Let your children get dirty… you will have healthy children
Children are exposed to endless parasites, germs, and bacteria as they want to explore the world around them. Mothers usually try to keep them safe by overprotecting them so they don’t get any diseases, but now it’s letting your children get dirty so they can be healthier. Yes, as you have read it and from that statement three important discoveries have been derived:
- “Microbial diversity” is the hypothesis that states that the key to strengthening our immune system is the health and diversity of bacteria that live in our mucosa. For example: when the baby is born by natural birth, she is colonized by the bacteria found in the vaginal tract and in this way strengthens her human microbiome.
- The “hygiene hypothesis”, proposed by Dr. David Strachan; To explain it in some way, this implies that children benefit from “getting sick” by being in contact with other children, animals and playing in the street. Excessive hygiene, on the other hand, seems negative for your immune system. But beware! This fact should not be misunderstood. Everything happens when our own defense system (the immune system) reacts in a disproportionate way. Thus, roughly, there are problems such as allergies or disease
it is serious autoimmune type of all kinds (type 1 diabetes, arthritis, Crohn’s disease…), where it is the immune system that attacks our own cells or reacts to defend itself from an attack that is not, according to the hypothesis of the Hygiene This is largely because the immune system has not had a chance to ‘fine tune’ its reaction to an attack.
- “Old friend”, hypothesis proposed by Graham Rook, in which he argues that the exposure necessary to increase immunity is developed thanks to microorganisms present since the time of the hunt, when the immune system of man was evolving. He also argues that we have become dependent on microbes, so much so that our immune systems cannot function or develop properly without the presence of internal microbes, microbes found in different parts of our bodies and even in our pets.
Here are the 10 ways to get dirty to strengthen the immune system:
- Have pets or allow your children to live with animals: Through animals you expose your children to bacteria, germs, etc., thus increasing their defenses.
- Put aside antibacterial soap: Using it too often weakens the immune system of the little ones.
- Let them play outdoors: Let them come into contact with everything that nature offers us and then they can put their dirty little hands in their mouths, this will raise their immune system.
- Allowing them to put things in their mouths: We usually take anything we think is germy or dirty off their hands, but curb those overprotective actions. Allow your child to bite or lick some objects, suck on toys or get dirty and then put their hands in their mouth. Give them the opportunity to explore, taste and touch the world with their own hands.
- Stay away from antibiotics: When we give children too much antibiotics, we cause resistance in them. Opt for natural medications that help raise white blood cells.
- Do not excessively wash the clothes: Let them wear the clothes a few times before washing them for the same reason that it is not good to keep boiling their pacifiers, finally they are children, let them look like a real one.
- Live with other children: Exposure to saliva, tears, sweat and sneezes from other children is good for your health from time to time.
- Do not boil all the containers: It is good that from time to time your children are in contact with germs, that if the pacifier fell, that if the dog touched his glass, that if the plate has a little dust, etc. This way you will have better defenses.
- Eat fermented foods: Preserves and probiotics, kefir, pickles, yogurt, kombucha, and even chocolate.
- Do not bathe them so often: To stimulate their system, allow the dirt to ferment, it does not mean that you do not bathe them for days but avoid exaggerating with anti-bacterial gel, wet towels, three baths a day, etc.
For your children to enjoy better health, let them grow and dirty, explore and learn. It is also advisable to allow them to go barefoot or not exaggerate in terms of the endless number of clothes you put on them. In adulthood he will thank you because you will be strengthening his immune system.
