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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

by arjie 10y ago

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.

PantaloonFlames 10y ago
> 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 more immunoglobulin A. People who sleep more, get sick less often. If you get the flu more often than you'd like, start exercising more, having more sex, or sleeping better. Ideally all three.
- arjie 10y ago
  Ha ha, I walked right into that. Well played.