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Your Environment Is Cleaner. Your Immune System Has Never Been So Unprepared
A century ago, British scientists suggested a link between increased hygiene and allergic conditions — the first hint that our immune systems are becoming improperly “trained.”
Our ideas evolved, but for the most part, the immune system did not, the immune system responds to our environment. When we encounter various threats, our defenses learn and then are much more able to deal with that threat in the future; in that way, we adapt to our environment...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/health/immune-system-allergies.html
Your Environment Is Cleaner. Your Immune System Has Never Been So Unprepared
A century ago, British scientists suggested a link between increased hygiene and allergic conditions — the first hint that our immune systems are becoming improperly “trained.”
Our ideas evolved, but for the most part, the immune system did not, the immune system responds to our environment. When we encounter various threats, our defenses learn and then are much more able to deal with that threat in the future; in that way, we adapt to our environment...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/health/immune-system-allergies.html