Jul 27, 2025 08:52 PM
(This post was last modified: Jul 27, 2025 08:53 PM by C C.)
"Duh" discovery. Should be obvious that compared to the "dirty" environments of yesteryear, it is today's sterile urban environments -- and helicopter parents who are afraid of letting their kids play in dirt or grass and be around animals -- that are the source of the allergies scourge. But common knowledge has to be officially vetted and formalized before the academic community accepts it. Even up to the 1970s, there were still primitive tribal peoples in the world that could eat rotten meat infested with maggots, and not vomit and get immensely sick afterward. They possess a microbiome in the gut for dealing with that sort of thing that mainstream populations have long since lost.
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Amish kids almost never get allergies and scientists finally know why
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-...s-but-why/
EXCERPTS: In today’s world, allergies are nearly unavoidable. For instance, a report from Stanford Medicine suggests that nearly 40 percent of the human population (over three billion people) suffers from at least one allergic condition, making allergies one of the most widespread health issues globally.
The situation is even worrisome in the US, where over 50 percent of all kids suffer from this problem. However, surprisingly, there’s one group in America that seems almost immune to allergies, the Amish. Compared to the earlier 50 percent figure, only seven percent of Amish kids have developed any allergic condition.
[...] When scientists analyzed dust samples from Amish and Hutterite homes, they discovered that Amish house dust had nearly seven times more microbes. To test whether this made a difference, they exposed mice to each type of dust. Mice that inhaled Amish dust showed much less inflammation in their airways when exposed to allergens.
Whereas mice exposed to Hutterite dust didn’t get that benefit. This strongly suggested that early, regular exposure to certain farm microbes trained the immune system of Amish kids to react calmly instead of aggressively to substances like pollen or food. This phenomenon is called the farm effect.
[...] Obviously, every household can not have a barn, but by studying the microbes responsible for the farm effect, scientists believe it is possible to replicate the protective effect of the Amish environment. For instance, they could develop proactive solutions, such as probiotics, nasal sprays, or even dust-derived treatments that train a child’s immune system in the early years of life... (MORE - details)
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Amish kids almost never get allergies and scientists finally know why
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-...s-but-why/
EXCERPTS: In today’s world, allergies are nearly unavoidable. For instance, a report from Stanford Medicine suggests that nearly 40 percent of the human population (over three billion people) suffers from at least one allergic condition, making allergies one of the most widespread health issues globally.
The situation is even worrisome in the US, where over 50 percent of all kids suffer from this problem. However, surprisingly, there’s one group in America that seems almost immune to allergies, the Amish. Compared to the earlier 50 percent figure, only seven percent of Amish kids have developed any allergic condition.
[...] When scientists analyzed dust samples from Amish and Hutterite homes, they discovered that Amish house dust had nearly seven times more microbes. To test whether this made a difference, they exposed mice to each type of dust. Mice that inhaled Amish dust showed much less inflammation in their airways when exposed to allergens.
Whereas mice exposed to Hutterite dust didn’t get that benefit. This strongly suggested that early, regular exposure to certain farm microbes trained the immune system of Amish kids to react calmly instead of aggressively to substances like pollen or food. This phenomenon is called the farm effect.
[...] Obviously, every household can not have a barn, but by studying the microbes responsible for the farm effect, scientists believe it is possible to replicate the protective effect of the Amish environment. For instance, they could develop proactive solutions, such as probiotics, nasal sprays, or even dust-derived treatments that train a child’s immune system in the early years of life... (MORE - details)
