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I rarely get sick, but I'm not going to speculate why, and I wouldn't recommend taking advice from a thread like this. You can't really know all the mechanisms behind why you get sick or not. There are people who smoke two packs a day and are rarely sick, and I'm sure some of them attribute that to smoking.
In my case, it's probably like that George Carlin bit about swimming in the Hudson. I am not a neat freak. I eat things I drop on the ground. Etc. It's like constantly vaccinating yourself against everything.
I got an ear infection swimming in lake Ontario growing up, probably why I never get sick. Swam in every stream could.
5 second rule can be stretched
Eat local honey
Be lucky and have a good immune system
Until last year i rarely got sick, "rarely" meaning maybe once a year and then only lightly. Since october/november last year i suddenly started getting sick almost once every month without any significant changes to any of the following:
- Social contact
- Diet
- Workout
- Sun/Outside time
- Happiness
Im the wrong person to ask for this obviously, because im still trying to figure out why im getting sick all of a sudden. The things i mentioned are probably still all valid factors tho.
Being an introvert and maintaining a healthy diet.
Avoid children
- Avoid drugs (e.g. marijuana, alcohol, tobacco, caffeine)
- Get enough sleep (i.e. wake up naturally; no alarms)
- Regular exercise (primarily playing sports)
- Eat healthily (avoid sugar, avoid starchy food, eat lots of fatty meat and eggs)
I went nearly 20 years without getting sick. Other than regular exercise I've done the exact opposite.
It really comes down to luck IMO
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don't share food
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wash hands but avoid antibacterial soap
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get enough sleep
May I ask, why avoid antibacterial soap specifically?
overuse weakens the immune system