Re:Gut–brain axis study shows autism-associated molecular, m...
by Terr_ on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @01:52PM
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> "not letting kids play in the dirt" -> "weak microbiome"
I'd caution that there are at least two variations of this, with rather different treatment implications:
1. ("Hygiene Hypothesis") Modern immune systems are coddled degenerate weaklings that should be toughened up with exposure to survivable levels of hostile microbes.
2. ("Old Friends") Your immune system is complex and its ideal tuning is reliant on normal exposure to benign, commensal, or symbiotic microbes which help it calibrate or even serve as outsourced components.
I'd caution that there are at least two variations of this, with rather different treatment implications:
1. ("Hygiene Hypothesis") Modern immune systems are coddled degenerate weaklings that should be toughened up with exposure to survivable levels of hostile microbes.
2. ("Old Friends") Your immune system is complex and its ideal tuning is reliant on normal exposure to benign, commensal, or symbiotic microbes which help it calibrate or even serve as outsourced components.