Yesterday again on our news, the swine flu. And what were the recommendations like they gave us! Improve your hygienic conditions, avoid the virus … this approach to the problem is reaching extremes like declining another person’s handshake! How come? Since years we know that exposure is better than avoidance. Our immune system has to be taught to interact with its environment without overreacting, it needs training a life long as everything else. Otherwise it is not capable of keeping our body in a balance that goes along with healthiness and well-being. This is one aspect why the avoidance approach (=lack of training) leads to illness, not only to allergies but infections too. Continue Reading →