Finland's National Allergy Program Successfully Reduces Allergic Diseases

Post by ThatMedicIsASpy » Sat, Mar 15, 2025, 12:17 PM UTC

Sharlin wrote: post #22

Kids should be allowed to eat dirt. They should be exposed to rich, biodiverse environments, not just asphalt, rubber safety mats or impoverished monocultural lawns (although the latter are better than nothing, at least unless they're chock full of pesticides and herbicides…) Adults should, too, for that matter.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Mar 15, 2025, 12:20 PM UTC

stavros wrote: post #41

justaj wrote: post #2

For me this link results in a 503 I've read the gist of this article in my local news org feed. What it basically comes down to is that Finnish scientists noticed that Russian children who grew up in rural areas usually had way less asthma cases than Finnish city children, and thus began to research why this was the case. They hypothesized that early (first 10000 days) exposure to micro-organisms might play a key rol…

When I was young, I would play in my (outdoor) sandbox and then lick the dirt off my hands, because it tasted good. I still got asthma, though. My hypothesis for why children in rural areas get less asthma is because there's less air pollution, not because they eat dirt.

Post by somedude895 » Sat, Mar 15, 2025, 12:25 PM UTC

stavros wrote: post #41

justaj wrote: post #2

For me this link results in a 503 I've read the gist of this article in my local news org feed. What it basically comes down to is that Finnish scientists noticed that Russian children who grew up in rural areas usually had way less asthma cases than Finnish city children, and thus began to research why this was the case. They hypothesized that early (first 10000 days) exposure to micro-organisms might play a key rol…

When I was young, I would play in my (outdoor) sandbox and then lick the dirt off my hands, because it tasted good. I still got asthma, though. My hypothesis for why children in rural areas get less asthma is because there's less air pollution, not because they eat dirt.

Post by addicted » Sat, Mar 15, 2025, 12:26 PM UTC

potamic wrote: post #5

justaj wrote: post #2

For me this link results in a 503 I've read the gist of this article in my local news org feed. What it basically comes down to is that Finnish scientists noticed that Russian children who grew up in rural areas usually had way less asthma cases than Finnish city children, and thus began to research why this was the case. They hypothesized that early (first 10000 days) exposure to micro-organisms might play a key rol…

Checks out in India as well where allergy levels are as low as hygiene levels. I think you have typo with 10000 days.

Post by rwyinuse » Sat, Mar 15, 2025, 12:35 PM UTC

stavros wrote: post #41

justaj wrote: post #2

For me this link results in a 503 I've read the gist of this article in my local news org feed. What it basically comes down to is that Finnish scientists noticed that Russian children who grew up in rural areas usually had way less asthma cases than Finnish city children, and thus began to research why this was the case. They hypothesized that early (first 10000 days) exposure to micro-organisms might play a key rol…

When I was young, I would play in my (outdoor) sandbox and then lick the dirt off my hands, because it tasted good. I still got asthma, though. My hypothesis for why children in rural areas get less asthma is because there's less air pollution, not because they eat dirt.