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Mofra said:
Sounds like (sadly) just a timing issue - is your new job exposing you to more people (more sick people)?
Lifestyle factors are as big an influence as diet IMO.
I went through a period of almost never being sick - however in the past few years between two jobs, part time study, always being busy etc I can get run down and find myself getting sick 3-4 times per year, most notably when I've been short on sleep for weeks on end.

How are your sleeping patterns? It may actually be worth concentrating on sleep supplements if you aren't getting enough as that can have a big influence on immunity.
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This is 100% on the money, imo it has little to do with diet or health but exposure. Since I caught an extremely bad flu way back in 2003 I have not had even a single virus since, but before that would get about 2 a year. This was about time I finished up at trade school, and about a couple of years later moved to the country and have mostly lived there since working in small companies or by myself, rarely getting into contact with large crowds. Also I don't have any kids..

As for getting better from them, one word - rest.
 

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showdownhero said:
Since I've started LCHF and intermittent fasting my immune system seems to have gone to the next level, I can barely even remember the last time I got sick, so I definitely acknowledge there is a firm connection between nutrition and general well being and particularly the importance of gut flora.
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This year is the first year since I moved back to Perth that I haven't been hit with a dose of the flu or a bad cold. I've been wondering if it's connected to the bolded as well, though it could just be a coincidence.

I did cop a very minor case of the cold this week that everyone I know seems to have gotten, but I knocked it on the head within two days without much more than a slight sore throat and the occasional sneeze. Meanwhile my housemate and his gf (whose cupboard and freezer are full of processed food) are still coughing and spluttering after having it for more than a week.
 
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estibador said:
This year is the first year since I moved back to Perth that I haven't been hit with a dose of the flu or a bad cold. I've been wondering if it's connected to the bolded as well, though it could just be a coincidence.

I did cop a very minor case of the cold this week that everyone I know seems to have gotten, but I knocked it on the head within two days without much more than a slight sore throat and the occasional sneeze. Meanwhile my housemate and his gf (whose cupboard and freezer are full of processed food) are still coughing and spluttering after having it for more than a week.
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2 of my mates that I lived with for a few years in Perth when I was younger were the definition of unhealthy and from memory never got sick, one subsided on a staple diet of mainly McDonald and KFC, the other for a long time on regular weekend Friday to Monday drug benders. Myself and the other bloke lived reasonably cleanly eating well and exercising like training for footy during that period got sick fairly often (One particular year I had 3 weeks of genuine days off.)

I think it is more to do with them being pretty boring hardly ever going out and mostly staying at home, also one of them spending 95% of his time working all on his own.
 
estibador said:
This year is the first year since I moved back to Perth that I haven't been hit with a dose of the flu or a bad cold. I've been wondering if it's connected to the bolded as well, though it could just be a coincidence.

I did cop a very minor case of the cold this week that everyone I know seems to have gotten, but I knocked it on the head within two days without much more than a slight sore throat and the occasional sneeze. Meanwhile my housemate and his gf (whose cupboard and freezer are full of processed food) are still coughing and spluttering after having it for more than a week.
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I'm a bit the same. with two kids I usually go down badly two to three times a winter...this year nothing...and My daughter has had a belter of a cold for while...

It's been interesting.
 
showdownhero said:
Since I've started LCHF and intermittent fasting my immune system seems to have gone to the next level, I can barely even remember the last time I got sick, so I definitely acknowledge there is a firm connection between nutrition and general well being and particularly the importance of gut flora.
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I wear odd socks. I used to wear matching ones, and I got sick a lot. Since switching to odd ones I haven't been sick.

Therefore I have concluded that there is a definite firm connection between the type of undergarments you wear on your feet and general well being.
 
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Juddy88 said:
I wear odd socks. I used to wear matching ones, and I got sick a lot. Since switching to odd ones I haven't been sick.

Therefore I have concluded that there is a definite firm connection between the type of undergarments you wear on your feet and general well being.
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oh wow got me there m80 #rekt
 

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oh brother

http://theconversation.com/explainer-is-it-really-ok-to-eat-food-thats-fallen-on-the-floor-45541

and sbs have run with the story

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/...rule-it-really-ok-eat-food-thats-fallen-floor

So the next time you consider eating dropped food, the odds are in your favor that you can eat that morsel and not get sick. But in the rare chance that there is a microorganism that can make you sick on the exact spot where the food dropped, you can be fairly sure the bug is on the food you are about to put in your mouth.
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Must be a slow news day, Paul Dawson has been trotting out this bacteriophobic pseudo science for 5 years https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=139650759393072&id=69307867624
 
I thought that too until i had to go on an antibiotic triple therapy to get rid of a blastocystis hominis infection. You CANNOT get rid of this thing naturally and need to be precise with the drugs you use otherwise you'll make the infection worse. E.g. Taking a broad spectrum antibiotic will kill the good bacteria that was keeping the infection at bay which allows blasto to proliferate. Doctors continue to prescribe metronidazole / flagyl for it though. :rolleyes:

Including the drugs (which can only be gotten from a place in sydney), probiotics and supplements, i spent a good $600 on curing this infection. Not to mention the shitty adverse affects i got from taking antibiotics.

It's definitely made me more conservative with hygiene.
 
Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear said:
Richmond supporter ;).

FWIW I won't even touch the door handle on the way out of public toilets. Either use my foot or cover my hand. 90% of people don't wash their hands from what I see. Farking disgusting pigs.
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I NEVER wash my hands after a wizz in a public toilet. Think about it, all those blokes grabbing their filthy old fellar "then" using their hand to turn on the tap. No thanks, I am aware of my personal hygene and would rather be one of those pigs you are talking about.
 

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Bazzar said:
I NEVER wash my hands after a wizz in a public toilet. Think about it, all those blokes grabbing their filthy old fellar "then" using their hand to turn on the tap. No thanks, I am aware of my personal hygene and would rather be one of those pigs you are talking about.
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I apply soap to the tap handle.

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I know this has been posted on numerous occasions but it's worth watching again. Not only is it funny but its 100% spot on and microbiologists and other scientists are now starting to spread the word. As a society we are too concerned about hygiene and our immune systems are suffering because of it. Obsessing over dropped food or a toilet tap is just plain cray cray.

 
I have an extraordinarily bad lifestyle, but I've only had one cold/flu in about ten years.

My tips are:
* Only ever drink to excess. Never have a glass of wine or a couple of beers, just go on a bender and do it all at once.
* Ciggies are for weekends only, unless you smoke during the week, in which case try make it only one or two a day.
* Hold your breath around poor people, they generally carry lots of germs and most colds are caught because the germs are airborne.
* Garlic, Chili, Ginger. Every day, every meal.

Feel free to PM me if you need more advice.

Toump Ass
 
Toump Ass said:
* Hold your breath around poor people, they generally carry lots of germs and most colds are caught because the germs are airborne.
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Considering I work with the homeless for about 5 hours each day, I would die if I did this :(
 

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