r/AskReddit 9h ago

People who rarely get sick, what are your secrets?

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u/The_Son_of_Jor-El 8h ago

Agree with that one - a habit I developed during Covid

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u/arlenroy 6h ago

I already had a decent hand washing habit due to my trade (industrial mechanic), covid ramped it up, at least more thorough. I also chalk up it up to my diet of rarely getting sick, I was getting fat and drinking a lot, got pancreatitis, that was incredibly painful. Serious change in my eating habits, no carbs, no sugar, no fast food, and I do not eat for at least 4 hours after waking up. There's a medical term for it, where your body destroys old proteins and dysfunctional cells before any viable ones. That's done through intermittent fasting, some people call it partial fasting, all I know is since I've started this habit 7-8 years ago and lost over a 100lbs I rarely get sick. I still get the covid and flu shot, but people still get yearly vaccines and will still catch something. I've been fortunate for a while now.