I live in Eastern Europe and not one singular person I know has allergies.
Americans seems to have a sensibility to everything, gluten, peanuts, all types of foods and substances.
Why is that?
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Hygiene.
Allergies are an immune overreaction. Something gets in your body that is harmless but your body doesn’t know it’s harmless, and goes completely scorched earth trying to get rid of it.
It’s like if the US were to start punching in nuclear codes because someone left a somewhat suspicious package at a Walmart in North Dakota.
For this to happen, your body needs to be unaware that something poses a risk. If you spend your childhood outside, romping and playing in the dirt, your body’s gonna be exposed to a bunch of stuff, and it’s gonna know what can and can’t hurt it.
However, if you spend your childhood mostly indoors, constantly in a hygienic area, your body won’t learn the difference for some things.
Some, but not all, American children spend most of their time indoors and hygienically sheltered. Allergies develop in these kids because their immune systems don’t get exposes to some common things.
Tl;dr we don’t rub enough dirt in.
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