Dirt exposure 'boosts happiness' from the BBC

Exposure to dirt may be a way to lift mood as well as boost the immune system, UK scientists say.

As an avid trail runner, I already knew there was something to this.  On Mother's Day this year we took the kids to the park and let them run through the mud puddles and get as dirty as they wanted to.  Good sport Mom!  Talk about happy as a pig in mud.

Try it sometime, or you could just get one of those mud-face things at the Spa.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6509781.stm

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