A recent synthesis argues that excessive handwashing and sanitizers can alter skin/gut microbiomes, which in turn influence immune signaling and cognition.

  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
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    My missus says I got sick because I dropped a wet teabag on the kitchen floor and then still used it, but imagine the gut biome! (It’s still terrible and I have IBS)

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      Depending kind the tea, some require boiling water to steep in, all bateria would be killed off… so…

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        Everyone knows that the second something touches bacteria it is instantaneously covered and permeated by that bacteria, no exceptions. It’s basic biology, come on — what are you, some kind of nerd?

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