The Simple Answer: Our Immune System is quite remarkable. -- TechMomof2 07/07/2020 12:13PM
What illnesses does the human body naturally fight, w/out immunization? -- PhotoHokieNC 07/07/2020 09:28AM
Probably fight off ten infections a month... -- `lag 07/07/2020 10:59AM
We fight colds and flu without meds as well it's just hard to tell b/c we -- AbsolutVT03 07/07/2020 10:39AM
You've seen similar reactions with covid-19. -- vthokieq 07/07/2020 10:58AM
Hangovers. ** -- GreenvilleVT 07/07/2020 09:51AM
Obesity -- kingofcassell 07/07/2020 09:36AM
Having wrestled in high school and run marathons into my mid 40’s I’ve had -- GreenvilleVT 07/07/2020 12:55PM
Yep, I'm currently trying to get my BMI back under 30... exercising more & -- HortHokie 07/07/2020 09:56AM
I eat just as much, but different types of food. -- Chris Coleman
07/07/2020 10:03AM
Thus far I've cut out candy bars and my ice cream intake way down. ** -- HortHokie 07/07/2020 10:32AM
Beer is a big thing for me. Limit it to weekends and I can drop 5-10 lbs -- hoosnowahokie 07/07/2020 10:53AM
Yep - me too. Plus I'm unwilling to give up the beer so I have just ramped -- vt90 07/07/2020 11:21AM
Beer is awful -- Hokie Chris 07/07/2020 2:44PM
Yep, that's good. -- Chris Coleman
07/07/2020 10:34AM
Sounds like you're making excellent choices. ** -- EDGEMAN 07/07/2020 1:08PM
Cut the rice and you'll get down to 10%. -- EDGEMAN 07/07/2020 10:15AM
I eat rice a couple of times a week but vegetables with every dinner -- fordham 07/07/2020 11:54AM
Significantly lower sugar consumption? ** -- EDGEMAN 07/07/2020 12:03PM
True, no candy bars in China ** -- fordham 07/07/2020 12:06PM
But they do have bat sandwiches. ** -- EDGEMAN 07/07/2020 1:05PM
Not in moderation. Balanced diet is best. ** -- 133743Hokie 07/07/2020 11:20AM
Yeah, probably so. -- Chris Coleman
07/07/2020 10:25AM
Rice w/ veggies are far better than rice w/ meats. My most successful -- 48zip 07/07/2020 10:36AM
Meat with veggies is better than anything with rice...lol ** -- EDGEMAN 07/07/2020 11:43AM
That works, too. I just get tired of it sometimes. But for the science -- 48zip 07/07/2020 12:15PM
Yeah - I do the stir fry often. You can buy frozen stir-fry veggies to -- Hokie360 07/07/2020 11:00AM
Here’s a fun exercise. Go pull old family pictures -- GreenvilleVT 07/07/2020 09:54AM
They’re skinnier and wearing bad clothes. ** -- BobG 07/07/2020 10:58AM
And worse hairstyles. ** -- Tafkam Hokie 07/07/2020 11:26AM
More dumb people? I could just be more aware now ** -- HokieForever 07/07/2020 10:09AM
The numbers are pretty startling (link)... -- Chris Coleman
07/07/2020 09:49AM
Yep, we are a fat ass nation, which leads to heart disease, cancers, joint -- fordham 07/07/2020 10:37AM
and higher medical costs for all of us. ** -- vt90 07/07/2020 10:42AM
Yeah, that's actually one of the reasons I got myself in shape. -- Chris Coleman
07/07/2020 10:45AM
Working out helps. Dietary changes help even more. -- pienkows 07/07/2020 1:58PM
Exercise requires discipline for maybe 4-5 hours per week -- Conan the Hokie 07/07/2020 2:55PM
Yep, exactly. ** -- Chris Coleman
07/07/2020 2:28PM
Actually, if that's the case you should let yourself go to pot. That way -- Hokie360 07/07/2020 12:49PM
That's really a trade off because... -- EDGEMAN 07/07/2020 1:07PM
We thank you Chris. Relinquish your -- GreenvilleVT 07/07/2020 12:14PM
One of my quips about being patriotic is also my 5 second health advise: -- `lag 07/07/2020 10:50AM
Yep, and now with the massive damage we are doing to ourselves -- fordham 07/07/2020 10:43AM
Ban all video games! Give your kids a bicycle and a ball glove, then... -- EDGEMAN 07/07/2020 09:58AM
I had video games growing up, and was still a lean, mean fighting machine -- Tafkam Hokie 07/07/2020 10:31AM
Got to get rid of all those child predators first!!! -- HokieForever 07/07/2020 10:05AM
America isn't even the best at video games in the world -- hoosnowahokie 07/07/2020 10:03AM
I stated before when this first hit -- HokieForever 07/07/2020 09:56AM
Yeah I've pointed out over and over that the group of "high risk" people in -- AbsolutVT03 07/07/2020 10:43AM
Yep, to me the biggest question about all of this... -- Chris Coleman
07/07/2020 10:01AM
First we all have to acknowledge the problem -- HokieHutch 07/07/2020 10:10AM
Congrats. Keep up the good work. ** -- GreenvilleVT 07/07/2020 1:46PM
Body shaming used to be an acceptable form of peer pressure. -- Hokie CPA 07/07/2020 10:41AM
Unfortunately, many people are now glamorizing large people -- hoosnowahokie 07/07/2020 10:28AM
I saw a TV commercial doing this very thing yesterday. -- MP4VT2004 07/07/2020 1:41PM
That was the worst commercial I've seen in a while, Halo Top -- hoosnowahokie 07/07/2020 1:46PM
Yeah, that's the one. And yes, it's really terrible. ** -- MP4VT2004 07/07/2020 1:48PM
There was an article recently -- HokieForever 07/07/2020 10:49AM
There have been quite a few of those articles. -- vthokieq 07/07/2020 11:43AM
Yeah remember that one as well ** -- HokieForever 07/07/2020 11:51AM
Too many are now on the "don't body shame" kick 2. I honestly believe that -- Vtskier1 07/07/2020 10:28AM
Bike sales are way up. Hope that sticks -- `lag 07/07/2020 10:08AM
So is patio furniture. Seriously. -- 48zip 07/07/2020 10:42AM
I believe it, All the home improvement stores have been doing grate... -- `lag 07/07/2020 10:46AM
Both. But I wear out my patio chairs smoking cigars, so there's that. :) -- 48zip 07/07/2020 11:02AM
But there will be a bunch of bikes for sale on Craig's List this fall...lol -- EDGEMAN 07/07/2020 10:17AM
Nah - it won't be that quick. New bikes have to do at least a year acting -- Hokie360 07/07/2020 10:54AM
Jeez, here I am hoping for a better future and you guys...oh forget it. ** -- `lag 07/07/2020 11:16AM
Sorry - meant to say old bikes, not new bikes. Old bikes because they got -- Hokie360 07/07/2020 11:25AM
BINGO! ** -- NokieHokie 07/07/2020 10:07AM
Everything? The whole feeling of illness is the process of your body -- BG Hokie 07/07/2020 09:31AM
There are very few illnesses the body doesn't fight on its own -- Tafkam Hokie 07/07/2020 09:46AM
We have arrived on earth with a need for constant firmware updates. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 07/07/2020 10:17AM
More to the point, the world isn't about us -- Beerman 07/07/2020 11:03AM
That or the earth is upgrading FW to get rid of us -- VTSnake 07/07/2020 10:34AM
Which is the Mac and which is the PC? Are we counter-platform? -- PhotoHokieNC 07/07/2020 10:42AM
^^^ Ding Ding ^^^ ** -- BobG 07/07/2020 09:37AM