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Some time ago there was a thread containing material on coughs and colds on a low carb diet.
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/keto.167555/#post-2119016
At the time I dismissed some of the material posted as mere hype. However the preamble to this is that a few years ago, year on year, I caught a series of coughs colds and splutters that seemed to last an extraordinary length of time. Some 6 weeks or more. I found this very odd and visited my doctor(s) frequently stating that it was strange for me as for most of my life I had often avoided them. So why was I on the receiving end with them now and why the severity. This happened again late last year. Coincidentally my wife was suffering from the same.
This year, for the first time in about 5 years it hasn’t happened........however my wife is trying to shake off another longstanding cough / cold that has been on the go for weeks.
So may be there is something in it or maybe I have just been lucky this year (so far)? She doesn’t eat low carb. I do (well lower than most).
I just realised I have not been sick once in eighteen months of ketogenic eating. Even while those around me have caught various bugs, I have suffered no colds, no flu. Not even hay fever. Nothing. Not even a headache.
https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/keto.167555/#post-2119016
At the time I dismissed some of the material posted as mere hype. However the preamble to this is that a few years ago, year on year, I caught a series of coughs colds and splutters that seemed to last an extraordinary length of time. Some 6 weeks or more. I found this very odd and visited my doctor(s) frequently stating that it was strange for me as for most of my life I had often avoided them. So why was I on the receiving end with them now and why the severity. This happened again late last year. Coincidentally my wife was suffering from the same.
This year, for the first time in about 5 years it hasn’t happened........however my wife is trying to shake off another longstanding cough / cold that has been on the go for weeks.
So may be there is something in it or maybe I have just been lucky this year (so far)? She doesn’t eat low carb. I do (well lower than most).
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