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What can one do other than washing hands, blah blah, to not get sick? I really don't want to get sick this year :(
Preventing Illness in 2020: What To Do
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Discussion Overview
The discussion revolves around strategies for preventing illness in 2020, exploring various lifestyle choices and dietary habits. Participants share personal anecdotes and suggestions, with a focus on health practices, food choices, and environmental factors.
Discussion Character
- Exploratory
- Debate/contested
- Conceptual clarification
Main Points Raised
- Some participants suggest avoiding processed foods and eating more natural, home-grown vegetables as a means to improve health.
- Others humorously propose extreme measures like living in a bubble to avoid illness, while acknowledging the potential negative impact on immune health.
- A participant mentions the idea that consuming processed foods creates a hostile environment for germs, suggesting a correlation between diet and susceptibility to illness.
- Several participants share traditional health advice, such as drinking carrot juice, avoiding cold weather with wet hair, and eating garlic.
- One participant recounts their experience of only getting sick once since changing their diet to exclude animal products, attributing illness to hygiene practices rather than diet.
- There is a humorous exchange about avoiding crowded places and children, with some participants jokingly referring to children as "disease-infested vermin."
Areas of Agreement / Disagreement
Participants express a variety of opinions on dietary choices and health practices, with no clear consensus on the best approach to preventing illness. The discussion includes both serious suggestions and humorous remarks, indicating a mix of agreement on the importance of diet while differing on specific recommendations.
Contextual Notes
Some claims about food and health are based on personal experiences and anecdotal evidence, with no scientific backing provided. The discussion reflects a range of assumptions about diet, hygiene, and illness prevention that may not be universally applicable.
Who May Find This Useful
Individuals interested in health, nutrition, and illness prevention strategies, as well as those looking for community perspectives on lifestyle choices related to wellness.
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Pengwuino
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Live in a bubble.
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stop eating all that processed crap they sell you in supermarkets and fast food joints, for starts.
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Pengwuino said:
I thought of that, but ehhh, in the long run my immune system would suck.
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Smurf said:
I don't eat fast food. I don't eat too much processed crap though either, even though it's impossible to get away from it.
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Pengwuino
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Smurf said:
yah, live off vegetables you eat from your own garden. Then you can get beat up by a 15 year old girl.
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Pengwuino said:
I just don't want to get anything which would make me puke :(, I don't like throwing up
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Pengwuino
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Be a man, get sick, we all do it.
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I think all of the unnatural, pesticide laced, processed food I eat creates such a hostile environment, germs find it hard to thrive in my body, they move on to easier prey, you know, those people that eat all that healthy food. 
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Well I know what my mom would say:
-Drink your carrot juice
-Don't go outside with wet hair
-Eat plenty of garlic (don't give me that bad breath excuse!)
-Put some clothes on it's freezing outside!(this is assuming you don't have on 2 sweaters and a jacket already
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-Drink your carrot juice
-Don't go outside with wet hair
-Eat plenty of garlic (don't give me that bad breath excuse!)
-Put some clothes on it's freezing outside!(this is assuming you don't have on 2 sweaters and a jacket already
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Skyhunter
I live off vegetables, and because I am not antagonistic there are no 15 year old girls that want to beat me up.Pengwuino said:
BTW- I have only been sick one time since I stopped eating animals. It was from ingesting bacteria from a dirty cup. I use my own cup so as not to generate garbage. I learned my lesson, soy bacteria can be nasty, so now I wash my cup regularly.
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coffee na lang dear
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maybe this will do the trick: "An apple a day, keeps the doctor away.!"
just don't forget to breathe man, you will survive!
just don't forget to breathe man, you will survive!
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I just knew soy had to be worse than eating meat!Skyhunter said:
Oh, wait, hmm...which site was it I found yesterday...in the Bird Flu thread in politics, I have a bunch of links about agriculture. One of those also had a table of hormones found in agricultural products (plants and animals)...the amount of estrogens per unit weight in a steer WITH an estrogen implant was hardly anything compared to soy...the difference even surprised me; I knew soy was high in estrogens, but didn't realize how high. 
So, all those people afraid of hormones in their meat run off and eat soy. 
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loseyourname
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The best thing you can do is avoid crowded public places, and especially avoid children.
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Moonbear
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Always good advice.loseyourname said:
They look harmless enough, but they're actually little disease-infested vermin, or walking bioreactors!- #16
Pengwuino
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Moonbear said:Always good advice.
And they are just annoying as hell
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Damn, Pengwino, the more you say the more I like you!
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You should be around when I go on my rants against all network television
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