# Hygiene Hypothesis

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/hygiene-hypothesis/244>\
**Category:** T1 Research\
**Tags:** pathogenesis\
**Created:** [March 29, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/hygiene-hypothesis/244 "2017-03-29T03:43:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![britt\_j](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/britt_j/32/55_2.png) [@britt\_j](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/britt_j)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/hygiene-hypothesis/244/1 "2017-03-29T03:43:21Z")

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[“Type 1 Diabetes Risk May Come Down to Gut Bacteria Counts: A Joslin researcher describes experiments testing the hygiene hypothesis.”](http://insulinnation.com/research/type-1-diabetes-risk-may-come-down-to-gut-bacteria-counts/?utm_src=HseEmail+00226)

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**Author:** ![docslotnick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/docslotnick/32/75_2.png) [@docslotnick](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/docslotnick)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/hygiene-hypothesis/244/2 "2017-03-29T15:20:04Z")

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That is very interesting. But it makes it more difficult to explain how I got diabetes. When I was a kid I ate dirt and loved to play with insects. 😂

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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/hygiene-hypothesis/244/3 "2017-03-30T17:12:12Z")

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> [@docslotnick](#):
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> But it makes it more difficult to explain how I got diabetes.

You are hitting them out of the ballpark today 🙂