"Goomba38" > wrote in message
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> Ms P wrote:
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>> I think it's our level of cleanliness. Kids don't get dirty anymore.
>> Farm kids have a whole lot lower incidence of asthma than city kids.
>> They're exposed to a lot more dirt and germs. It keeps their immune
>> systems healthy. An immune system that isn't exposed to dirt and germs
>> tends to turn on the body in numerous ways.
>> Ms P
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> I think you're on the right track there, Mrs.P.

Sometimes it doesn't make that big of a difference. I sent my children out
to play in the dirt. They got exposed to all manner of muck and crud. The
oldest one started developing food allergies at about 28. He said he
thought he was going to die from eating a Salted Nut Roll at work one day.
It's only gotten worse from there.

I can't imagine how frail and weak he would be if I hadn't sent him out to
play in the dirt!!

Ms P