Tamiflu Substitute

"Red Beets" by FotoDawg

I was reading about all the Tamiflu controversy over at MSNBC and it reminded me of something I read over at Opal's Blog, The Raw and the Cooked. In her post, "Carrots Apple Beet Juice", she shares that beet juice makes the flu virus inactive! She also shares her recipe for this juice drink. It looks and sounds yummy....I would have to replace the apple though because Jake is allergic to apples. I'll have to ask Opal what a good substitute would be...

Anyway, after seeing Opal's juice, I thought I would search for some other healthy juice recipes. I must be looking in the wrong place because I didn't find a lot of recipes as good as Opal's. I did however, find some kid-friendly ones that I think we'll give a try.

I also found a remedy for a stuffy nose: garlic oil! You rub it on your feet and then slip your feet into socks and there you go! Really, I need to delve more into all of these natural remedies because I think rubbing garlic oil on a kid's feet would be soooooo much easier than trying to get those icky tasting meds down them.