Echinacea
Everyone who takes Echinacea recovers from their cold. Of course everyone who doesn't take Echinacea also recovers. That's the nature of the disease. It can make us miserable for a few days, but with the exception of vulnerable folk with compromised immune systems, everyone gets better after those few days.
So why take Echinacea? Perhaps you have too much money and want to spread it around a bit. LOL Or more likely, you just feel like you have to do something. This is particularly true of parents who hate to see their kids suffering. But if you have to do something...why not try chicken soup? At least it tastes good.
Colds are caused by rhinovirus and many drugs and treatments have been tried over the years to either cure the disease or make the symptoms more bearable. Echinacea and chicken soup are just two of the many things tried. In fact medical studies on echinacea were done as far back at 1908 when two articles were published on that subject in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The title on the second article pretty much told the story: "Echinacea Considered Valueless." A number of studies on echinacea have been done in the past decade all with similar results. Even NCCAM (The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine), which is the government agency that tries to prove health benefits from natural sources, hasn't been able to show any positive affects from the use of echincea despite over a decade of work.
In other news, I couldn't sleep very well so I got up at 4am and watched The Black Donnellys. I liked the show but can't say it was great. I'll watch the first 3 shows but I suspect that I'll give up at that point. I just didn't feel a strong enough connection to any of the characters. I felt the same way about Friday Night Lights. I stopped watching that show a couple of months ago.
What do you think about the terrorists missing Cheney? Or do you take echinacea and what do you think of it? I used to take Theraflu back when I was in grad school and swore by it. Someone-- Consumer Reports, I think-- did a double blind study on it and it turned out not to help a bit. And the stuff taste horrid! That's the problem with having colds, you get better anyway and often give credit where it's not due. In my case it was Theraflu.
So why take Echinacea? Perhaps you have too much money and want to spread it around a bit. LOL Or more likely, you just feel like you have to do something. This is particularly true of parents who hate to see their kids suffering. But if you have to do something...why not try chicken soup? At least it tastes good.Colds are caused by rhinovirus and many drugs and treatments have been tried over the years to either cure the disease or make the symptoms more bearable. Echinacea and chicken soup are just two of the many things tried. In fact medical studies on echinacea were done as far back at 1908 when two articles were published on that subject in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The title on the second article pretty much told the story: "Echinacea Considered Valueless." A number of studies on echinacea have been done in the past decade all with similar results. Even NCCAM (The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine), which is the government agency that tries to prove health benefits from natural sources, hasn't been able to show any positive affects from the use of echincea despite over a decade of work.
In other news, I couldn't sleep very well so I got up at 4am and watched The Black Donnellys. I liked the show but can't say it was great. I'll watch the first 3 shows but I suspect that I'll give up at that point. I just didn't feel a strong enough connection to any of the characters. I felt the same way about Friday Night Lights. I stopped watching that show a couple of months ago.
What do you think about the terrorists missing Cheney? Or do you take echinacea and what do you think of it? I used to take Theraflu back when I was in grad school and swore by it. Someone-- Consumer Reports, I think-- did a double blind study on it and it turned out not to help a bit. And the stuff taste horrid! That's the problem with having colds, you get better anyway and often give credit where it's not due. In my case it was Theraflu.
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(Of course, now I've said that I'll probably have a full blown cold by the end of the week!)
I don't take echinacea on a regular basis, but I did once. It didn't help, that I could tell. I know people who swear by Airborne, but I haven't taken that either. Zicam is good.
I watched about ten minutes of The Black Donnellys before falling asleep. I don't think it will last, so you won't have to worry about deciding whether to watch it.
And Cheney... he is still our Vice-President. I'm glad he is ok. No "buts" at the end of my well wishes.. Though I could start controversy by saying I wish someone would take out Hilary and clip Bill and Ted Kennedy at the same time.
I don't think your Clinton comments are very controversial. While I think both Clintons are quite smart and good politicians, nearly half the country is totally in agreement with you. The last 2 presidents have really polarized the country. As for Cheney, I think he's very smart and capable also--and quite possibly the devil! (I kinda borrowed that from Broadcast News)