Wudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-224 hours agoTIL that eating dirt was common in the U.S. South until the 80s. People ate a handful a day, often seasoned with vinegar and salt.feddit.ukimagemessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up1461arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1442arrow-down1imageTIL that eating dirt was common in the U.S. South until the 80s. People ate a handful a day, often seasoned with vinegar and salt.feddit.ukWudi@feddit.uk to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-224 hours agomessage-square154fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 hours agoHopeful they did it far from outhouses. Dirt is loaded with parasites even today, in countries with poor sanitation.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoThat’s what the cooking is for I imagine
minus-squareOsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoSo you’re telling me these dirt eaters have really strong immune systems
minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoBut did they have food allergies? Because there’s a theory that increases in good allergies are because we live sufficiently sanitary lives that some people’s immune systems basic go on a schizophrenic rampage whether somebody certain foods.
Hopeful they did it far from outhouses.
Dirt is loaded with parasites even today, in countries with poor sanitation.
That’s what the cooking is for I imagine
So you’re telling me these dirt eaters have really strong immune systems
But did they have food allergies? Because there’s a theory that increases in good allergies are because we live sufficiently sanitary lives that some people’s immune systems basic go on a schizophrenic rampage whether somebody certain foods.