Quote: (10-02-2013 01:37 AM)Thomas the Rhymer Wrote:
Quote: (10-02-2013 01:27 AM)Shadowarrior Wrote:
Quote: (10-02-2013 01:07 AM)Thomas the Rhymer Wrote:
Quote: (10-02-2013 12:41 AM)Shadowarrior Wrote:
Ever since, I was a little kid, I've always been getting sick a couple times a year. And my illnesses last for about a month. How do I keep myself from getting sick for so long and so often. I understand exercise, sleep and nutrition are the basic elements. But any other helpful hints, books or websites, I can look at would be helpful. Just sick of getting so often. It affects my mood, my productivity and my game! I know this is not exactly the right place for this, but I am curious as to what people say...
Zinc.
I was just reading some of the posts on this. But does it help with your immune system?
The early data suggests that it does:
"Prophylactic zinc supplementation for at least five months reduces incidence, school absences and prescription of antibiotics for children with the common cold"
http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD001364/z...ommon-cold
"Analysis of the studies showed that zinc supplementation was significantly associated with reducing the incidence and prevalence of pneumonia among children of two to 59 months of age"
http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD005978/z...-59-months
"This systematic review of 24 trials involving more than 9000 children shows that zinc supplementation may reduce the duration of diarrhoea in children aged six months or more."
http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD005436/o...n-children
Most of the research has been done in kids but I understand that some studies have started in adults. It will take about 5 years for the results to start coming out.
My personal experience is that it has dramatically improved my health and resistance to infectious diseases, especially viruses.
Okay, thanks. Any recommendations on brand, dosage and pill type? I briefly looked into it and it said recommended dosage was like 14g. Some people on here are doing like 50-100.