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What is the state of the cleanliness theory these days ? What state of proposed-debunked-revisited is that in ? The narrative that one could be raised in too
by rsync 12y ago
What is the state of the cleanliness theory these days ?
What state of proposed-debunked-revisited is that in ?
The narrative that one could be raised in too clean of an environment which then leads to an immune system on a hair-trigger is a sensible and compelling one, but I wonder how accepted it is in 2014 ?
- sp332 12y agoIt looks like the broadcast covering the latest research will be at 21:00 GMT here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04g507y http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04g507y
- ambler0 12y agoLooks like it's alive and well to me. The "Old Friends" hypothesis by Rook mentioned in the article appears to be from 2003. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis
- glaugh 12y agoI read "Epidemic of Absence", a science journalist's survey of the research, telling of individual stories, and speculation about where the field could go. Super interesting. My takeaway was that there's clearly stuff happening here, but the research is still very much in its infancy, so it's hard to be too confident about any one claim. http://smile.amazon.com/Epidemic-Absence-Understanding-Allergies-Autoimmune-ebook/dp/B0061P2L5U http://smile.amazon.com/Epidemic-Absence-Understanding-Aller...