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How the Western Diet Has Derailed Our Evolution - Issue 30: Identity - Nautilus
Westerners who grew up in villages, in farms, living among livestock at a ranch, or are exposed to certain infections at an early age, tend to have a lower risk of autoimmune diseases.
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