Germs

So next week Mythbusters will test what germs are on the surfaces you touch daily and how they compare to the germs on a toilet seat.

About 7-8 years ago a morning news shows followed one of their anchors and tested all the surfaces he touched during the day to find out what germs were on them.

Just last month there was a study done showing that the germs on purse handles were the same if not worse than in a bathroom. (no surprise there, what is the first thing you grab after pulling up your pants in a public bathroom.)

But Surprise Surprise we are not all dead, nor are we walking around sick. We were given a wonderful thing called an immune system. It fights all the germs we pick up and keeps us healthy. We get germs in small amounts and we don't even know it. But our bodies take care of it all on their own.

Did you know that the percentage of childhood allergies has steadily gone up over the past 20 years? Not only that, the severity of the allergies has gotten worse.

So do you want to know why? Because children are living in a more sterile environment. Their immune system has nothing to fight. So it goes after what would be a small allergy, and hits it full steam ahead because it has nothing to fight.

I have never sterilized my home, it is clean, and except for flu and cold season we do not sanitize hands or use Lysol on all household surfaces.
My daughter had an allergy to squash when she was younger, ut having been exposed to it in small doses she no longer has an allergy.

I am not saying that all allergies are the fault of sterilization. My boys all have dust allergies. I have spring allergies. It does happen. I am just saying, Don't let it get out of hand.