However, the overuse of antibiotics and antiseptic cleaners is impacting our ability to maintain a balance of healthy microbes in our bodies and environments. Studies continue to prove that harmful species will exploit areas with too few good bacteria to fight back. Sterility should not be our goal.
There’s plenty of symbiotic microbes that are helpful and important to your body, such as anaerobic bacteria in your intestines that can digest food that your stomach cannot. These bacteria are the reason for you getting gassy sometimes, but they prevent serious issues as well. There’s many many more symbiotic microbes besides that. People need to remember “Bubble Boy” because he both failed and was unfeasible.