Ravi
Diamond Member
Sorry, Kitten, you are just misinformed. A healthy immune system is usually important for fighting off many, many things, but sometimes it is actually detrimental. So your advice to eat right is silly...if you get the swine flu, you're going to need medication from your doctor.That isn't true because viruses continually mutate, so having the flu once doesn't protect you from the next mutated strain.No ... you'd do best to just eat healthy, and when you do get sick let it run it's course. Then the next time you encounter it you won't have to worry ...
But this may be why it kills otherwise healthy people instead of the young or the old...because healthy people think they can just fight it off on their own.
You missed the whole exercise part didn't you? You're immune system is like a smart computer, when it fights off one version the next mutation is easier to fight off as well. There are many other factors as well, but exposing your immune system to small amounts of different viruses will improve it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/health/27questions.html?_r=1When a new virus emerges, deaths may occur in healthy adults who mount the strongest immune reactions. Their own defenses inflammation and leaking fluid in lung cells can essentially drown them from inside.