Let Them Eat Dirt by Finlay, B. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Contents About the Book About the Authors Title Page Dedication Disclaimer Preface Part One: We Are More Microbe Than Human

1: Children Are Microbe Magnets

Microbes: Kill Them All! Revenge of the Microbes Kids Will Be Kids Microbes to the Rescue

2: A Newly Discovered Organ: The Human Microbiome

Invisible Life Avoiding Contagion at Any Cost Microbes: Partners in Evolution Bugs “R” Us Immune Cell School Feeding Our Microbes So They Can Feed Us

Part Two: Raising Babies and Their Microbes

3: Pregnancy: Eating for Two? Try Eating for Trillions

The Pregnant Microbiota: Another Reason to Eat Well The Vaginal Microbiota Stress, Your Baby, and Your Microbes Infections and Antibiotics: Can We Avoid Them? Getting Smart About Antibiotics Heading Off Group B Strep Can Bacteria Influence Us Before Birth? Dos and Don’ts

4: Birth: Welcome to the World of Microbes

The Best Laid Plans Cesarean Epidemic A Dirty Birth Is a Good Birth Seeding Hope for the Future Antibiotics During Birth Premature Babies Dos and Don’ts

5: Breast Milk: Liquid Gold

Born Too Young Feeding Trillions Breastfeeding: Not as Easy as It Sounds When Breast Milk Is Not an Option Breastfeeding After a C-section Dos and Don’ts

6: Solid Foods: A Growing Diet for Microbes

New Food Means New Microbes to Eat It The Boon of Diversity When, What, and How Much? Dangerous Eats Dos and Don’ts

7: Antibiotics: Carpet Bombing the Microbiota

The Antibiotic Paradox Wonder Drugs of the Twentieth Century Resistance Is Futile “Mommy, My Ear Hurts!” Wonder Drugs That Aren’t So Wonderful Probiotics with Antibiotics–an Oxymoron? Dos and Don’ts

8: Pets: A Microbe’s Best Friend

Love at First Lick From the Wild to Our Couches Bring on the Slobberfest Dos and Don’ts

9: Lifestyle: Microbe Deficit Disorder

Starved for Nature Such a Thing as Too Clean Cleanliness Q&A

Part Three: Collateral Damage

10: Obesity: The World Is Getting Heavier

Body Weight and the Microbiome Fat Mice Of Mice and Men A Microbiota Diet Antibiotics and Childhood Weight Malnutrition Anorexia Nervosa Dos and Don’ts

11: Diabetes: Microbes Have a Sweet Tooth

A Disease on the Rise A Sugarcoated Pregnancy Finger Pricks and Insulin Pumps The Western Diet: A Life Too Sweet Dos and Don’ts

12: Intestinal Diseases: Fire in the Gut!

The Gut: A Thirty-Foot Tube, but Mind the Gap For Crying Out Loud Chewing on Gluten: Microbes and Celiac Disease Irritable Bowel Syndrome Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Dos and Don’ts

13: Asthma and Allergies: Microbes Keep Us Breathing Easy

The Burden of Asthma Searching for the Culprits From the Gut to the Lung Allergies and Eczema, Too? Dos and Don’ts

14: Gut Feelings: Microbiota and the Brain

Bottom-Up Thinking The Microbes Made Me Do It! Microbes and Moods Stress, Depression, and Anxiety Autism Spectrum Disorders Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder The Road to a Better Brain Dos and Don’ts

15: Vaccines Work!

The Not-So-Magical Kingdom A Parent’s Nightmare–What Do I Do? Vaccines and Microbiota–Is There a Connection? Dos and Don’ts

16: Bugs As Drugs

The Future Understanding the Microbiome Analysis of Your Microbiome Beyond Genes: Microbial Metabolites Second Generation Probiotics Prebiotics Back to the Future: Fecal Transfers RePOOPulating Our Gut Crystal Ball Time Personalized Diets Dos and Don’ts

Acknowledgments Selected References Index Copyright