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The Old Spice guy in a towel is my favorite TV ad and the fav of about 50 million others, too. Smelling like a man (and turning tickets into diamonds) is now top of mind for many U.S. males…and females. A little info digging on my part came up with some interesting theories–even a little [...]
The radio story is called Anatomy of an Allergy Attack. It gives a nice overview of how seasonal allergy reactions work. The story nicely describes the immune system’s role in an allergy episode: “He (a doctor interviewed in the story) says that an allergic response is sort of a false alarm. Like an army launching [...]
Here we go again. New research showing how immune balance takes root and impacts lifelong health. We’ve got a lot of material on this blog about how exposure to dust, germs, allergens, etc. early in childhood can help “train” one’s immune system to respond proportionally and appropriately to pathogens that enter the body throughout the remainder [...]
I just returned from a two-day tour of dairy farms in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Besides observing more than 500 cows on 5 farms use new, state-of-the-art robotic milking systems, I also was able to reflect on a few thoughts about life on the farm and immune health. I’ve been an allergy sufferer since childhood. Mine is classic hay fever and everything that [...]
They say frequency and repetition in delivering a message to the masses is a good thing. So here’s the next version of the “dirt and kids” theme. Let me know when you’ve had enough. I’ll then dish up some more. This is getting to be such a widely touted topic here and elsewhere, I’m going [...]
I just wrote about The New York Times’ Jane Brody last week. So I’m reluctant to do it again so soon. But, she has once again written a piece that hits at the heart of immune balance – the hygiene hypothesis. Two other posts on this blog from last year–highlighting a Washington Post article and an NBC Nightly [...]
Flair & Balance Here’s a collection of stories that connect to the “balance” factor. Some older, some new. Hopefully, all credible and worth the read. Allergies: Clearing the Air This NBC Nightly News story gets at the heart of immune balance: helping immune systems “learn” how to react to pathogens and allergans in a way the keeps miserable [...]
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