Keith Thomas wrote:

> I was healthy and had good defences.  Not necessarily, it seems.  I may
> actually have had a cold, but my immune system was ready for it and able
> to attack and defeat it without running through the full battery of
> counter-attacks.  In fact, those twinges of a sore throat which I thought
> for an hour or so were a cold coming on, were probably just that: a cold
> coming on but then licked by the immune system.


I agree this is probably it. We are surrounded every day by
a far greater load of pathogens than our paleo ancestors
ever faced. They probably almost never got sick, except when
meeting another band for the first time. I have read that in
the old days, ships crews became very healthy after a few
weeks at sea, as everyone threw off all the bugs they had
brought along. Into port they picked up a new crop.

Since starting Paleo I have had a lot fewer, more mild colds
than before. I teach, so I see a new group of people every
day, and spend hours together in a smzll room talking. My
kids also bring lots of things home from school. I used to
get lots of colds all winter. Now, I get a few hours of sore
throat, and then it is gone, for the most part. I almost
never get the serious nose and throat reactions any more.
Hope it holds true this year too.