The trouble is, he is a bit on the fence with CS. He doesn't outrightly trash it but neither does he recommend it either. If your son is used to CS then I don't think there should be a problem. The problem would arise with a new user who may have all sorts of infections in their system also as well as the 'flu, and this could maybe cause this. Mind you, anti virals would be the same - but worse. dee PS by the way, I am a Mercola fan - I think he has done great work for alternative medicine.

On 2 Sep 2009, at 02:03, Shirley Reed wrote:

Mercola's newsletter mentions that CS might cause a cytokine storm (sp) in young persons if they catch the flu. Does anyone have any thoughts on this or any information?? My youngest son is 24 and he regularly ingests CS. Now I am wondering if this is the right thing to do. Mercola is pretty good, imho. pj