How to improve my immune system?

[twat]

So a couple anecdotes about taking garlic to fight off a cold - average length of a cold is 7-10 days so would need evidence that this shortens it and/or diminishes severity of symptoms - again an anecdote about how it worked for you is impossible to support as evidence as there is no way to know if you woulda got better just as quickly without it.

And if garlic for a couple days is proven to speed cold recovery this does not automatically = taking garlic every day all winter lessens risk of contracting a cold.

Are you antigarlic?

[bennymac]

lol no just anti-smelling like a monster

[old goat]

Shuddup, Dr. Science.

He's not a real doctor. He has as masters degree--in science.

[skaredshtles]

He's not a real doctor. He has as masters degree--in science.

Srsly. What a hack.

[Boosh]

garlic is delicious and the science backs up the immune support stuff, here ya go peer reviewed and all (I only read the abstract so far)....

"In this review, we assess the most recent experimental results, which indicate that garlic appears to enhance the functioning of the immune system by stimulating certain cell types"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4417560/

[Touring_Sedan]

garlic is delicious and the science backs up the immune support stuff, here ya go peer reviewed and all (I only read the abstract so far)....

"In this review, we assess the most recent experimental results, which indicate that garlic appears to enhance the functioning of the immune system by stimulating certain cell types"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4417560/

I think I'll wait on some data before I start smelling like ass.

"human clinical studies are scarce and methodologically weak, with short duration and a reduced number of patients. "

[subtle plague]

Srsly. What a hack.

I can do my own science!

[skaredshtles]

I can do my own science!

[bennymac]

I think I'll wait on some data before I start smelling like ass.

"human clinical studies are scarce and methodologically weak, with short duration and a reduced number of patients. "

The full sentence at the end of that paper:

“Although there is sufficient scientific evidence on the beneficial effects of garlic as therapy under different pathological conditions in animal models, human clinical studies are scarce and methodologically weak, with short duration and a reduced number of patients. Therefore, it is mandatory to establish general criteria to finally probe the variety of nutritional and health-promoting properties of garlic.”

There’s interesting stuff in there but the jury is still out - more research is needed.

[sb]

Lol