The increase in junk food and high fats diet could be the reason behind extensive amount of allergies, researchers claimed. They have found proof that industrialized diet rich in red meat, sugar and fats lowered the amount of bacteria from your guts. The bacteria are key for the immune system.
In absence of these bacteria kids are more prone to suffer from asthma, eczema and other form of allergies. The number of people suffering from different allergies has trebled in past two decades. One in three people suffer from some form of allergy at some point in their lives. The indoor lifestyle and modern mania with sanitation could be blamed for the conditions.
Many experts believe that exposure to microbes and dirt in early years of life is crucial for marinating healthy immunity. Some experts have linked the increase in allergies to pollution, food preservatives and rise in exotic diets of kids. In a study trail researchers compared gut bacteria of kids residing in Florence, Italy with kids residing in rural village in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
They found that kids residing in village and were eating diet alike to the diet of earliest farmers thousands of years ago, had lesser amount of bacteria linked with obesity in adults and more fatty acids that defend from inflammation. Their diet mainly consists of cereals, peas and vegetables. In comparison to Italians ate larger quantities of meat, fat and sugar.
The dissimilarities between kids’ gut bacteria could be elucidated by their diet that conquered other factors like racial background, hygiene, weather or topography, said lead researcher Dr Paolo Lionetti from the University of Florence. He added the trillion of bacteria that live in human gut were crucial organ which helped in digesting food, defend from pathogens and decrease risk of inflammation.