Dirt Is Good

by Rob Knight, Jack Gilbert, Jack A. Gilbert

Book Overview

From two of the world's top scientists and one of the world's top science writers (all parents), Dirt Is Good is a q&a-based guide to everything you need to know about kids & germs.

"Is it OK for my child to eat dirt?"

That's just one of the many questions authors Jack Gilbert and Rob Knight are bombarded with every week from parents all over the world. They've heard everything from "My two-year-old gets constant ear...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250132614
• ISBN13: 9781250132611
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Griffin
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Too simple

This book is definitely for a first time mom or parent. Has basic information about gut microbionome and is in a question/answer format. I thought it was going to go into detail about the ways interactions with dirt alters your gut microbionome, not a broad question answer book. If you just want some scratch of the surface answers this book is fine. Not a very crunchy friendly book. But if you want to go into detail I would suggest gut and phycology syndrome by Natasha Campbell McBride. That book gets deep into how certain things affect microbionome and how the different microbes interact with each other and your brain chemistry.