How to prevent the stomach bug!!

The Stomach Bug...every parents and person's worst enemy!! Recently I learned that there may be an easy way to prevent it when someone in your family comes home with symptoms!  

The reason I'm blogging about this is I recently came down with a 24 hour stomach bug.  At first I thought it was something I ate but when it didn't go away fairly quickly, and having had been around a bunch of little kids volunteering at VBS that week I accepted that it was in fact a bug.  

Awhile back a friend of mine told me to start drinking grape juice to prevent me from getting sick.  I've done some research to learn more! 

One of the things I learned was in order to prevent yourself from getting the stomach flu after you know you have been exposed (someone in your family or circle recently came down with it, taking care of your sick kid, etc.) you should start drinking 100% purple Grape juice, no sugar added, before symptoms begin. If you're already having symptoms unfortunately it's too late.  Sorry!

Everything I read recommended drinking the grape juice three times a day for a few days after being exposed. You can also use this method with kids, just fill their glass, sippy cup or bottles with it three times a day.  I know, I know, it's a lot of sugar.  But, wouldn't you rather take the chance on some extra sugar then cleaning up puke?  I would!  

How it works:

The grape juice works by changing the pH in your intestinal tract so that the virus can’t multiply. It also harbors various strong anti-viral chemicals in it. Along with the Vitamin C and anti-oxidants in the juice, it’s supposed to flush and kill the virus and/or severely lesson the symptoms. When you get a stomach virus, it actually isn’t in your stomach, it’s all in your large and small intestines. The effects of what it’s doing to those makes you sick to your stomach (changing the acidity in your stomach). Keeping the pH of the intestines slightly more alkaline is supposed to stop the virus from taking hold and thus making you sick according to musthavemom.com. 

So next time you stomach bug think about this post and start drinking your grape juice and SHARE with a friend!