Exposure to bacteria, worms, and other "yucky" things is good for us.
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/10/mind-and-body-worms-to-help-depression-could-happen/
Also: http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/67/12/1211
This is even more encouragement for me to continue drinking unfiltered water when on wilderness trips. Maybe there are critters in the water making me feel even happier?
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/10/mind-and-body-worms-to-help-depression-could-happen/
Also: http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/67/12/1211
Recent studies suggest that treating people with worms may improve multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease. And another “old friend†species—this time a harmless bacterium related to the tuberculosis bug—has been shown to enhance survival when combined with chemotherapy for the treatment of a type of cancer known as adenocarcinoma of the lung.
Remarkably, this bacterium, known as M. vaccae, has also been shown to reduce depression and anxiety in patients with cancer, suggesting that the “old friends†might hold promise for the treatment of psychiatric conditions.
This is even more encouragement for me to continue drinking unfiltered water when on wilderness trips. Maybe there are critters in the water making me feel even happier?