The Hygiene Hypothesis: We Are Too Clean

According to Dr. Charles Raison, there is mounting evidence that disruptions in ancient relationships with microorganisms in soil, food and the gut may be contributing to increasing rates of depression. "It has been shown that people with depression, even those who are not sick, have higher level of inflammation," says Raison, a neuroscientist with the Emory University School of Medicine.

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Are Depressed People Too Clean?
http://shared.web.emory.edu/whsc/news/releases/2010/11/are-depressed-people-t...

Healthcare Expert: Charles Raison
http://whsc.emory.edu/home/news/experts/psychiatry/charles-raison.html

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• depression
• hygiene hypothesis
• hygiene

[orangebud30]

You people should study more....go on pubmed and type one of this; IL-10, cytokines, inflammation, heart disease, major depression, sickness behaviour, asthma, tnf-beta, Th1, Th17, Th2, Treg, dendritic cells, toll like receptors, soil bacteria, helminths.... after you are done reading this for a year, take one more year to read about your immune system and then you are welcome to write a comment :-)

[Bublik02]

Than talking such a rubbish Dr. Raison should better pay some attention to his face(mean skin) and answer himself why he is looking like polished tomato. ) ...and why half of population are mental debility rednecks? )

[montyloree]

There are alot of causes for depression... burned out adrenals is one of them...

S.A.D... I agree that nutrition and exercise help depression...

[ccd101]

Sorry, but this hypothesis is nonsense. Actually, what makes the difference between "dirty" rural living and "clean" modern city living is:

• raw milk instead of pasteurized milk

• more omega-3 fats in foods, less omega-6 fats, no trans-fats

• no artificial enzymes in foods and detergents.

Practical evidence: Since the Iron Curtain came down, allergies & inflammation diseases BOOMED in Eastern Germany due to these factors. "Hygiene" remained more or less the same!

[deadrebel2]

Rebutal, why then University students constantly depressed, I've never seen such a set of unwashed soap dodgers, only jesting, ha ha

[flootedbeam]

so how much filth is enough?

[dreamwindflutes]

This has always been my excuse.