Health on the half-shell

[savorie]

This morning, I began to feel the first signs of either a cold or flu-- too early to tell which

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[zellandyne]

Oh, the oysters sound wonderful. Good call.

[nasu_dengaku]

Sweet. What immune-boosting power do oysters have btw?

Also, I heard of a guy who did an experiment with his coworkers and found that 50mg of zinc per day (proactively) dramatically reduced the rate of illness during flu season.

[savorie]

Oysters are basically living zinc. :) I think two oysters gives you like a day's worth, as well as many other nutrients like calcium, magnesium, Vitamin A, Vitamin E, potassium, phosphorus, iron, and Vitamin B12.

http://www.nutrientfacts.com/foodpages/nutritionfacts/nutritionfacts_oyster.htm

I'm definitely getting sick, which sucks - it won't be as easy for me to make it out to Whole Foods for more oysters as this cold gets worse. But I bet they're shippable... :)

[nasu_dengaku]

Couldn't I just take some extra zinc to make up for the sex?

Also, sex while sick has lots of pain-reliving side benefits.

[ashliana]

damn - that's an excellent idea with the oysters! I'll have to try that some time.

[savorie]

Any excuse to slurp 'em works for me!

[radiantsun]

this also

[savorie]

Oysters hourly? :)

[djdigit]

I hope the multi-pronged attack works too!

[dianyla]

Agreeing with most of what you wrote above, and chiming in to add a note about Vitamin D. At your latitude, D deficiency may be less of an issue. I take 4,000-6,000 IU daily in summer, up that to about 6-8,000 in winter, and go up to the tolerable upper limit of 10,000 IU if I'm fighting off some kind of URI/flu.