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Hibbs
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 Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:00 am Post subject: Immune system boost |
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Is there anything worth taking over winter to help boost the old immune system? I live in an old cottage with lots of drafts that would need major work to rectify, so it's easy to come down with something during the night.
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KJ
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:15 am Post subject: Re: Immune system boost |
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| Hibbs wrote: |
Is there anything worth taking over winter to help boost the old immune system? I live in an old cottage with lots of drafts that would need major work to rectify, so it's easy to come down with something during the night.
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More likely to come down with something in a modern hermetically sealed house 
I rate the odd hot toddy as remedy for draughty cottages  |
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Hans Datdodishes
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:47 am Post subject: |
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10ml of MTFU daily does the trick
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KJ
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:49 am Post subject: |
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| Hans Datdodishes wrote: |
| 10ml of MTFU daily does the trick |
Nothing better on a chilly day.
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Hibbs
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:48 am Post subject: |
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| Hans Datdodishes wrote: |
| 10ml of MTFU daily does the trick |
I tried that last winter. Had about 6 chest infections/colds between October and March in total. May have had a dodgy batch though.
Ok, trying this from another angle. Do any of your wives/girlfriends/assorted other women take anything to help their immune system please, seeing as they can't MTFU. (Well, most can't.) |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:51 am Post subject: |
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I find being an antisocial ***tard keeps the colds at bay to some extent. That and avoiding flying, trains pubs etc.
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Chrissylaa
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Glutamine.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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this is a slippery slope...
...this whole thread is a hop and a skip away from an autologous blood bag in the fridge.
Just eat and sleep properly |
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Eat lots of cheese
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Ed2001
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Rather than waste your money on quack/snake oil rubbish the best way to avoid colds/flu etc during the winter is eat a healthy *CENSORED*, have a good sleep pattern and most importantly wash your hands regularly.
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Chrissylaa
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| Ed2001 wrote: |
| Rather than waste your money on quack/snake oil rubbish the best way to avoid colds/flu etc during the winter is eat a healthy *CENSORED*, have a good sleep pattern and most importantly wash your hands regularly. |
...and take Glutamine.
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I've yet to see any evidence that 'boosting' your immune system would be a good idea. several diseases could come under exactly this description.
anyone who tells you that you can boost your immune system is likely to be about to direct you to a quack remedy that doesn't work. This on the other hand seems sensible:
http://www.health.harvard.edu/flu-resource-center/how-to-boost-your-immune-system.htm
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Terry Tibbs
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Indeed, the focus shouldn't be on a boost. More like "make sure it works".
Any adoptive immunotherapy is based on a sample of your immune system when its working properly rather than overcompensation. |
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Hibbs
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Thanks for that, very interesting. However, I'm willing to try anything to try to avoid a repeat of last winter so will get some glutamine on Chrissylaa's recommendation, even if it is just a placebo. It can't hurt anyway. |
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tommo
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I bet your dying to tell you're kids that santa , the Tooth fairy etc dont exist ! Infact i bet you've done so already , in the form of documented evidence ! f.f.s 
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Terry Tibbs
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I bet your dying to tell you're kids that santa , the Tooth fairy etc dont exist ! Infact i bet you've done so already , in the form of documented evidence ! f.f.s |
Nah he's been lobbing apples at his son. |
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Have those anti-bacterial hand-rubs with you at all times and use them before and after you touch anything someone else has been in contact with. Apply some to your nostrils at regular (5 min) intervals. Wear a surgeon's mask at all times.
Hopefully you won't get a cold - and you may invent the world's largest plane/record the best ever selling album in the process...
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tipper
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I know some riders who sware by using colostrum
Its the milk from cows within 24 hours after giving birth, meant to boost imune system and help diggestion... could be worth a try ? |
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tommo
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| tipper wrote: |
I know some riders who sware by using colostrum
Its the milk from cows within 24 hours after giving birth, meant to boost imune system and help diggestion... could be worth a try ? |
Will someone gag Tipper before he gets to tippertastic
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Chrissylaa
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| tipper wrote: |
I know some riders who sware by using colostrum
Its the milk from cows within 24 hours after giving birth, meant to boost imune system and help diggestion... could be worth a try ? |
Will someone gag Tipper before he gets to tippertastic |
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