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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:00 am    Post subject: Immune system boost Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:15 am    Post subject: Re: Immune system boost Reply with quote

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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.

Thanks.


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

10ml of MTFU daily does the trick
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hans Datdodishes wrote:
10ml of MTFU daily does the trick


Nothing better on a chilly day.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Glutamine.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Eat lots of cheese
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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.


...and take Glutamine.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

martin smith wrote:
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


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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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

martin smith wrote:
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


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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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

martin smith wrote:
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
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 Confused
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tommo wrote:
martin smith wrote:
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
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 Confused


Nah he's been lobbing apples at his son.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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 Confused
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tommo wrote:
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 Confused


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