Autoimmune Diseases – The Hygiene Hypothesis – Are We Too Clean?

Is it possible that an increase in the incidence of autoimmune diseases, such as type I diabetes, is due to being too clean?  Read “Educate Your Immune System: Our Bodies are Confused by this 21st Century World” by Moises Velasquez-Manoff, the author of the book, An Epidemic of Absence: A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Disease. To get an introduction to his theory, you can can hear his TED Talk, “Reshaping the Immune System.”