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You can get parasites from animal faeces too.
From being barefoot? I think it’s pretty low on the risk list. There is absolutely an animal hookworm but it does not have the some risk as human hookworm. Sure if you eat the poop in your backyard you might get something so that is always important to think about!
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I made the mistake of looking at /r/sauna on Reddit once or twice recently, and there was a lot of people doing very similar things. "I take my preworkout, do my exercise, then I sit for 12 minutes at 90 degrees in sauna, before three minutes in the cold plunge-pool at 8 degrees, before going to sauna again for 19 minutes and I finish with a seven minute warm shower". Just the thought of looking at a watch in a sauna…
> Just the thought of looking at a watch in a sauna You don't take your watch into the sauna! It's way too hot! I use a plain mechanical kitchen timer (outside the sauna). I've seen hourglasses that are designed to withstand the heat inside the sauna, but they're obviously not configurable to various increments. More seriously: apparently studies show that using a Finnish (dry) sauna 5-7 times a week is good for long…
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But also, hookworm infections are known to suppress allergies and asthma, help inflammatory bowl disease, and improve insulin resistance in people with type 2 diabetes.
Just because your immune system is fighting for your life against a parasite and doesn't have time for side quests doesn't make contracting a parasite good for you
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Given that you know these terms you must be aware we have invented different words for organisms that have mixed effects (positive and negative) on the host organism. Parasite, commensalist and symbiote. If you don't want folks who know these words to argue with you you should not use the wrong ones.
Feel free to find an example of scientific literature referring to hookworms as either commensalist or symbiot in humans.
The argument was only to point out that just because labels are black & white doesn't mean life is black & white, and treating a label as reality is stupid.
No one went so far as to say "everyone should go get hookworm". That would also be a stupid thing to say, and more to the point: a stupid thing to think anyone was saying.
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One could simply use ballet shoes, instead of that overpriced stuff. They come in different styles, colors, materials, are foldable(ususally), and can be considered disposable.
It still squeezes your toes into a narrow toe box, which is pretty much the opposite of barefoot shoes.
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From being barefoot? I think it’s pretty low on the risk list. There is absolutely an animal hookworm but it does not have the some risk as human hookworm. Sure if you eat the poop in your backyard you might get something so that is always important to think about!
Plenty of people have a backyard garden...
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Honestly that sounds horrible. In most of the civilized modern world that problem is solved tho and people pick up after their dogs
Sadly most dog owners only pick up after their dog if someone else is around/watching. Most people on rural neighborhoods won't pick it up at all. https://archive.is/lcEzs
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> Getting a light tan feels amazing. Your whole body feels warmer. You know what feels even better? Not getting skin cancer. > Vitamin D Easily obtained from supplements.
One could also add positive mental health effects, and benefits of morning sunlight for maintaining a healthy circadian rhythm. Sure, you can always come back that you can take anti-depressants, and try to use some sort of sun-mimicking light, but then we're really going to extremes to avoid the sun altogether. So is exposure to the sun, at the right times, in moderation, with appropriate but not extreme protection o…
Depends on your personal risk tolerance. For majority of people, probably yes: the benefits (especially the mental ones) would outweight the small risks.
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Honestly that sounds horrible. In most of the civilized modern world that problem is solved tho and people pick up after their dogs
Sadly most dog owners only pick up after their dog if someone else is around/watching. Most people on rural neighborhoods won't pick it up at all. https://archive.is/lcEzs
Having said that, I've observed four cases where dog poop is more likely left behind.
1. Small dogs - owners of small dogs seem far more likely to leave dog poop behind. Perhaps because they think the poop is itself small?
2. Older owners (often owners of small dogs, but not always) - seem to care less.
3. Off leash dogs in parks - will often poop at the far edges of parks while their owners chat. Edges of parks and near bushes are minefields.
4. Rainy days - people just want to get home, clean off their dog and be done. So they seem more likely leave poop behind.
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I live in a city and I cannot tell you how often I see dogshit on the sidewalk, like just in the middle of the sidewalk the only neighborhoods where I don't see this are the ones where there's some nice retired older person who diligently cleans the shit up. but it's not like they bleach the spot, they just pick up most of the poop. so yeah, there's feces everywhere it also doesn't help that we have bottom tier publi…
Honestly that sounds horrible. In most of the civilized modern world that problem is solved tho and people pick up after their dogs
problem is that it requires municipalities and counties to take ownership and they don't give a shit and thus we get the shit we deserve