Bacteria That Eat Antibiotics

Research shows that certain soil bacteria feeds on antibiotics. This might be surprising but recall that most antibiotics come from organisms that live in the dirt so some bacteria are bound to adapt.

Dirtyness - the key to Health

The Proceedings of the Royal Society B published a study suggesting that over-cleanliness could make babies more prone to inflammation later in life and raise the risk for stroke and heart disease.

The study found that the more pathogens a case group from the Philippines had encountered before age 2, the less cases of C-reactive protein (CRP), an inflammation marker. Every episode of diarrhea lowered chance of higher CRP later by 11%, every 2 months spent in a place with animal feces cut it by 13%, and being born in the dusty, dirty dry season cut the chance by 33%.

So if you want your children to be healthy, let them get a little dirty