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I do not know how objective that study is, yet I used to hear that kids who are allowed to run around on the ground and get all dirty develop greater immunity than those who are not so exposed. Maybe there is something to it.
posted by
EX_TURPI
on September 25, 2007 at 11:49 AM
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I'll risk it
posted by
riri0322
on September 24, 2007 at 8:51 AM
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Re: Except for asian cultures, especially Japan, the West was not much into
Saul, the Greeks and especially the Romans were very much concerned with hygiene! Of course, that disappeared during the 'Dark Ages' and beyond...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 23, 2007 at 11:31 AM
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Except for asian cultures, especially Japan, the West was not much into
hygiene at all until Perry and a few others brought back ritualized bathing and the idea caught on... In America, we take everything to the extreme...
posted by
saul_relative
on September 23, 2007 at 10:11 AM
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Re: Who conducts these studies anyway? LOL
Ariala, all kinds of people with nothing better to do...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 23, 2007 at 8:03 AM
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Good Morning again, Offy hon
Can't say I blame you...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 23, 2007 at 8:02 AM
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Re: it's probably a poor quality soap or one that's too perfumed.
Probably, Kabu...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 23, 2007 at 8:01 AM
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Tattered
Yeah, that damned H2O...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 23, 2007 at 7:59 AM
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Justi
Well, we're of course exposed to all kinds of bacteria anyway, and many of them actually beneficial. What these studies suggest is that indeed we need a certain amount of exposure to certain agents in order to become immune - the problem is always to decide what exactly 'a certain amount' means for practical purposes...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 23, 2007 at 7:57 AM
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Re: oops! I meant to say "bassackwards"....see, just proved my point!! Jeeesh!
Happens to me all the time, Krisles!
posted by
Nautikos
on September 23, 2007 at 7:52 AM
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Who conducts these studies anyway? LOL
posted by
Ariala
on September 23, 2007 at 7:52 AM
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OTA
No reason to stop bathing! Just don't scrub too hard...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 23, 2007 at 7:51 AM
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Re: When I was a poor kid, mom kept a spic n span house, but we kids
Pat, although I am a city boy, my experience mirrors you own in many ways, since I spent a lot of summers in the country. And I too did not encounter allergies until much later, and don't have any of my own...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 23, 2007 at 7:49 AM
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Good morning Naut
Well I got rid of my cooties...Couldn't take it anymore~
posted by
Offy
on September 23, 2007 at 7:02 AM
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it's probably a poor quality soap or one that's too perfumed.
posted by
Kabu
on September 22, 2007 at 10:56 PM
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nautikos
It is because of the water.
posted by
Tattered_Knight
on September 22, 2007 at 10:43 PM
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Nautikos
Is it this sort of thing that causes the reports to come out 'coffee kills' according to test by ladada and next month 'coffee saves lives' according to test by dododo. I am not believing that for one minute. What about you? Can you think that is true? Is it really saying we should expose ourselves to all sorts of bacteria and we would then become immune?
posted by
Justi
on September 22, 2007 at 8:53 PM
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oops! I meant to say "bassackwards"....see, just proved my point!! Jeeesh!
posted by
Krisles
on September 22, 2007 at 10:17 AM
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Nautikos
Hmmmm....I should have put my comments from the last post in this one! I'm assbackwards!!
posted by
Krisles
on September 22, 2007 at 10:16 AM
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I have suffered with sensitive skin all my life.. so..maybe..hmmm... well.. no am not going to stop bathing.. no matter what..~Peace, OTA
posted by
Blue_feathers
on September 22, 2007 at 8:55 AM
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When I was a poor kid, mom kept a spic n span house, but we kids
were outdoors, through the cow pastures, eating wild blackberries and sheep sorrel in the woods, drinking from the creek. We baked potatoes under campfires, worked picking strawberries in summer, ate some right from the bush. None of us grew up with allergies, asthma, etc... When I moved to the big city I met "dainty" girls at the phone company, who spent a lot of time comparing symptoms, practically lived in the doctor's office. I thought allergies were a status symbol - it must've cost a lot to do all that doctoring.
posted by
Pat_B
on September 22, 2007 at 7:18 AM
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