Did Your Cleanliness Cause Your Crohn’s?

A recent article is reporting that the occurance of Crohn’s Disease has doubled in children recently. Crohn’s Disease used to be a conditition that mostly impacted adults but it seems to be changing to children lately.

Parents who have an obcession to cleanliness might be causing this!

Experts believe children are being exposed to fewer germs these days and their immune systems are weaker as a result.

The full article can be found here: Rise in Crohn’s Disease blamed on cleanlines… 

Actually this is a theory that even Jordan Rubin talks about. It is because of this that he recommends we take more probiotics. He says that when we were children, we would play in the dirt and get dirty (used to end up eating dirt by mistake).

All these things made our immune systems stronger. However, now days, kids are staying inside and playing video games and parents are starting to worry even more about sterolizing their homes!

Being too clean seems to be dangerous!

10 October 2006 | Crohn's Disease, Crohn's Research | Comments