Uploaded September 2019 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
LET THEM EAT DIRT: The Hunt for our Kid's Missing Microbes
Produced and Directed by Rivkah Beth Medow
Available for educational use: bullfrogfilms.com/newreleases.html
Allergies, obesity, asthma, intestinal disorders, auto-immune diseases, and diabetes are all on the rise, with some even doubling every ten years. New research points to changes in the complex ecosystem of microbes that live on and inside every one of us – our microbiota – as a major cause. But how could microorganisms that live in your gut affect the odds you’ll develop asthma, a disease of the lungs – or diabetes, a metabolic disorder?
Based on the acclaimed book Let Them Eat Dirt
by B. Brett Finlay, PhD & Marie-Claire Arrieta, PhD, LET THEM EAT DIRT: The Hunt for our Kids’ Missing Microbes connects with young families, researchers, and doctors to sleuth out what’s harming our microbiota and learn what we can do to reverse this dangerous trend.
LET THEM EAT DIRT: The Hunt for our Kid's Missing Microbes
Produced and Directed by Rivkah Beth Medow
Available for educational use: bullfrogfilms.com/newreleases.html
Allergies, obesity, asthma, intestinal disorders, auto-immune diseases, and diabetes are all on the rise, with some even doubling every ten years. New research points to changes in the complex ecosystem of microbes that live on and inside every one of us – our microbiota – as a major cause. But how could microorganisms that live in your gut affect the odds you’ll develop asthma, a disease of the lungs – or diabetes, a metabolic disorder?
Based on the acclaimed book Let Them Eat Dirt
by B. Brett Finlay, PhD & Marie-Claire Arrieta, PhD, LET THEM EAT DIRT: The Hunt for our Kids’ Missing Microbes connects with young families, researchers, and doctors to sleuth out what’s harming our microbiota and learn what we can do to reverse this dangerous trend.
