There is strong evidence that three factors have weakened modern innate immune systems:
(1) The inappropriate use of antibiotics and the accompanying rise of antibiotic resistance MORE
The other two factors are less obvious:
(2) The fact that the diets of the majority of people provide an inadequate intake of many key nutrients causing what is known as Type B malnutrition MORE
(3) The unnaturally sterile environment we live in nowadays, which has resulted in much less challenge to the innate immune system – leaving it under-prepared. MORE
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