What do you do to stay healthy?
As I am getting over the flu I am wondering what all of you do to stay healthy while interacting with all the different germs and bugs on a daily basis. Lots of Vitamin C? What else do you all do?
I take V-C, wash hands like I have OCD and get a flu shot but always seem to get sick at least once a year. |
Awesome new thread!
I'm always leary of flu shots. I try frequent handwashing and steering clear of people that come to work sick. But like you, I can't avoid it. I asked about a pneumonia vaccination, but at younger than 50 its a waste. |
One of my problems it that I somehow have gotten seasonal allergies in my old age (40). So when my sinuses start acting up it almost always turns into a chest infection. I have tried Claritin and another allergy med but no luck.
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I always carry hand sanitizer on the C-17 and I use Ocean brand saline spray to keep my nostrils hydrated. Oh, and don't touch your face. Cut down on my colds by 80%.
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Why not get dirty, get a few colds, build up some immunity. This obsessive hand washing is making things worse, IMO. I grew up never washing my hands, eating with grease on my fingers, setting my food down wherever, drinking out of a garden hose or a "cleared" mud puddle and I never get sick. I drink the water and eat the local food all over the world and don't get sick. Everyone gets sick for two weeks and the worst for me is I might feel poorly for a day or so.
We've become terrified of germs. We sterilize anything that comes within 50ft of a baby and don't let their immune system develop properly. Then we wonder why our kids are sick all the time. I stay healthy by not being paranoid about getting sick. I'm in reasonable shape for a 45 year old - I run about 3 miles a few times a week and try to keep my weight under control. But I drink the water and eat the local food world wide...and I'm not talking 5-star hotels, I'm talking street vendors. I don't get sick. It's our society and culture that makes us sickly...quit washing your hands so damn much! ;) |
Originally Posted by LowSlowT2
(Post 1090479)
Why not get dirty, get a few colds, build up some immunity. This obsessive hand washing is making things worse, IMO. I grew up never washing my hands, eating with grease on my fingers, setting my food down wherever, drinking out of a garden hose or a "cleared" mud puddle and I never get sick. I drink the water and eat the local food all over the words and don't get sick. Everyone gets sick for two weeks and the worst for me is I might feel poorly for a day or so.
We've become terrified of germs. We sterilize anything that comes within 50ft of a baby and don't let their immune system develop properly. Then we wonder why our kids are sick all the time. I stay healthy by not being paranoid about getting sick. I'm in reasonable shape for a 45 year old - I run about 3 miles a few times a week and try to keep my weight under control. But I drink the water and eat the local food world wide...and I'm not talking 5-star hotels, I'm talking street vendors. I don't get sick. It's our society and culture that makes us sickly...quit washing your hands so damn much! ;) |
My office is filthy and located just forward of a flying porta-potty. I used to get sick all the time as a new hire as my body acclimated to working in a petri dish. After 20 years of doing battle at a microbial level, I don't get sick nearly as much.
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Originally Posted by LowSlowT2
(Post 1090479)
Why not get dirty, get a few colds, build up some immunity. This obsessive hand washing is making things worse, IMO. I grew up never washing my hands, eating with grease on my fingers, setting my food down wherever, drinking out of a garden hose or a "cleared" mud puddle and I never get sick. I drink the water and eat the local food all over the words and don't get sick. Everyone gets sick for two weeks and the worst for me is I might feel poorly for a day or so.
We've become terrified of germs. We sterilize anything that comes within 50ft of a baby and don't let their immune system develop properly. Then we wonder why our kids are sick all the time. I stay healthy by not being paranoid about getting sick. I'm in reasonable shape for a 45 year old - I run about 3 miles a few times a week and try to keep my weight under control. But I drink the water and eat the local food world wide...and I'm not talking 5-star hotels, I'm talking street vendors. I don't get sick. It's our society and culture that makes us sickly...quit washing your hands so damn much! ;) |
Originally Posted by CaptainCarl
(Post 1090645)
Hear, hear! I agree with everything you said... [public service announcement]however, on the washing hands thing, don't be the guy who goes into a public restroom, whips out his unit, do his thing, shakes, zips up and walks out without at least running some water over his hands. I don't say this because I care about this man's health (I don't), I say it because I don't want to second-hand touch your junk when you shake my hand. [/public service announcement]
Originally Posted by Radials Rule
(Post 1090654)
Yeah, I pretty much agree. But, would you brush your teeth with or drink the tap water in Kinshasa or Malabo? If so, you're a braver man than me.:D
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Sterile Cockpit
Originally Posted by HSLD
(Post 1090648)
My office is filthy and located just forward of a flying porta-potty. I used to get sick all the time as a new hire as my body acclimated to working in a petri dish. After 20 years of doing battle at a microbial level, I don't get sick nearly as much.
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