I don't eat that bad, but I know my diet could use some work. I don't drink soda or sweet drinks...actually, I usually drink only unsweetened tea or water. I also try to keep beef and pork out of my diet because of how fatty those are. I don't typically eat breakfast, which I know is not the best for my metabolism. I eat a lot of noodles, mostly because I'm broke and mac and cheese and Spaghetti are uber cheap.
Bull. There is no evidence to suggest that skipping breakfast will cause any large change on human metabolism (besides the obvious). It takes quite a deal longer than just skipping a meal for your body to go into starvation mode.
What's wrong with MSG (As far as I've read or heard it is totally harmless unless you are sensitive/intolerant) or high fructose corn syrup (delicious!)? ;o
MSG is a chemical additive that affects the way your brain perceives taste. In short, it fucks with your brain chemistry, not good. Corn syrup has is notorious for being absolutely dreadful (there is plenty of evidence for this, google it if you must). Those ads advocating that corn syrup isn't bad since it is, "made from corn," or other silly bullshit are all a bunch of lies. Corn itself is grain and difficult on the human digestive track. The sugar in it is in large quantities and hard for the body to process - which corn syrup is pretty much just concentrated corn sugar. This leads to inflammation which leads to a host of other problems.
It's better to never take antibiotics or medicine because your body will be much better at handling future illness that comes your way. For example whenever the GF is sick I can go be with her and I won't get sick because my immune system laughs at bacteria that antibiotic-loving people get owned by.
Antibiotics are typically used in cases that antibiotics are needed for, like say, strep throat. Those
bacterial (read: not viral, since antibiotics do not work on viruses) infections are potentially life threatening if not treated. It has no effect on your immune system's function (but it does work a number on your own friendly intestinal bacteria). Medicine also has no effect on immune system function; medicine as you refer to it (over the counter) only relieve symptoms and have little or no part in helping rid of the body of infection.
Furthermore you do get infected by your GF if you're around her. It just so happens your immune system can fight off the infection before it shows any symptoms - which it is constantly doing anyway. Any number of things factor into immune system function; diet, exercise, and sleep are all key factors.
You think that drugs specifically designed and thoroughly tested for treating specific illnesses are inferior to Vitamin C? Did you read that in a scientific journal or is that just some crackpot theory you read on a website?
Many Americans suffer from malnutrition of certain vitamins, most of the time it is vitamin D, which studies said the upwards of 80% of Americans get too little of. Vitamin D has been proven to have a significant role in protecting oneself against the cold.
Wrong, you'll still have antibodies even if you take antibiotics. Most people don't drink antibiotics for breakfast. If you've got antibodies for a bacteria or virus you'll be fine, otherwise you'll probably catch whatever she has.
Correct, antibodies will still exist even while taking antibiotics. And yes, antibodies allow your body to quickly eradicate a virus it has come across before.
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