Immediate relief of symptoms and tastes great!
A friend referred this to me, and I was initially skeptical, but she said that her son's college health center was recommending it, so I looked into it further. First off, I found that there had been actual legit studies done on itâ€"studies that were: Placebo controlled (some people got the Elderberry, some got a placebo, or “fake” medicine). Double blind (neither the patients nor the doctors knew who got the placebo and who got the actual Elderberry, so neither the doctors nor the patients could influence the findings). Randomized (people who got the placebo versus the Elderberry were selected at random). Peer reviewed (results examined by other doctors and scientists). Replicated (when other scientists tried the same experiment, they got the same results). The studies showed that Elderberry actually killed cold viruses. Literally you would have fewer of the virus in your system, in your throat, in your nasal passages, etc. Also Elderberry is super high in antioxidantsâ€"one of the highest sources available in anything. What I found for myself was two things. First, while it's obviously difficult to tell how long the cold would have lasted without taking Black Elderberry, it DOES seem that a cold only lasts for about 4 days instead of a week, which is how long a cold normally lasts for me. Second, when I take the Elderberry, I can vouch for the fact that it DOES make you feel better very shortly after taking it. I find that if I have a fever it will break, and the achiness from the cold/flu goes away for a few hours, and that “Blah” feeling goes away too. You just don't feel sick. So there is IMMEDIATE relief, not just a shortening of the duration of the cold. Even if it didn't decrease the number of days that you are sick, it would totally be worth getting JUST because it makes the horrible cold or flu symptoms go away! You feel more able to function, to work, etc. It also helps you sleep when you don't feel so awful. Third, if I take it when there is just the very faint beginning of cold symptoms, it seems like the cold stays very mild and is gone completely within a couple days (like maybe the Elderberry kills the viruses before it can really take hold?) I have tried several types of the Elderberry, including the pills and the chewable gummies, but the Lozenges and the Quick Dissolve Tablets are my favorites because: I feel like dissolving them in my mouth and having be swallowed down my throat, puts the Elderberry right where it can actually affect the cold viruses. It tastes goodâ€"really good, in fact. It's like a yummy grape flavored sweet tart! No need for water or to have to swallow a big pill when you have a sore throat
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