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As a younger person what are the best habits to get into to maintain optimal long term immune health?

by bloqs 1y ago

ReptileMan 1y ago
Normal weight and enough sleep.
throwaway290 1y ago
Don't compromise it chronically. Protected sex etc.
goda90 1y ago
Sleep, exercise, a balanced diet of mostly whole fruits and vegetables, and a moderate amount of whole grains, legumes and fresh meat/fish/eggs if you're not choosing a vegan lifestyle. Avoid ultra processed foods, cured meats, alcohol and other recreational drugs. Make sure you get enough vitamin D, which can be hard with certain diets if you're not supplementing, or getting the right amount of sunlight(latitude and time of year matters). Try to stay low stress, spend time out in nature, maintain good relationships, etc. Edit: caveat to spending time out in nature: be vigilant of ticks. A tick-bourne disease can mess up your immune system pretty well
- FollowingTheDao 1y ago
  Maybe your schema will work for someone who’s on the very top point of the bell curve of human population but human genetic and environmental variability will over rule your advice for the majority of people.
  - pinkmuffinere 1y ago
    The states known for “hippie”/“granola” attitudes, which largely align with the advice given here, tend to live longer than the states that don’t (scroll through the list in [1] to see this). Usually I would insist on a study, but the effect is so striking, and the mechanism by which it would work is so obvious, that I think this simple list is enough. And I’m sure there are studies too, I’m just too lazy to find and link one. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_life_expectancy?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ...
- danbender 1y ago
  Plus, fix your gut.
stronglikedan 1y ago
Don't be a germaphobe. Don't wash your hands a lot. Give your immune system a little work out each day by not babying it. Try not to take any medicines unless you absolutely need them, and stay away from hand sanitizers. If you do need to clean anything, soap is more than enough and water is usually enough. I thought it was normal to be over 50 and not take any medicines, but all the doctors and staff were surprised by this when I got my colonoscopy recently.
- webstrand 1y ago
  By hand sanitizers, do you mean something other than the isopropyl-gel based hand sanitizers? If not, I would have guessed that would be little different than using a strong soap. That said, unfortunately there's some element of luck to it. There's compelling evidence that C-section babies have abnormal immune responses and less diverse body flora. And I imagine childhood circumstance affects things too, city vs country affecting the childhood exposure to pathogens and non-pathogens for training.
- kmarc 1y ago
  Above 50? My 30+ year old American friends are all running on pills, daily, many different of them. I was shocked. So I am rather with you. It should be normal not to take medicines.
  - unshavedyak 1y ago
    What sort of pills? Vitamins or ?
    - kmarc 1y ago
      Some yes, and then all sorts of mood boosters, painkillers, etc. Basically all the stuff I later saw during a commercial break at a bar during some sports game. (this should be banned, TBH)
mschuster91 1y ago
- Get vaccinated fully and regularly. Any kind of infection is much harder to deal with for the body than a vaccine. Particularly important are the measles and Covid shots, an infection with either of the actual pathogens can wipe out your immune system history and you lose a lot of protection. - practice safe sex, get tested regularly (even if both you and your partners are exclusive) and get that HPV shot. Yes, even if you're male. Cancer on your bits ain't pretty. - keep the drug consumption reasonable, especially smoking and alcohol - the better quality the food, the better your health. Should be a no-brainer and I know about food deserts, lack of time etc
bregma 1y ago
You want to live a long time? Avoid any of the things that make it worthwhile.

As a younger person what are the best habits to get into to maintain optimal long term immune health?

by bloqs 1y ago

As a younger person what are the best habits to get into to maintain optimal long term immune health?

ReptileMan 1y ago

Normal weight and enough sleep.

throwaway290 1y ago

Don't compromise it chronically. Protected sex etc.

goda90 1y ago

Sleep, exercise, a balanced diet of mostly whole fruits and vegetables, and a moderate amount of whole grains, legumes and fresh meat/fish/eggs if you're not choosing a vegan lifestyle. Avoid ultra processed foods, cured meats, alcohol and other recreational drugs. Make sure you get enough vitamin D, which can be hard with certain diets if you're not supplementing, or getting the right amount of sunlight(latitude and time of year matters). Try to stay low stress, spend time out in nature, maintain good relationships, etc. Edit: caveat to spending time out in nature: be vigilant of ticks. A tick-bourne disease can mess up your immune system pretty well

FollowingTheDao 1y ago
Maybe your schema will work for someone who’s on the very top point of the bell curve of human population but human genetic and environmental variability will over rule your advice for the majority of people.
- pinkmuffinere 1y ago
  The states known for “hippie”/“granola” attitudes, which largely align with the advice given here, tend to live longer than the states that don’t (scroll through the list in [1] to see this). Usually I would insist on a study, but the effect is so striking, and the mechanism by which it would work is so obvious, that I think this simple list is enough. And I’m sure there are studies too, I’m just too lazy to find and link one. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_life_expectancy?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ...
danbender 1y ago
Plus, fix your gut.

stronglikedan 1y ago

Don't be a germaphobe. Don't wash your hands a lot. Give your immune system a little work out each day by not babying it. Try not to take any medicines unless you absolutely need them, and stay away from hand sanitizers. If you do need to clean anything, soap is more than enough and water is usually enough. I thought it was normal to be over 50 and not take any medicines, but all the doctors and staff were surprised by this when I got my colonoscopy recently.

webstrand 1y ago
By hand sanitizers, do you mean something other than the isopropyl-gel based hand sanitizers? If not, I would have guessed that would be little different than using a strong soap. That said, unfortunately there's some element of luck to it. There's compelling evidence that C-section babies have abnormal immune responses and less diverse body flora. And I imagine childhood circumstance affects things too, city vs country affecting the childhood exposure to pathogens and non-pathogens for training.
kmarc 1y ago
Above 50? My 30+ year old American friends are all running on pills, daily, many different of them. I was shocked. So I am rather with you. It should be normal not to take medicines.
- unshavedyak 1y ago
  What sort of pills? Vitamins or ?
  - kmarc 1y ago
    Some yes, and then all sorts of mood boosters, painkillers, etc. Basically all the stuff I later saw during a commercial break at a bar during some sports game. (this should be banned, TBH)

mschuster91 1y ago

- Get vaccinated fully and regularly. Any kind of infection is much harder to deal with for the body than a vaccine. Particularly important are the measles and Covid shots, an infection with either of the actual pathogens can wipe out your immune system history and you lose a lot of protection. - practice safe sex, get tested regularly (even if both you and your partners are exclusive) and get that HPV shot. Yes, even if you're male. Cancer on your bits ain't pretty. - keep the drug consumption reasonable, especially smoking and alcohol - the better quality the food, the better your health. Should be a no-brainer and I know about food deserts, lack of time etc

bregma 1y ago

You want to live a long time? Avoid any of the things that make it worthwhile.