Parasites

Parasites Aren’t the Enemy. Your Sanitized Life Is.

📅 August 22, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

For 99.99% of human history, having parasites was the default. Modern sanitation is a 150-year anomaly that has triggered an epidemic of autoimmune diseases. The story of Fan Kuai eating raw pork at the Hongmen Banquet isn’t about bravery—it’s about how our revulsion to parasites is a luxury our ancestors never had. We are not clean by nature; we are clean by industrial accident.

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38 Parasites in Her Brain: The Hidden Danger of Being Too Clean

📅 July 4, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

A British woman ate vegetarian, avoided street food, and still ended up with 38 brain parasites from India. The shocking reason: her clean upbringing left her immune system dangerously naive. Local immunity from constant low-dose exposure is the real shield. This article unravels the sanitation failures, religious factors, and the counterintuitive truth that being too clean makes you the perfect host.

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