Educate Your Immune System

Post by emptybits » Mon, Jun 06, 2016, 8:08 AM UTC

esolyt wrote: post #71

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When presented with milk, many adult mammals (including some humans) will drink it. Humans are simply better than most at getting their way with other species -- this is the primary difference, is it not? For example, I have seen apparently healthy and non-starving adult black bears, some dogs, and cats happily consume cow milk if it is available. There are pros and cons to it, for sure, but there is clearly nutritio…

> healthy and non-starving adult black bears, some dogs, and cats happily consume cow milk if it is available. How does that prove milk is good for us? Or for them? Non-starving animals and humans can also enjoy the taste of junk food, we don't judge junk food's nutritional value based on that.

Post by arjie » Mon, Jun 06, 2016, 8:26 PM UTC

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I did all that except the milking by hand and the rare showering (grew up in 36-40 °C place), in addition to being barefoot in the mud everywhere, and all I got for all that is a propensity for catching the flu every year. My brother grew up when we started moving out of this sort of environment (so he had 4 years less of this) and he falls sick much less than I do. My guess is that other factors dominate.

> a propensity for catching the flu every year. I don't think that a faraway childhood affects resistance to the flu, right now, significantly. Maybe to some of the maladies mentioned in the article. The fact is the immune system is an engine, just like everything else in the human body. People who exercise more get sick less often. People who exercise more get sick less severely. People who have sex more often have…