Brett Finley on mental health
From Let Them Eat Dirt | Dr. Brett Finlay | Talks at Google · · Talks at Google
“More courses of antibiotics correlate with increased anxiety and depression; antifungals and antivirals had no effect.”
On , Brett Finley, Advisor at FORTUNE BRANDS INNOVATNS INC, spoke about mental health during Let Them Eat Dirt | Dr. Brett Finlay | Talks at Google on Talks at Google.
About Brett Finley
In a 2017 talk at Google, Dr. Brett Finlay discussed the role of microbes in human health, arguing that modern society has become "too clean" and that reduced microbial diversity is linked to rising rates of diseases such as asthma, obesity, and depression. He cited research correlating antibiotic use in early life with higher rates of asthma and noted that the average child in the US receives 10 to 12 courses of antibiotics by school age. Finlay described studies showing that fecal transplants between mice can transfer obesity, and he stated that red meat consumption leads microbes to produce compounds linked to atherosclerosis. He also said that vaccines are effective and that the autism-vaccine link has been "completely disproven," while criticizing the use of antibacterial hand sanitizers as "poison" that kills beneficial microbes.