RE: Ways to resist getting sick... (Was: Re: Libertarianism and antibiotics)

From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Tue Nov 12 2002 - 22:45:38 MST


> On Tuesday, November 12, 2002 7:53 PM John Grigg starman2100@lycos.com
> wrote:
> > 3. Take an assortment of vitamin and mineral supplements. I
> > would recommend to you CORAL calcium which is the new
> > big thing(this can be both good and bad). Supposedly it
> > greatly boosts the immune system and slows aging.
> > We shall see.
>
> I've tried beta glucan and didn't get sick the entire time I
> was on it.
> Anyone have similar experiences? (I rarely get sick, but I attribute
> this mostly to diet, sleep, cleanliness, and an active life
> style. I've
> also never had a weight problem.)

Any more information on beta glucan? What is it supposed to do?

>
> > 4. Eat enough fruits and vegetables.
>
> I also noticed several years ago when I tried caloric restriction
> seriously, aside from always being hungry, I did not get sick for the
> few months I was on the diet. This is probably not even a good
> anecdotal example, since in the worst years I get maybe one
> cold. A few
> months is not telling.

I get crushing headaches when I'm hungry :-(

>
> Also, when I do feel under the weather at all, I get very aggressive
> about pre-empting the illness.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Dan
> http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/
>
> Film recommendation: "All or Nothing" by Mike Leigh.
>

Thanks Dan. It sounds like not being a slob is a good start to staying
healthy.

Emlyn
www.emlynoregan.com

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