Living
Sinus Infection Free: Vitamins, Minerals,
Essential Fatty Acids
At the very least, a combination
of basic antioxidant vitamins and minerals should
be regularly taken daily even by healthy people for maintenance:
Vitamins: A, C and E
Minerals: Zinc and Selenium
“Antioxidant” vitamins
and minerals help to ward off “free radicals” - atoms
or groups of atoms floating in the atmosphere with unpaired electrons
which can attach to and damage cell membranes. When this occurs,
cells may function poorly or die and our immune system goes down.
Many other vitamins, minerals,
enzymes and even some metals are important to our health, too. Usually,
the food we eat and the amount of these things our body manufactures
aren’t enough. VÄXA’s Daily Essentials and Anti-Oxin
vitamins can help supplement these.
How much is too much or
too little vitamins?
The RDA - recommended “normal” daily allowance - of
vitamin C (60 mg) will do nothing to alleviate a sinus infection,
or to give future sinus relief to the person prone to sinus infections.
Various studies say at least 800-1,000 mg of vitamin C should be
taken each day (this amount is also good to maintain healthy gums).
But for sinus infection relief, most natural health nutritionists
will suggest up to 2,000 mg of vitamin C twice per day. VÄXA
Basics Vitamin C can help.
High doses of vitamin C can create
diarrhea, which is actually good to a certain extent. Your gastrointestinal
tract needs to be cleaned out. It’s better NOT to stop a reasonable
amount of diarrhea if you have a sinus infection or other respiratory
ailment. Just take in plenty of liquids – water, beverages
with electrolytes and clear soups to stop dehydration. Avoid dairy
(see our Sinus Diet page).
Some doctors theorize that 2,000
mg of vitamin C even once a day is too much. This is because Vitamin
C, as part of the antioxidant vitamins and minerals, needs to be
balanced out and complemented by the other antioxidants. Any harmful
effects are negated by enough of the vitamins A and E, minerals
Zinc and Selenium.
When already sick with an infection,
the doses of vitamins A and E, minerals Zinc and Selenium should
also be raised (consult an alternative or complementary medicine
physician or a health food nutritionist).
Essential Fatty Acids
Like the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz, our bodies need lubrication
to remain flexible – “squeak-free” you might say.
Keeping our insides “slippery” helps toxins and other
waste products excrete more efficiently, prevents uninvited outside
elements from taking up residence, and in turn keeps our mucous
membranes clear. Some fatty acids are derivatives of fish oils and
flax, which our bodies usually don’t get enough of.
VÄXA offers Omegacin, the
essential fatty acid group of Omega 3, 6 and 9, plus a bevy of antioxidants
and phytosterols to strengthen cell membranes, repair damage and
improve neurological transmission of signals and brain function.
Other Supplements
VÄXA Candid-Free will
help ward off candida yeast from clinging to intestinal walls and
mucous membranes and breeding fungus.
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