For centuries before the vax, our farming ancestors succeeded by cohabitation with their cows, sheep, and horses in keeping their immune systems powerful and healthy, to the point of infecting people overseas [in the Americas and Hawaii] unintentionally with diseases against which they had no immunity but we as Whites survived in our infancy.

The industrialization of food and everything else and the so-called modernity are depleting the microbiota which the human intestines need.

We are talking about the most living organism there is: over 2 kg [five pounds] of micro-organisms in our gut, including fungi, mycobacteria, bacteria, and much more.

The gut microorganisms (GM) play a strategic role in the development, operation and regulation of the immune system and our metabolism.

In the literature it is clear by now how the microbiota are shaped by the environment, rather than just by diet or genetics. In particular, the rural environment and contact with animals were strongly associated with genetically healthy profiles.

This very recent study (published in September, 2024) is the umpteenth confirmation.

The kids have been in close contact with animals, petting them and spending almost ten hours a day with them. The GM ibn the kids were assessed before and after the interactions by means of a complex analysis, and the results were exceptional.

To remain in regular contact with horses increased the diversity of their intestinal tract, an increase in probiotics that promotes health. Among these are the producers of butyrate Facecalibacterium prausnitzii and F. duncaniae and one species belonging to the order Christensenellales.

Butyrate or Butyric Acid is an energy source that is very important for the cells of the intestinal mucosa, promoting replication and is required for the health of metabolic changes of the mucosa of the colon and in general of the whole organism.

They also found an increase in the proportion of Eggerthella lenta, Gordonibacter pamelae and G. urolithinfaciens, known to play a role in the bioconversion of polyphenols in vegetables in the diet, with metabolic benefits.

This research underlines the importance of the interactions balanced between humans, animals and the environment, for our health and the planet.

So, stop bringing to Sunday your children to a sterile shopping center. Take them out into the countryside, into the mountains, in direct contact with the land, animals, and nature. You will do them good and also yourself!