Excellent question. This theme is something I have wondered about. I read
an article or maybe it was one of those news shows that implicated our over
use of antibacterial cleaning products as a factor in the increased
resistance to antibiotics some diseases have developed. Being a factidious
housekeeper is not the way anyone would discribe me so I am not often
flinging around losts of antibacterial cleaners. We also live on a farm,
that includes animals. My kids have lived around farm animals all their
lives. The last time I took them for a check up the nurse said wow you
haven't been here since your previous check up, how do you stay so healthy?
I said I don't know, but often wondered if it was that we don't live in an
artifically sterile environment. Beth
> Having worked around manure for years, I found myself much less
> susceptible to digestive problems in South America than the average
> gringo. Since nevertheless adding a substantial tropical component to
> my personal ecosystem, I find that I almost invariably can throw off
> colds, flus, and the usual run of North American maladies.
>
> If there's someone on this list who knows about such things, please
> educate me and the rest of us.
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