Scientists: Children Need Germs, Not Antibiotics

Of course, washing hands is very important. But the big problem, at least in the west, is that parents have taken such a process of keeping everything clean very seriously.

Modern science shows that removing small organisms called germs by hand disinfectants, antibacterial soaps and overdosis antibiotics is causing a tremendous negative impact on our children's immune system, confirms microbiologist Marie Claire Arrietta, a co-author of a book entitled Lett Man Dirt: Save children from a world of error.

Experts point to the fact that this excess in cleanliness contributes to a number of chronic conditions ranging from allergies to obesity. Marie Claire Arrieetta explains that when we are born, we have no germs.

Our immune system is underdeveloped. But once the microbes enter into action, they activate the immune system, which begins to function correctly.

An excess hygiene is a hypothesis that explains why allergies, obesity, and inflammation are a growing disease.

This explanation is not just genetic, according to Marie-Claire Arrrietta.

Research shows that this lack of exposure to germs is contributing to the appearance of these diseases. Scientists believe that this exposure to germs at the beginning of our lives is necessary until our immune system is formed and can ultimately prevent the development of these diseases.

One of these reports shows that children who grow up in rural areas have less access to asthma. Of course, it is not a matter of collecting things and going to the village, but what the study suggests is that living in an environment without excessive cleanliness is actually better.

The same logic applies when we have a pet, especially a dog. Studies have shown that cleanliness and all that enters the mouth of children increases the possibility of asthma. The probability of having astutes if the bottle is cleared of the parents ' mouth.

Of course, hygiene is essential to our health. We shouldn't stop washing our hands. But it is good to do so when it serves to prevent illness - to eat and then use the toilet.

If your child is in the garden playing with dirt, don't take that shit out of his hand. This is the advice of scientists. There must be a balance between preventing infection, which is still a threat to society, but also to promote exposure to germs, which is healthy for researchers.