I recently read the book "Super Immunity, The Essential Nutrition Guide for Boosting Your Body's Defenses to Live Longer, Stronger, and Disease Free" by Joel Fuhrman, M.D. I highly recommend it, especially if you haven't read his book "Eat to Live".
There is clear scientific evidence linking diet and health. He explains how to transform your immune system from weak to super to help ward off viruses, bacteria, and possibly even cancer; to build the strongest defenses possible.
The chapter on "Super Foods for Super Immunity" gives the scientific basis for why we need to eat leafy greens, cruciferous vegetables, mushrooms, onions and garlic, berries, pomegranates, and seeds.
His views on flu vaccinations and medical treatments for colds and flu were also enlightening, and he provides research results to back them up.
I was aware that having poor nutritional and immune status would make a host more susceptible to catching viral and bacterial infections. I was not aware that nutritional inadequacies in the host also allow the modification of pathogens into more virulent or dangerous forms within the body. Host nutrition affects the genetic sequence of a pathogen allowing it to mutate and cause more serious damage. The healthier your immune system, should you even catch an infection, the shorter and milder that infection will be.
He discusses other factors as well. Exercise plays a role. Life truly is survival of the fittest.
Nobody gets any guarantees, but we must do our best to change the odds and stack the deck in our favor.
Looking together in the same direction.
Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart.
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