# For a diet of worms: too much hygiene can damage your health

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Christopher Dye
- Year: 2008
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/diet-worms-too-much-hygiene-can-damage-your-health)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Public health campaigns have dramatically reduced exposure to infection but the effects have not been uniformly beneficial; one consequence has been the rise of cancers, allergies, asthma, and other autoimmune diseases.

## Lectures

1. [For a diet of worms: too much hygiene can damage your health](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/diet-worms-too-much-hygiene-can-damage-your-health/35958dcdfb96) (YouTube)