How NHL Players And Olympic Athletes Fight Colds
19 Feb 2007
How would you like to be a NHL hockey player, reach the Stanley Cup playoffs, then suddenly develop a severe cold? Or train for the Olympics and then be knocked out of competition by a cold? It’s a fear that never leaves athletes. Now Canadian scientists have finally developed a pill that fights this common problem. In fact, and this is hard to believe, Cold-fX is even good enough to make Don Cherry, hockey’s outspoken personality, a believer!
Don Cherry, whom we either love or hate during NHL intermission crossfire with Ron Maclean, told me that as a young boy he suffered from bronchial asthma and every winter had several colds. The colds continued during his hockey career. Later, when he retired from playing and became a banquet speaker his colds became worse, from shaking thousands of hands.
Luckily Cherry read a report that the Edmonton Oilers players were using Cold-fX and that it was helping the team combat colds. He knew first hand, as a hockey coach, how colds and flu could infect an entire team and affect performance on ice. So he decided to try Cold-fX himself and "eureka", for the first time in his life he went through the winter without a single cold.
Cherry then got careless during the hectic playoff season and stopped taking Cold-fX for two weeks. He says, "I came down with a beauty" that had infected the whole broadcast crew. So Cherry smartened up, got back on Cold-fX, and his cold subsided the next day.
But one person’s battle against colds could be a chance affair. What is impressive is that Cold-fX has been used by 26 professional hockey teams such as the Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, Montreal Canadians and Toronto Maple Leafs. In fact, Team Canada at the World Cup, had the product on hand in case players needed it. It’s also become a medical routine for the Edmonton Eskimos and the Calgary Stampeders. And 26 coaches and hundreds of hockey players are unlikely pawns if Cold-fX is no better than the old-fashioned snake oil.
There’s also scientific evidence that Cold-fx is a safe drug for Olympic athletes. A study conducted by Dr. Grant Pierce, Professor of Physiology and Pharmacy at the University of Manitoba, recently appeared in the International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism.
Dr. Pierce had 40 young athletes take Cold-fX for a month. Urine samples were then screened for 200 banned compounds at the Montreal laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency. These studies showed that Cold-fX did not contain any banned substances. In addition, it did not trigger the production of banned substances when used to prevent colds.
Colin Young is Vice President of The Canadian Sport Centre, Calgary, that trains 300 world class athletes. He says, "This trial has demonstrated that Cold-fX is the ideal supplement for our athletes to give them a competitive advantage in a unique way."
Christine Nordhagen, 6 times World Female Wrestling Champion, adds that she hasn’t had a cold since taking Cold-fX. This in spite of extensive international travel along with strenuous workouts.
A Winnipeg native, Clara Hughes, is a medal winner at both summer and winter games. She reports that she invariably worried about the possibility she might develop an ill-timed illness, but was always acutely aware of the threat of drug doping. She says Cold-fX is a Godsend.
Cold-fX is an isolated compound derived from North American ginseng and strengthens the immune system to fend off viral infection. Its unique and patented technology ensures safety, efficacy and consistency. It works by boosting the effects of natural killer and antibody producing cells. Clinical trials show it’s 89 percent effective. It can be used on a daily basis to prevent colds or when a cold strikes. And it doesn’t make you drowsy, the last thing an athlete or any active person needs.
Cold-fX is recommended for adults and children age 12 and over. To combat a current cold 9 tablets are taken the first day, 6 the second and 3 the final day. To prevent a cold one capsule is taken twice a day. It’s available in pharmacy, grocery and health food stores and is a great insurance policy against colds.
