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Originally Posted by Dirt Gallo
I've often wondered about that theory of Pete's. I have relatives and friends that have lived an almost germaphobe existence, while, I've lived the life of a carefree bumpkin living on the wrong side of the tracks. Road apple fights. Drinking unpasteurized milk from goats and cows. Eating unwashed fruit and veggies. Eating 2 day old pizza. Milk past it's expiration date ... etc, etc. I rarely ever get sick. WHEN I do, it seems to be over in hours rather than days. On the other hand, these other aquintances of mine have eaten only the proper foods handled in the recommended ways, cleaning up after themselves with Clorox wipes ... yada yada yada. Guess who is regularly sick? Guess who REQUIRES medical intervention more often because their illnesses get so bad?
Not I.
Perhaps, a little exposure to a variety of bacteria on a frequent basis, with out going overboard, enables the antibodies to stay elevated enough to keep the immune system active and working properly?
Just some uneducated, off the hip theory...
But, this idea disregards modern engineering and steroids that may very well be creating even more resilient bacterias. Even so, I still don't get sick and, oftentimes, eat like the kid I once was.
Does this jive with any of your childhood experiences or am I a rarity on this?
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Clean, Green it is all the same.
My Mom was and is a firm believer in a little dirt will do you good.
Clorox wipes, anti-bacterial soaps, etc is a cash cow, and these days has become a phobia IMO. My wife (she works in a hospital) for example washes her hands at least every 15 minutes....if we had a decontamination room and a autoclave in the house she would put it too good use. Four washing machines later........
I asked friends about their Nurse wives clean habits......same crap! Yeah I get bitched at for not washing my hand enough, wearing my shoes in the house, etc.
You go to Scout camp outs and half the dads are pulling out Anti-bacterial soap every 5 minutes for Jr. to sanitize himself.
Not that you shouldn't wash your hands.....but this is insanity!
On a side note, I never had school canceled because of strep, and nor did my Mom ever receive a bulletin alerting of a strep outbreak. Now strep and pinkeye outbreaks are at least annual occurrence in the area schools.
Same goes for food. The masses have bought into the 'Clean, Safe and Convenient' image of the big corporations vs. Farmer Joe and the dirty hog pen. But in reality if they saw what was in that Chicken Nugget they were feeding the kids they might rather feed them ALPO or Science Diet.
I took some deer meat to a scout camp out......Did it come from the store? No, I shot it, cleaned it and processed it. Where you afraid of getting a disease? No. How do you know it is healthy to eat? I ate some and I am here.
We're too clean and sterile these days.
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Originally Posted by Richard
Is this issue more a side effect of mass distribution or mass production? 
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Both IMO. In mass production we use antibiotics, hormones and genetic alteration to increase the product and the profits. In the case of antibiotics, too much antibiotic can render your body more susceptible to bacteria, and can cause those bacteria to mutate into a stronger strain. Why do girls seems to be blossoming early in age? Possibly in part to hormones in food.
The large scale distribution allows the distribution to a larger number of hosts.