So, I'm home sick. Per our cult leader, Rudy Tapalla, no lifting for me today. Not until I'm recovered.
That bears the obvious question: do strong people catch fewer colds and illnesses?
I mean, I never see Rudy or Glenn or Bryce or Alex sick.
Glenn will sneeze twice in one day and then it's over for him. He actually gave me this cold that I have right now, and it hit me way harder.
Now Wikipedia (very scientific, I know) tells me that people with STRONGER immune systems develop colds more frequently due to the strong inflammatory response to the cold virus. People under high stress (aka high cortisol levels) are also more likely to develop infections due to the relative immunosuppressive effects of cortisol.
Wait a second, I thought a STRONG immune response to the virus causes the cold.
Now to make things even more complex, it seems that athletes (esp endurance athletes and those that do high intensity interval training) are more susceptible to colds, due to decreased IgA levels in their mouths and noses. Interesting.
So, I'm really no better off than where I started with trying to understand who, what, and why? I suppose I'd win a Nobel prize if I could figure it out. But alas, I'm bored with this so on to something else....
A few final words for thought....courtesy of Sir Oliver Wendell Holmes
"I firmly believe that if the whole of materia medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind - and all the worse for the fishes"
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