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I can see the webloids headlines now: "Should you eat dirt: Newly discovered fatty acid 10Z-HA helps cure burnout!" /sigh If only it were so easy.
by ubertakter 7y ago
I can see the webloids headlines now: "Should you eat dirt: Newly discovered fatty acid 10Z-HA helps cure burnout!"
/sigh If only it were so easy.
- rb808 7y agoI'm waiting for my dirt supplements.
- codr7 7y agoYou're joking, but in Germany you can buy several different grades of so called healing soil for different uses in many regular super markets. I take a tea spoon dissolved in water about once a week, which seems to help my system work more smoothly.
- unicornporn 7y agoWhich system? More smoothly?
- codr7 7y agoIt's difficult to pin-point these things, especially from the inside. I have Psoriasis since 30 years back, which in turn has something to do with a stressed immune system, which in turn depends on intestinal and stomach health. Drinking the healing soil improves the condition a lot for me, as does dissolving it in oil and rubbing into the skin.
- unicornporn 7y agoGlad it helps. :)
- ScottFree 7y agoEdit: no jokes on HN. Got it.
- andrewl 7y agoFecal transplants are still going on, and are showing good effectiveness for certain serious problems, like C. diff infections: Duodenal Infusion of Donor Feces for Recurrent Clostridium difficile New England Journal of Medicine 2013 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1205037 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1205037 There are plenty of more recent articles as well.
- beMoreSERIOUS 7y agoWHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS, SHITLORD? FUN AND GAMES? GET BACK TO YOUR SIDE HUSTLE.
- kyoob 7y agoAnxious? Eat dirt!
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoI wonder if there's a correlation between rural kids anxiety.
- RyJones 7y agoPica? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(disorder) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica_(disorder)
- ojosilva 7y agoCopyediting your headline a bit with the latest trends in linkbaiting: Cure burnout by eating this disgusting thing. Or... You never thought eating dirt would be a cure for this. And etc. The linkbaity headline should convey a riddle to be truly effective webtrash.