I also had difficulty choosing just one option on the poll!
I haven't had a cold (neither sniffle nor full-blown infection) in more than six years. My health seems to be incredibly robust in terms of avoiding viral/bacterial infections. This was not the case when I was a child - I had a never-ending series of sinus infections, colds, bronchitis attacks, even pneumonia which kept me in hospital for weeks (then I failed Maths at school!!
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Then, six years ago I gave up dairy (though I couldn't maintain this for long!), and most importantly I gave up going to doctors and started trusting in the wisdom of my body to deal with any pathogens and heal itself - in my view, this is the main problem with 'Western' medicine, i.e. it doesn't allow us to trust our own bodies and claims instead that medical intervention is the only path to healing. I haven't taken any antibiotics or any other pharmaceutical drugs in six years, and will continue to refuse them for as long as possible (unless I get hit with some superbug that only modern antibiotics can destroy, but I think this to be highly unlikely given the state of my immune system now). I agree with Oscar, a good diet and enough sleep are crucial factors, but I also think one's emotional health is very important. The body stores emotional upsets at a cellular level, and many diseases (I think) can be traced back to some kind of emotional blockage that has never been released. I believe this to be a factor in the success rate of acupuncture and hypnosis in healing certain conditions that allopathic medicine finds 'mysteriously' difficult to 'fix'.
