Latest Wilson’s Quarterly (I can’t link to the specific article) tells me all about H. pylori, the microbe that causes ulcers.<\/p>\n
(For those of you who still think that ulcers are caused by stress or spicy food, try to catch up, for crying out loud. People have already won the Nobel prize for disproving that.)<\/p>\n
Apparently, something like 90% of American kids used to have H. pylori in their gut, but now only about 5% do. (Probably due to better hygiene and other social factors.)<\/p>\n
Sounds like a success story, right?<\/p>\n
But it appears that H. pylori might also be good at reducing the chances of getting asthma and acid reflux. And guess what. Both of those have been hugely on the rise. Esophageal cancer is another item that H. pylori might help stave off. (I can’t remember if that’s on the rise, though. Maybe it is.)<\/p>\n
So, believe it or not, one suggested health policy is to colonize children with H. pylori, then kill it off when they reach adulthood (when most ulcers come along).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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