B. Finlay

Marie-Claire Arrieta

This book might change your perspective on real cleanliness . . . and along the way help you to raise healthier kids.

Very clearly written and well-explained – it stopped me worrying

Let Them Eat Dirt has turned my world on its head. The book is a rallying cry to parents to put down antibacterial wipes, throw out sterilising tablets and start making mud pies.

A must-read for parents, teachers, and any healthcare provider for children, Let Them Eat Dirt takes you inside the inside tract of a child’s gut, and shows you how to give kids the best immune start early in life.

Parents around the world are bound to rejoice at the publication of Let Them Eat Dirt.

This book is filled with practical advice for parents on how to positively impact their children’s health from natural childbirth to breastfeeding

Finlay and Arrieta explain, in illuminating detail, the importance of the gut microbiome ... The focus on practical choices before and during birth makes this book a good resource for expectant parents.

With the quiet weight of their authority, pioneer researchers Brett Finlay and Claire Arrieta help parents to understand the real nature of microbes, and then to act to improve their children's health.

Martin Blaser, author of Missing Microbes

The subject is very clearly written and well explained

How Microbes Can Make Your Child Healthier

'This book might change your perspective on real cleanliness . . . and along the way help you to raise healthier kids. ' Giulia Enders, author of Gut 
 
'A must-read for parents ... Let Them Eat Dirt takes you inside the inside tract of a child's gut, and shows you how to give kids the best immune start early in life.' William Sears, MD, co-author of The Baby Book 
 
We all want what is best for our kids, but for years we’ve believed that microbes cause infectious diseases and have battled to keep them under control. Our modern lifestyle, with its emphasis on hyper-cleanliness, is having a negative effect on our children’s lifelong health. 
 
In Let Them Eat Dirt, microbiologists B. Brett Finlay and Marie-Claire Arrieta explain how the trillions of microbes that live in and on our bodies influence childhood development and why an imbalance in those microbes can lead to obesity, diabetes and asthma, among other chronic conditions. With practical advice from conception through to pregnancy and beyond, this invaluable guide will help you to nurture stronger, more resilient and healthier children.

B. Finlay

Praise for Let Them Eat Dirt

This book might change your perspective on real cleanliness . . . and along the way help you to raise healthier kids.

Very clearly written and well-explained – it stopped me worrying

Let Them Eat Dirt has turned my world on its head. The book is a rallying cry to parents to put down antibacterial wipes, throw out sterilising tablets and start making mud pies.

This book might change your perspective on real cleanliness . . . and along the way help you to raise healthier kids.

Very clearly written and well-explained – it stopped me worrying

Let Them Eat Dirt has turned my world on its head. The book is a rallying cry to parents to put down antibacterial wipes, throw out sterilising tablets and start making mud pies.

This book might change your perspective on real cleanliness . . . and along the way help you to raise healthier kids.

Very clearly written and well-explained – it stopped me worrying

Let Them Eat Dirt has turned my world on its head. The book is a rallying cry to parents to put down antibacterial wipes, throw out sterilising tablets and start making mud pies.

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