What cause flu and colds?
Bugs. Bacteria cause colds and viruses cause flu. Our world is full of them. They’re in our bodies. Our food. Our air and our water. We live in a swirling mass of them. If we could see them, most of us would not have the courage to get out of bed in the morning. Why don’t we suffer from infections all year? We do, but we are not aware of the major battles our body’s are waging every minute of the day! That is because our immune system, our infection fighting troops, are winning. As soon as they are overwhelmed, our noses run, we cough, our bodies ache and we run a temperature. These are the symptoms of a body marshalling its reserves to fight an enemy which has multiplied out of control. It is not a disease. The viruses are more likely to gain temporary control in winter as people tend to exercise less, eat more and crowd in buildings heated by contaminated re-circulating heating systems. (Never examine an old air duct. You will never want to visit that building again!) So why are shot
