Immune Boosters to fortify our immune systems are becoming a necessary piece of practically every family's health emergency kit and often can be put in the category of natural remedies.  Band-aids, gauze, clips, cotton, cleaners or sterilizers as well as balms, disinfectants, numbing creams, tylenol, aspirin, cold and flu medications that deal with symptoms like running noses, aches and pains in bones, and coughing etc, and more have been a part of medical kits for years.  What is often missing however from these kits however are immune boosters.

Traditional natural remedies like vitamins C,D, E, B complex and echinacea along with a variety of other natural supplements like Acai Berry etc are good immune boosters if you take large enough dosages or pure enough dosages over a long enough period of time but, are most often used most effectively to lessen the severity of the symptoms of illnesses. They however, cannot kill a virus or other pathogens that enters your body. They cannot clear up bacterial infections or protect you from MRSA. Natural remedies like those have their place in every healthy person's line-up of health supplements. This article will discuss a product of growing importance. One that can kill dangerous pathogens, that can clear up bacterial infections, that can protect you.

This website often recommends products from Nutronix International - particularly the New Silver Solution. The CDC in 2009 has included the Silver Sol (liquid and gel forms) in its list of things that will kill flu viruses (see below). The Silver Sol is the patented technology (US Patent #7135195) used to create the supercharged pure silver nano particles that go into the purified water of the New Silver Solution. The same silver particles are used in the FDA-approved SilverSol Gel product.

Of course, we have known about the New Silver Solution liquid product since 1999 but it takes time for many breakthrough products to break through to public consciousness. Of all the immune boosters, the New Silver Solution 14ppm should be the one you must have in your medical emergency kit as your first line of defense against all kinds of pathogens. You should also have the SilverSol Gel for cuts, abrasions, burns and stings.

Flu viruses - especially type A viruses -  that attack our respiratory systems are the most dangerous and most feared.  Nearly 36,000 people dies in the United States alone from influenza making it the 6th leading cause of death. The Center for Disease Control has estimated that it would cost America $71 to $166 billion dollars if we have a flu epidemic today. 1 of every 1000 swine flu patients die from the infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the H1N1 Swine Flu a pandemic in June, 2009. The annual average US winter flu epidemic affects 5% to 20% of the population.

The following are some of the worst pandemics we've experienced in the past 120 years:

• 1889 - Russian Flu H2N2 - 1,000,000 deaths
• 1918 - Spanish Flu H1N1 - 40,000,000 deaths
• 1957 - Asian Flu H2N2 - 1,500,000 deaths
• 1968 - Hong Kong Flu H3N2 - 750,000 deaths

I haven't included the swine flu in these numbers because we're in the midst of it.

Who then, is most at risk of contracting the Swine Flu?

Most at risk are young people with a history of respiratory problems. Then adults with the same type of problems. Next would be healthy young men, women and children.  Doctors, Nurses and other health care providers are also at great risk of catching the swine flu because they are exposed the most often.

How is the flu transmitted from person to person?

In 2009, the CDC has determined that 70% of the time, influenza viruses are transmitted via body fluids and hand-to-hand contact. 29% of the time, it is transmitted through the air we breathe and in 1% of the cases, it was transmitted through animals.

What can you do to stop its transmission?

You may be wise to forego the tradition of shaking hands for awhile and be extra careful if you handle cash that has been passed through hundreds of hands. You may want to begin washing and disinfecting all door knobs and especially wash around the door knobs. You can also carry disinfectant wipes with you and give your children hand sanitizer bottles to take to school with them. If you work in an office environment, make sure to have a large bottle of hand sanitizer within easy reach of your desk. Use hand wipes to clean the copy button on the copy machines before you use them.

Clean your air filters in your home and office.

What can kill the flu virus?

According to the CDC, 2009, the following are proven to kill the Influenza Virus:

• Bleach
• 70% ethanol
• Aldehydes
• Oxidizing Agents
• Quaternary ammonium compounds
• Viruses can be inactivated by heat greater than 133 degreesF for 60 minutes
• pH less than 2 (strong acids)
• Silver Sol (liquid and gel forms)

Nutronix International has been around since 1999 selling several types of immune boosters through its distributor base throughout the world. The New Silver Solution liquid and gel are two of the best in its line of health products.