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"To the world you may be just one person, but to one life you may be the world."
Food digestion is a process that involves major immune system involvement.
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When digesting food, not only does lots and lots of blood get diverted to the intestines (and with the blood, the bloods immune cells) but the gut is also packed with immune machinery (lymphatic systems, etc.) to make sure no infections get into you from the food. The intestines are a persons largest interface with the environment, a thin porous barrier right into the blood, and its filled with nutrient rich food and bacteria. Its the biggest vulnerability so its developed big defenses. Theres even emerging evidence that the immune system has a sort of training system in the intestines to make sure immune cells can differentiate self from other.
If you count the digestive system as a part of the immune system, its the largest part. |
Well, your most likely right. I didnt mean to imply people should eat less even if still hungry, thats why I said 'If you feel like eating less, then eat less'. Its just been my experience that, when sick, people are usually encouraged to eat beyond what quantity their body tells them to. That happened with me every time I ever got the flu as a kid and force feeding myself never seemed to provide any benefit.
Hunger or its absence is a rather well adapted response, people should trust it when theyre sick for a few days. |
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