The modern war on bacteria

[Pajarita]

I found this in my newspaper (it has a Thursday 'Health' issue) and thought I would share it with you because we had been talking about leaving food out for hours which would make it grow bacteria and whether this is bad for the birds. It doesn't actually talk about food or time limits but about bacteria in general but I think it's applicable nonetheless as it basically says that the current obsession with eliminating bacteria is not only futile but also counterproductive to good health (it mentions the Hygiene Hypothesis that I mentioned before so I am also giving you a link to what that is, specifically).

This is the one about the bacteria war:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/spe ... ld-i-care/

This one is what the Hygiene Hypothesis is about:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis

And this one explores it a bit:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841828/

[Wolf]

Very interesting reading.

[Bird woman]

I think they can keep the poop transplant and I'll opt for the probiotic and my yogurt , thank you very much!!!! BW

[Pajarita]

Yes, it does sound yucky, doesn't it? But I have read about this treatment several times already and, apparently, it's the ONLY thing that works for these people. It has to do with the 'good' poop colonizing the intestines of the sick person with good bacteria -something which, apparently, cannot be achieved any other way.