Exposing children to microbes ‘good for their health’
Early exposure to microbes will give children the best immune start to life, insist two microbiologists who’ve written thought-provoking new book, Let Them Eat Dirt. Professor Brett Finlay and Dr Marie-Claire Arrieta insist there is undeniable evidence that early exposure to microbes is beneficial to children’s wellbeing.
The scientists have written the book to explain their conviction that microbiota (the microbes that live in and on humans) are great for our health. “In our quest to clean up our world and get rid of infectious diseases, we have become too clean and we need to rethink our quest for cleanliness,” stresses Prof Finlay.
