Little bit off-topic for HN, but wondering what HN do for health.
How do you boost/improve your (and yours child's) immune system?
Ask HN: How do you boost/improve your immune system?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you boost/improve your immune system?
#2Ensure you do not have vitamin D deficiency, reduce stress, exercise, and eat a well balanced diet.
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#3Reduce or completely eliminate animal products (way too many toxins), boost the antioxidants ( amla, berries), eliminate processed food and switch to whole foods, exercise regularly, sleep well
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#4Try to be a little bit dirty whenever possible. Most of the time I don't wash my hand before I eat. I deliberately eat a small amount of microbes to stimulate my immune system, similar to how the vaccine works (by giving a weakened bacteria or antigen to stimulate the production of antibodies).
Being too clean is considered not healthy. [0]
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#5If one doesn't exercise, that would be the one with the best outcome. It would then lead to a better eating habit, would make you happier and increase the self-confidence. So many benefits to it.
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#6Try to be a little bit dirty whenever possible. Most of the time I don't wash my hand before I eat. I deliberately eat a small amount of microbes to stimulate my immune system, similar to how the vaccine works (by giving a weakened bacteria or antigen to stimulate the production of antibodies). Being too clean is considered not healthy. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis
It's the same principle as vaccinations. Minor infections allow the immune system to develop antigen markers
Re: Ask HN: How do you boost/improve your immune system?
#7Ensure you do not have vitamin D deficiency, reduce stress, exercise, and eat a well balanced diet.
Worth noting a good source of vitamin D is the Sun
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#8Regular exercise and getting enough sleep are both really great (for lots of reasons, but definitely a boost to your immune system). And of course nutrition is important, and it's show to be helpful even if you only make small changes. Ditto on the healing powers of vitamin D - especially when it comes from the sun.
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#9Natural night - ten hours real darkness (no light) starting and ending at the same time (red light is okay.) Many immune and detoxification processes are left to your nightly melatonin cycle, when you don't need energy to do other things.
Other than that: strictly avoiding any supplement that's touted to "boost the immune system." I'm not joking at all, putting your immune system into high gear for no reason repeatedly is a bad idea, and all that crying wolf will leave it less able to respond when really needed.
Re: Ask HN: How do you boost/improve your immune system?
#10Try to be a little bit dirty whenever possible. Most of the time I don't wash my hand before I eat. I deliberately eat a small amount of microbes to stimulate my immune system, similar to how the vaccine works (by giving a weakened bacteria or antigen to stimulate the production of antibodies). Being too clean is considered not healthy. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis
An especially safe way to go help about this is to not clean your cookware too well; since this gives you regular exposure to dead bacteria, etc. that's been heated and killed.