How Dirt Makes You Happy

[adorshki]

Never woulda believed it if I hadn't read it on the internet:

Antidepressant Microbes In Soil: How Dirt Makes You Happy

Soil microbes have been found to have similar effects on the brain as Prozac without side effects and chemical dependency. Learn how to harness the natural antidepressant in soil and make yourself hap

www.gardeningknowhow.com

"Prozac may not be the only way to get rid of your serious blues. Soil microbes have been found to have similar effects on the brain and are without side effects...."

Might explain our fascination with dirt.

 

[Nuuska]

Common knowledge in these parts.
At least among elderly . . .

 

[wileypickett]

That's why earthworms are so happy!

 

[gjmalcyon]

That's why earthworms are so happy!

And dirt-eating toddlers.

 

[Maguchi]

A little bit of dirt through a cranked tube amp makes me happy

 

[Guildedagain]

What about soiling yourself?

It's an unfair description.

Isn't soil good?

 

[Midnight Toker]

What? Something naturally of the earth being medically beneficial? Blasphemy! Everyone knows if it doesn’t come out of a chem lab and you can’t get rich selling it, that it has no real purpose.

When I comes to remedies for common ailments, you really can’t top going all natural. They’ve only been tested for 10,000 years as opposed to a couple months w/ rats. I still order many things from Germany via Amazon that a Dr there would prescribe you, but because the FDA’s board members are mostly former RX CEO’s, they can only be labeled as a “dietary supplement” in the US. What a sham!

 

[WaltW]

Reaping the benefits of playing in the dirt last October when I planted 100 Daffodil bulbs.

 

[Nuuska]

Oh yes - spring will be here in 4 weeks - and scilla siberica will raise it's tiny head - my backyard 4 years ago.