Frequency of getting sick increased on primal? page

[palebluedots]

I'm just wondering if anyone has noticed any difference in how often they catch colds or flus eating this way? I have been vegan for the last 12 years, and I seriously cannot even remember the last time I caught a bug or a flu of any sort. I've been eating primal for a month now, and just today I can tell I'm getting sick. Fever, sore throat, the works. Of course I can't help wondering if my dietary changes are linked to it. Anyone have thoughts?

[bloodorchid]

no, i've gotten sick much less with much less severity

[Figlio di Moros]

Never gotten sick, really, so I can't say I've noticed an increase.

[Bron]

I was CW previous and seldom got sick (I've never had a cold, the flu only ever when pregnant). However, if I got a sore throat (from breathing cold air through my mouth at night cos I'm a mouth breather), it always evolved into a major cough fest and took a couple of weeks to resolve. Now the sore throat is gone within a couple of hours of waking, even now in quite a cold winter (for us). So yeah, other than one short bout of food poisoning a few weeks ago, that's as bad as it has been since going primal last August (sugar free but still eating carbs from last Jan)

[jammies]

Any change in your vitamin D status?

[Moochy]

I do not get "sick" since I went primal. One cold in last four years if I recall correctly.

[palebluedots]

my vitamin D has always been very low, low enough to worry my doc. but I now take a supplement each day (it is the only supplement I will take), and the last time I was tested my doc said it looked good.

[Urban Forager]

The jury is still out for me; when I catch a cold it usually turns into a sinus infection. I had a cold earlier this month w/o further complications so I was pretty happy about that, but I have to wait and see if the trend continues.

[palebluedots]

well, i'm glad to hear that no one is getting sicker doing this. I'll have to assume that whatever I've caught is just coincidence. Can't help feeling a bit skeptical though.

[sbhikes]

I haven't had a cold since adopting Primal. I am not prone to getting sick anyway. I make sure to maintain fairly poor hygiene unless there are sick people around me, then I maintain extra good hygiene.