Comments on: Prevent a Cold with Alka-Seltzer (Mar, 1938) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/13/prevent-a-cold-with-alka-seltzer/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Diane Grover http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/13/prevent-a-cold-with-alka-seltzer/comment-page-1/#comment-1101240 Diane Grover Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:58:53 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/13/prevent-a-cold-with-alka-seltzer/#comment-1101240 This works! Regular Alka Seltzer, not the cold medicine. It was my mother's antidote back when I was growing up in the 50's. Know I know where she got the idea. I have been using it immediately at the first sign of a cold for a couple of years now and haven't had a cold. My norm had been a couple of colds a year. It has to be more than luck. This works! Regular Alka Seltzer, not the cold medicine. It was my mother’s antidote back when I was growing up in the 50′s. Know I know where she got the idea. I have been using it immediately at the first sign of a cold for a couple of years now and haven’t had a cold. My norm had been a couple of colds a year. It has to be more than luck.

]]> By: mlines http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/13/prevent-a-cold-with-alka-seltzer/comment-page-1/#comment-1052386 mlines Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:56:06 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/13/prevent-a-cold-with-alka-seltzer/#comment-1052386 Ah yes, then there was the "Alka-Seltzer Cold Medicine" which contained phenylpropanolamine (PPA). The stuff really worked, too bad PPA was pulled from the market in 2000. Ah yes, then there was the “Alka-Seltzer Cold Medicine” which contained phenylpropanolamine (PPA). The stuff really worked, too bad PPA was pulled from the market in 2000.

]]> By: Matthew F http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/13/prevent-a-cold-with-alka-seltzer/comment-page-1/#comment-1023523 Matthew F Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:56:29 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/13/prevent-a-cold-with-alka-seltzer/#comment-1023523 This, by the way, really does work. It is true that an overly-acidic system (due primarily to an acidic diet and to stress) makes it easier for the cold virus to flourish. If you alkalize, whether via Alka Seltzer, baking soda, citric acid (which is an alkali in the body), or some other way, your cold will be much shorter. If you generally keep yourself alkalized through good diet and exercise, it makes it much harder for the rhinovirus to even catch hold. This, by the way, really does work. It is true that an overly-acidic system (due primarily to an acidic diet and to stress) makes it easier for the cold virus to flourish. If you alkalize, whether via Alka Seltzer, baking soda, citric acid (which is an alkali in the body), or some other way, your cold will be much shorter. If you generally keep yourself alkalized through good diet and exercise, it makes it much harder for the rhinovirus to even catch hold.

]]> By: Blurgle http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/13/prevent-a-cold-with-alka-seltzer/comment-page-1/#comment-1019888 Blurgle Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:17:43 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/13/prevent-a-cold-with-alka-seltzer/#comment-1019888 Actually, the selling point of Alka-Seltzer was that it was aspirin, only not in big bulky chalky foul-tasting pills. We've become so used to small, coated pills that are easy to take that we forget it wasn't always so. Also, Aspirin was a trademark in the US at that time, so they couldn't use the name anyway. Actually, the selling point of Alka-Seltzer was that it was aspirin, only not in big bulky chalky foul-tasting pills.

We’ve become so used to small, coated pills that are easy to take that we forget it wasn’t always so.

Also, Aspirin was a trademark in the US at that time, so they couldn’t use the name anyway.

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