Humans, in many ways have made great progress at advancing our society, especially in the medical field. We’ve diminished the prevalence of some of the most gruesome viruses and bacteria in the world, and even have flat out eradicated some. We’ve turned multitudes of illnesses, once deadly into simple few day cures, while lieing in bed with a cup of chicken noodle soup and the newest tv show on. As the decades have passed, our knowledge of the human body has grown infinitely. We always seem to have cure for almost every malady tainting human society. But with all of mankind 's progressive, we’ve created an evil like persona around one of our greatest friends, the simple bacteria - or as we like to slur it, the germ. From all the ravishing that
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Our bodies alone contain contain some 30 trillion to 50 trillion bacteria, with general “ratio of 1.3 bacteria to every one human cell.”(Saey). We modern humans seem to make such a fuss about all the bacteria surrounding us in our environments, but tend to forget that we ourselves are the some of the largest culture grounds for bacteria. Bacteria in our colon play a critical role in both digesting waste and absorbing and use nutrients. Studies have found that probiotic supplements that help support these cultures “reduced the risk of antibiotic-associated diarrhea by 42 per cent” and even helped cultures strength in breaking down unhealthy nutrients before they were absorbed, seeing that “the supplementing group had their levels of LDL ("bad" cholesterol) lower by 11.6 per cent, while cholesterol esters were reduced by 6.3 per cent and cholesterol ester saturated fatty acids by 8.8 per cent.”(Turner). Bacteria that collaborate with us aren 't the only ones helping us. Exposure to foreign bacteria, especially at a young age is extremely healthy occurance for us. Children who were raised on farms and constantly exposed to multitudes of foreign bacteria were found to be “less susceptible to allergies, asthma, and autoimmune diseases”(Bilger 5). If you take the opposite approach and try to hide from germs, “the immune system builds up fewer antibodies in a sterile environment”(Bilger). Even the simplest things like “peanuts or gluten” become “ more likely to provoke allergic reactions”(Bilger). Bacteria and Humans have grown up and evolved alongside one another for millions of years, there’s no reasonable explanation to fully segregate a population that has been living in a natural harmony for longer than you’ve been living and worrying about what it might do to
Our bodies alone contain contain some 30 trillion to 50 trillion bacteria, with general “ratio of 1.3 bacteria to every one human cell.”(Saey). We modern humans seem to make such a fuss about all the bacteria surrounding us in our environments, but tend to forget that we ourselves are the some of the largest culture grounds for bacteria. Bacteria in our colon play a critical role in both digesting waste and absorbing and use nutrients. Studies have found that probiotic supplements that help support these cultures “reduced the risk of antibiotic-associated diarrhea by 42 per cent” and even helped cultures strength in breaking down unhealthy nutrients before they were absorbed, seeing that “the supplementing group had their levels of LDL ("bad" cholesterol) lower by 11.6 per cent, while cholesterol esters were reduced by 6.3 per cent and cholesterol ester saturated fatty acids by 8.8 per cent.”(Turner). Bacteria that collaborate with us aren 't the only ones helping us. Exposure to foreign bacteria, especially at a young age is extremely healthy occurance for us. Children who were raised on farms and constantly exposed to multitudes of foreign bacteria were found to be “less susceptible to allergies, asthma, and autoimmune diseases”(Bilger 5). If you take the opposite approach and try to hide from germs, “the immune system builds up fewer antibodies in a sterile environment”(Bilger). Even the simplest things like “peanuts or gluten” become “ more likely to provoke allergic reactions”(Bilger). Bacteria and Humans have grown up and evolved alongside one another for millions of years, there’s no reasonable explanation to fully segregate a population that has been living in a natural harmony for longer than you’ve been living and worrying about what it might do to