Let Them Eat Dirt: The Hunt for Our Kids’ Missing Microbes

PRESENTED BY: Meaningful Movies Port Townsend
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6:30 PM, Monday, January 13, 2020 PST
Location: Port Townsend (click for map)

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?

“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.

Release Year: 2019

Running Time: 58 minutes

Director: Rivkah Beth Medow and Brad Marshland

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