Archive for August, 2014
Is Our Cleanliness Making Us Sick?
Stop taking showers. Keep the dirt under your fingernails. Say “No” to hand sanitizer and antibiotics. These are words I‘ve heard and read recently from people who have embraced the “Hygiene Hypothesis.” Is cleanliness making us sick? This hypothesis states that lack of early childhood exposure to good bacteria suppresses the development of one’s immune […]
