• Aviandelight
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    9 months ago

    It helps build exposure to foreign antigens which helps build immunity.

    • RogueBanana@lemmy.zip
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      9 months ago

      I figured that much but just by playing outside you will be in contact with a lot of germs anyway. I don’t see the necessity to eat dirt for the same. Would be interested to see if there are any actual research on this topic.