The benefits of having - hookworms!

[Lilith7]

Yes, I think we have become too clean - all food we eat is washed and processed so there is not a microbe left. Plucking something from the garden, giving it a shake and wipe, and then eating it is a health benefit in more ways than just good food.

We used to do that when we were kids - perhaps ours was the last generation to do so.  And we wear shoes, wash our hands clean our teeth, & are generally much cleaner than our early ancestors knew to be.

They must have stunk,though!