Key Enzymes help country kid’s article review:
Research in the past has suggested that kids who grow up in the countryside compared to kids who grow up in urban environments grow a stronger and more capable immune system. This idea of humans having weaker immune system if not subject to bacteria when growing up is called the hygiene hypothesis. This originally was believed to be caused by a person’s contact with endotoxin. Endotoxin is a chemical found on the surface of most common bacteria and humans come into to significant contact with these bacteria and this chemical in the countryside. However it is now being suggested that it is an enzyme called A20 which new born are subjected in the birth canal and researchers believe help train endotoxins to strengthen our immune system and ensure we don’t overreact to harmless microbes. Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28129-key-enzyme-helps-country-kids-ward-off-allergies-and-asthma/
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