Chicken-Less Soup for the Entrepreneurial Flu

Wednesday, December 13, 2006 at 01:38pm by Gina Laverde in Health

Is it just me, or does every season feel like cold season? My mother owns a day-care and tells me �there�s a bug goin� around� nearly every time I talk to her. People constantly blame it on the weather�. The change in weather, the rain, the chills, the heat � and they reason that it�s normal to get sick because every one else is sick. And they, we, deal with it.

They grab a few boxes of Lipton Cup-A-Soup and some saltine crackers, pop the Seinfeld box set into the DVD player, and take a day or two off of work. Or they stick it out and sneeze all over their co-workers and innocent by-standers on the subway.

So, are we going to sit back and take the flu like the rest of them? My guess is that if you�re feeling under the weather in any way � you get quite annoyed. You have no time for a cough that prevents you from making necessary phone calls. A runny nose doesn�t exactly scream professionalism either.

Any annoyance that steals time away from business or pleasure just plain sucks.

And, Heaven forbid that you�ve got to pay to see a doctor or get prescription medicine.

I completely gave up on popular healthcare about two years ago. After having my son and realizing that my hospital bills exceeded $3,000, after a $2,500 non-refundable hospital down payment and at least $1000 in doctor visit co-pays, plus monthly insurance premiums and deductibles � I cancelled my health insurance plan.

Now, I have a two year old son and a business to run � and you better believe we can�t afford to get sick. Or, at least we can�t afford to treat our sicknesses conventionally.

Well, I ALMOST opted to call a doctor this week. I�ve had this awful cough that my mother scared me into believing was pneumonia. I didn�t want to mess with chest pain either. And, my fatigue has really taken a toll on the quality and quantity of work I�m producing.

But, I stuck to my holistic entrepreneurial guns. I whipped up a pretty kick ass recipe that knocked the crap out of my cough, fatigue and chest pain. I think I�ll be fully recovered by tomorrow.

The world and our parents often want us to believe that there�s only one way to cure ourselves, or one path to walk down. And that is the popular way that�s marketed on every other TV commercial and magazine ad.

But, even Hipocrates � the granddaddy of medicine said that �he who does not know food, how can he know medicine�? Food is medicine. And, with the proper diet you can prevent and fight common illnesses that plague your Tylenol taking friends.

I am not sorry about my choice to trash the insurance. I save money on premiums and deductibles. My two year old has only needed to visit the pediatrician for cold treatment twice. And, that was when I was a freaked out new mom.

We live a diet that saves us money on health care and keeps us healthy and energetic. As a new business owner, you may consider studying health and holistic treatments. You will need to budget everywhere possible, and you will need every ounce of vital energy you can possibly store up for all of the work and partying you�ve got ahead of you this season.

If you are feeling flu �ish this season, and want to try my tried and true cold kicker, here�s the recipe:

Holistic Cold Remedy
Boil 3 cups water and about 2 tblsp of minced ginger for about 15 min
Turn off heat and add 4 cloves minced garlic,1/8 tsp cayenne pepper, and � cup pure lemon juice

Let the mixture sit for about 8 min. strain and add I tblsp pure honey
Bundle up with a sweater, or crawl under your covers and drink the liquid while it�s still hot.

This is particularly effective at the onset of a cold. You may need to do a double dose (one at night and one the next afternoon), if you let yourself get as sick as I have.

I refuse to take sickness or life like the rest of them. There are tons of other options out there for us � if we have open minds. Many alternatives will lead you to better health, less stress, and more time for play and work. No doctors for me means I can buy more toys for my little guy, or take a weekend road trip.

Think about what it can do for you.

Here�s to our health!!

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