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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anecdata aside, diet is not going to make more than a small difference at the margins.

The most salient factors are probably, in this order:

1) Pure luck in terms of encountering carriers
2) Genetic/in utero/birth circumstance influence on the immune system that you have almost no control over 
3) Flu shot
4) Hygiene (Maybe tied for #3)
5) Pretty much everything else that has any influence at all ([b]sleep,[/b] diet, etc.)
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Agree with this.  I'm the PP with the physician spouse.  I will say whenever spouse has a string of shifts and is severely sleep-deprived, they get a cold/flu.  I think at least for some people, there is a link between sleep deprivation and immunity.[/quote]

I'd even say that genetics is the most important because even if you do catch a virus, you might have zero or only mild symptoms. A few years ago me, my kid, and my spouse all came down with the flu (we were all vaccinated) and while my spouse and I suffered for at least a week, my kid pretty much just had a slightly elevated temperature for a day and that was it. And probably 90% of the kid's diet consists of garbage.[/quote]

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