Immune Booster Not.
In biblical era plagues were punishments from God. (Some people think so even these days.) We are not dealing with a plague but a pandemic, some will say. Whatever. ...(I will learn the difference if someone doesn't point out the difference between a plague and a pandemic.)However, as us humans and science evolved, we are more aware of bacteria, fungi, parasites and viruses. How they infect us and how they spread.
Anyway, understanding science is not a strength I am born with.
Just like Trump, none of us are medical experts to talk about medications and treatment. And as we all know internet and media are full of shit and lots of non experts giving expert advice. One moment you think you have learnt something, the next article tells that it is not true. (That is if you read in research mode rather than believe everything mode )
At this moment in time, it is better to understand our bodies and it's systems and functions than fall for every bullshit.
Our immune system is designed to protects us from infections through various lines of defence. It's a complex system. The function of our immune system is made up of the reciprocal reaction between our diet, stress, lifestyle and environment other than our genetic material and various types of cells and even memory cells that are stored to combat similar pathogens.
There are lots of bullshit about boosting the immune system these days.
But the truth is, the immune system is not designed to be Boosted. The correct message should be of maintaining a healthy immune system so that it would function when necessary to fight diseases,
by maintaining a healthy lifestyle, balanced diet and minimum stress levels.
Yes, there are certain nutrients, vitamins and minerals required for the function of our immune system. Lack of them in our diets will hinder the functions. But no secret ingredient, super food or a magic supplement can boost our immune system.
Non expert Usha marveled by the immune system signing off on a glorious Wednesday in month of April, year 2020.
Be safe. Stay home but not glued to a screen.
Have a nice day.!
Feel free to add any other facts about the immune system and its functions.
Comments (41)
The question is :
Not how can I boost my immune system? but...
What should I do to prevent KILLING it in the first place?
Shall I give you a list?
I been taking it a couple months now so that's how it's poison is already in my bloodstream :)
No BS scaremongering, doom and gloom, false news or instant snake oil solutions. Kudos to you
I am not very good with science. The more I learn now the more I wonder why I didn't like these stuff when young.
Interesting point of view.
But I also learned that phlegm is produced by our body to discharge pathogens from body and the areas drying out.
I have to read more on this especially because Covid 19 apparently hardens the phlegm in lungs. Thank you for bringing that up.
Thanks.
If we could avoid that, our guts would be a lot healthier.
People who eat a lot of ready-meals or processed foods are putting so much sugar into their bodies, and this is apart from the sugar we are aware we are eating - cakes, biscuits, sweets etc.
Convenience food is awash with sugar which our bodies cannot handle.
I hated science at school. Only an epidemy could make me interested in science. How stupid am I.
Stay safe. Ireland is doing good compared to UK.
Gut health is one of those
As we all know:
Smoking, alcohol, drugs are on top of the list.
Then, processed foods, refined, sugar and more..
Also, taking antibiotics from an early age for any little infection, cold or whatever, instead of letting our built in "antivirus" do its job.
Personally, I very seldom took antibiotics as they were not readily available and also very expensive when I was a kid.
I never had any vaccinations, apart from the polio and never drunk alcohol nor smoked.
I also try to eat as healthy as I can...(vegetarian diet).
I can't remember last time I had the flu or any infection.
The only thing I've been taken for a few years is a daily dose of vitamin C 500mg which was prescribed to me for blood circulation.
Daniela.
I think media should broadcast the importance of diet , exercise and relaxed mental states than broadcasting good for nothing politics. But media depends on ad revenues. They won't speak the truth. Would they?
If they get the virus, it will kill them!
At least, with my home cooking, I know the ingredients.
But I believe in everything in moderation. I know Daniela can live without alcohol and the other evils of life and that is brilliant for her, but I enjoy the evils of life
I would make a very bad hermit who lives to 119 but lives a very clean and chaste life.
I love food, I love going out to restaurants. I enjoy wine and other drinks. I unfortunately have a terrible sweet tooth too
But as for the rest, I like to live well, eat good food, drink good wine and enjoy every second of it. But I do generally live a relatively healthy life by balancing it all.
Take care Merc.
If you had a booster within the last 15 years you will become our CS test subject
Although your headline is "immune-booster not" so -
I can't live without meat and fish.
The antibiotics and vaccines. That's something I am curious of. I think you gave me living proof and evidence with your own experience.
Stay safe lovely lady.
Yes, we have to be grateful yet be cautious. It's not over but I think something positive will come soon.
I don't like food that much. I am lazy to eat and if I am busy I can go without food for a day. I don't like sweets but I enjoy different things when I get a chance. Just to know what is so special or what's the big haa hoo.
I don't find anything long if it is teaching me something. Thank you for sharing this book. I must try to find it but it won't be easy under these circumstances.
Stay safe Itchy. Hope all of your family is fine too.
Daytime eating doesn't bother me either way, but I love a nice dinner in the evening.
I try to get my fruit intake in during the day, and my veg with dinner.
I am not a huge meat eater, but I love fish, and try to get a few portions of oily fish in every week.
I wouldn't bother drinking wine with a meal of I'm alone, but when I have company or go out for a meal (that feels like it was in another life now
I avoid antibiotics as much as I can too. But if I do have to take them, I quickly restock on good bacteria to balance it out.
I wonder how our body will fair against something that even nature didn't think of...a hybrid manmade bug. Some do believe that is what we are facing right now with this current virus.
That is what I have heard, becoming more healthy does seem to be the best defense for this. Also, don't be old either.
You know, I wonder how much it matters what we know about this virus or not if we are all being forced to be isolated.
My daughter was given probiotic once because she is forever getting sick. But she read something about it and didn't take it. I have very little trust in doctors too. Because one doctor said it's not right to prescribe prebiotics without proper tests done.
Anyway, I think she was getting sick psychologically more than anything else because she is lazy. For the past two months she hasn't complained about anything. ( touch wood)
You are right about genetics. My children always complain getting worse of mine and their dad's.
Stay safe.
I broke curfew and went to see my married daughter.
As posted in the Drunkard's Medical Science Journal: Lots of drinking of alcoholic drinks fights germs and viruses and whatever else. Besides, people who are really drunk won't know the difference anyways. Or so they say.
It's also been said that Eating Sunflower Seeds takes away bad breath. And squeezing tomatoes under one's armpits helps with armpit odor.
Just some stuff I once heard or read somewhere. Not sure where.
Unknown Babylon, or Babirus of the Persians, Central Asia, Mesopotamia and Southern Asia 1200 BC influenza epidemic Indian Sanskrit scholars found records of a disease resembling the Flu.
75,000–100,000 Greece, Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia 429–426 BC Plague of Athens Unknown, possibly typhus, typhoid fever or viral hemorrhagic fever
Unknown Greece (Northern Greece, Roman Republic) 412 BC 412 BC epidemic
Just some more bull...prior to to plagues and pandemics were epidemics, fevers and pox.
Curses and Lies.