Also, I agree with not taking symptom relief drugs, but its not as simple as you make it sound. I never use cough/cold medicine yet I get sick more often and longer than anyone I know. I think abstaining does benefit the immune system but it really depends on your genetics and how strong your immune system is.

You’d never have to worry about things like that if you stopped focusing on the virus,
and start focusing on keeping your body healthy enough that a virus will never concern you again.

· PH balance of the of body
http://articlesofhealth.blogspot.com/2008/05/germs-do-not-cause-disease-of-dis-ease.html

· proper Iodine levels in the body
http://www.beyondhealth.com/iodine_deficiency.aspx

If you get a cold, think ·lots· of vitamin C plus some zinc
http://www.doctoryourself.com/colds.html

Firstly, I don’t smoke your typical cigarette (all natural, no chemicals, etc).

Secondly, I don’t bathe in unfiltered water, I don’t wash my clothes in toxic chemicals, and I don’t eat processed foods – all of which individually have greater health and environmental risks than smoking two packs of regular cigarettes a day.

Call me a fruitcake hippie if you like, but the proof is in the pudding.