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minus-squareAviandelight @mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·9 months agoIt helps build exposure to foreign antigens which helps build immunity.
minus-squareGoosLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·9 months agoPlus it’s delicious and, if done right, can impress your friends
minus-squareRogueBananalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoI figured that much but just by playing outside you will be in contact with a lot of germs anyway. I don’t see the necessity to eat dirt for the same. Would be interested to see if there are any actual research on this topic.
minus-squareexocrinous@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoFor an infant, playing outside and eating dirt are the same thing.
It helps build exposure to foreign antigens which helps build immunity.
Plus it’s delicious and, if done right, can impress your friends
I figured that much but just by playing outside you will be in contact with a lot of germs anyway. I don’t see the necessity to eat dirt for the same. Would be interested to see if there are any actual research on this topic.
For an infant, playing outside and eating dirt are the same thing.