Do People in Third World Countries Have Stronger Immune Systems Than People in First World Countries?

myxi@feddit.nl to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 72 points –

There have been reports of YouTubers I watch getting sick after eating food in third world countries. However, these countries are also home to a large number of people who do not get sick from eating the same food. I think this suggests that the locals may have developed stronger immune systems. What do you think?

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Same sort of idea if you went to a small culture in a third world country who isn't used to eating any fast food, and gave them McDonald's. They'd be diarrheaing all over the place because they're not used to it.

True, I moved to a foreign country, but Europe to Europe. I could've shit through the eye of a needle for the first three weeks, then was fine after