I’ve seen lots of information on swine flu precautions/responses/likely causes, etc., but relatively little seems to form a solid line of fact. One group says that having a healthy immune system is likely to make you more susceptible to the strain. But, why then, are children and elderly more likely to get it?

Who knows, but I do have to say that building my youngest son’s immunity throughout this last year is one reason he was able to go to preschool regularly. Not a claim I could have made last year at this time. Despite his physical testosterone-esque ways, he was always the first to let bugs camp out in his system, taking him down for days (and me with him…not that I got sick, but when your children are sick, it makes you feel so bad for them!)

Starting last fall, though, I got very serious about building his body’s bug-killing abilities. I use herbs that are commonly recognized as safe for kids (and written about fabulously in the book Kids, Herbs, Health, but I also was extra vigilant about one of the biggest immunity-busters out there: NO SUGAR!!!

If there’s one thing kids could do to help them stave off illnesses of all sorts, it’s reducing their sugar intake. I haven’t seen any swine flu suggestions from the CDC suggesting sugar reduction as a means to ward off, well, anything, but it’s a great place to start!

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