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Does Dirt Make You Happy?

Posted on August 29, 2014January 21, 2019

I loved this Modern Farmer article about not only the piece of mind that getting into a natural environment can create, but one theory on how it does so – through interactions with microbes!

“The psychological benefit of nature has been well documented… Just last year Rook published an article that explored those connections, concluding that the regulation of the immune system is indeed connected to the biodiversity of the natural environment. We benefit from being outdoors and exposed to things like soil and animals, because of the fact that we’re exposed to microorganisms.”

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