Dear MEL Topic Readers,
How your pets alter your immune system
Living with animals can significantly enhance our lives by providing
companionship, reducing stress, and offering a sense of purpose and meaning. Trained
service animals, in particular, provide support to the disabled both physically
and mentally. Domesticated animals also contribute to our physical health by
increasing exercise and potentially impacting heart health. Indeed, animals
make us work physically. In addition, studies have found that children living
in farming communities where cattle, farm animals, and pets live close to
humans have a lower risk of allergies, asthma, and hay fever. That is because exposure
to microbes during infancy and childhood helps train the immune system to
distinguish between harmless and harmful microorganisms, fostering tolerance to
commensal bacteria and preventing overreactions to foreign invaders. While
AI-powered humanoid robots might take over or help human labor, pet animals do
provide physical and mental benefits to our lives.
Read the article and learn how animals help our immune system.
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