Posted on May 20th, 2010 by Craig Maltby, Editor
The coffee shop syndrome: immune balance to the rescue
I dropped my car off at the shop today to get the air conditioner recharged. While waiting for the work to get done, I 
hopped over to Panera Bread to do some wi-fi work and grab some coffee. Have you been to Panera? It’s obviously doing something right because it is always filled with customers, morning, noon and night. (Panera’s 10-year stock trend is up, up, up, but I don’t do stock picking).
It’s also filled with lots of moms…and a few dads…with young children in tow. And, from hearing the coughs and seeing runny noses all year round, a number of those kids are sick. This could mean that such coffee places are more potent breeding grounds for colds and flu than home, school or work, since there is such a mix of kids and adults from wide areas that frequent Paneras and other such places.
If I were a stay-at-home parent or anyone else who regularly goes to coffee places stocked with lot of kids (here’s one in Seattle that specializes in making the coffee shop as close to a daycare center as possible), I’d do a lot to make sure my immune system was as balanced and in sync as possible. EpiCor every day, hands down.
BTW, someone has taken coffee and immune health to the next level. They don’t have a retail chain yet, but maybe it’s coming.
