Breathing soil bacteria makes you smarter
Scientists have observed that ingesting or breathing in a common soil bacterium found in nature reduces anxiety and improves learning.
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Sounds great - I have always said muck was good for you! Many holistic health professionals advocate probiotics or friendly bacteria for a number of health issues, which isn't much different than getting bacteria from soil, although you don't have to worry about other contaminants.
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So THAT'S why my brother made me eat dirt when I was 5!
that's what I like to hear. Soon we'll see dirt bars instead of those trendy oxygen bars.
Here's another reason to ditch the "antibacterial" soap!
...then why couldn't the North American Natives prevent the Europeans from invading, or Africans from becoming slaves? These two groups of people lived off the earth while the "master race" was perfecting guns and sailing ships.
The europeans had far more iron, cattle, farms etc... and greater avaibility of those things
The reason why the natives were not smarter is because the natives still ate dirt back then I reckon. they didn't have computers and tv's then. they spent a lot more time outside breathing it in and getting dirty and stuff. plus, they had guns. put a dumb person with a gun against a smart person with some other primitive weapon and the dumb person has an advantage.
well they need a lot more help getting smarter just dirt isnt going to cut it
Does creating weapons really mean the Europeans were smarter? Did living off of the land and making earth and nature a priority really mean the natives were less smart? It think it's a matter of priority, not intelligence.
Try picking up a book, like "Guns, Germs and Steel" or "Ecological Imperialism" and you'll see that Europeans lucked out geographically. Nearly all of the domesticated animals and storable food crops such as wheat originated in the Middle East (which has an easy and historical land route to Europe) or in Europe itself. The abundance of crops allowed more people to dedicate their lives to science and art (hence the inventions of steel, gunpowder etc.) instead of farming or in the Native.... More
Sounds great - I have always said muck was good for you! However, as a gardener I should be a calm genius so how come I'm a panicky idiot?
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... and have rarely been sick ever and smart as a whip, so's to speak.
isnt it only in certain dirt I mean likely the dirt you ate didnt have the correct bacteria lmao
Because your comment makes no sense.
Many holistic health professionals advocate probiotics or friendly bacteria for a number of health issues, which isn't much different than getting bacteria from soil, although you don't have to worry about other contaminants.
Another angle on "Nature Deficit Disorder".
Video games really do make kids dumber, but for a weird- *** reason, eh?
We are going to have to pay for dirt.
How do they know the mice that were fed the dirt weren't just in a major hurry to find a bathroom?
how long before they start selling this as a product
