereign Silver has a very low silver concentration of just 10 parts per million (ppm), meaning that it is not only one of the most effective silver preparations on the market, but one of the safest as well!

For your winter getaway and all through the year, consider choosing Sovereign Silver—a safe, effective, low-dose product that will help your immune system get you through your travels in good health!

Please note that Sovereign Silver and other silver formulations sold in health food stores should not be confused with medical drugs and devices. These silver formulations are considered to be dietary supplements that will support your health but will not cure diseases.

Silver and Food Safety

Part of the fun of travel is eating away from home. Unfortunately, all those exotic meals can come with unknown health risks.

Silver hydrosol can provide some peace of mind. Over the course of many years and many scientific studies, silver has been shown to be effective against a wide spectrum of bacteria, including the most common foodborne pathogens.