Allergies and asthma have been on the rise in the West over the - TopicsExpress



          

Allergies and asthma have been on the rise in the West over the past few decades, especially among younger children. In addition to vaccinations and our immersion into chemicals that permeate a fetus from mothers’ exposures to them, there has been conjecture that our obsession for cleanliness is a contributing factor. The argument posits that exposure to dirt and its natural microbes helps an immune system develop in a young child, so playing in dirt is a good thing. This theory is known as the “hygiene hypothesis” where too much hygiene or cleanliness for babies and toddlers disables development of a mature immune system. Read more: realfarmacy/scientists-reveal-why-amish-children-are-immune-to-allergies-asthma/#ixzz39qN9yWp6 Grow Food, Not Lawns be hoistin a link from the log o REALfarmacy
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