The five things that you should never do if you’re not feeling well?

Taking aspirin

The biggest defense to outside invaders is your mucosal barrier. Picture it this way, It is like a boundary that has custom officials that guards it, keeping it secure. Aspirin on the hand is like grenade thrown at this wall, punching holes all long your bodies first line of defense. Thereby allowing anyone thing to enter your body without being checked. This in turns causes causes more havoc within your body. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2491826/

Consuming sugar

When people are not feeling well they gravitate to their favorite treat, which is usually something sweet. But, If something gets past the first line of defense your second line is the army of well trained soldiers itching for a fight. Sugar however, is like a weapon of mass destruction that can wipe out this your army by creating more inflammation and also be an instigator of cell death. Instead making you feel better, sugar is actually is making you worse. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0014482718302623?via=ihub

Drinking alcohol

Alcohol have often been the to go remedy for many households. A little brandy for a cough or a little whiskey for a sore throat. However, alcohol impairs mucosal immunity in the gut and lower respiratory system thereby making that cough or sore throat possibly worse. If the infection has become chronic the impairment caused by consuming alcohol can lead to sepsis and pneumonia and also increases the incidence and extent of postoperative complications, including delay in healing. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4590612/

Ultra-processed food

Burgers, pizza, fast food etc. has become a mainstay in peoples lives. However, this comfort food is a major contributor to peoples poor health. These foods or nutrient depleted, therefore not giving your body, the building blocks it needs to repair itself. Instead, of making you feel better it further degrades your health by contributing to wide spread, systemic, inflammation. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074336/

Muscle analgesics

An old remedy at times is to rub your body with a muscle analgesic to reduce discomfort of aches, pains and general discomfort. However, using analgesic can prolong inflammation. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8308327/