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WHO should read WHAT and WHY

Who Everyone would benefit from understanding the need for asking The Great Question. But short of that ideal, there are particular demographics that would benefit the most...

; Parents :

My guess is if anybody picks up The Great Question and runs with it, it will be parents and especially mothers. They are the most likely to think it and actually have the nerve and motivation to ask it and challenge a doctor about The Great Assumption. And the least likely to be satisfied with a lame response.

; Caretakers of elderly :

Children that care for aging / elderly parents. A healthy microbiome is so critical to good mental and physical health but also prone to damage in a normal life. Damage that is compounded by years of lack of maintenance and further damaged by prescriptive drugs.

Covid long haulers

Sone of the symptoms described by long haulers like headaches, fatigue, brain fog, muscle and / or joint pain can be linked to microbiome dysbiosis. Whether disease or medicine induced, I'm guessing at least some of them would find that eating a low oxalate and low histamine diet would improve their condition.

You aren't crazy! Doctors view the world through the FDA playbook and unfortunately recognizing headaches, fatigue, brain fog, muscle and / or joint pain as real things isn't in it.

NSAIDs users

Athletes, dancers, physical performers, office workers, weekend warriors and laborers. Anyone that use NSAIDs. Changes to the microbiome by using NSAIDs have been documented.

Microbiome alterations caused by other medicines have been documented as well. The best approach to maintaining a healthy microbiome if one is using medicine is to flip The Great Assumption.

People suffering from migraines

There are probiotic microbes that are effective in reducing histamine and tyramine in the gut which trigger migraines.

The same logic used to treat migraines may be effective for people that have high blood pressure. Also allergy sufferers.

Anyone else suffering from headaches, fatigue, brain fog, muscle and / or joint pain ;

I suspect that while headaches, fatigue, brain fog, muscle and / or joint pain would be the primary complaint for some, these symptoms of microbiome dysbiosis are indicators of MTMDTI triggered by medicines prescribed for other illnesses.

Why

Parents should understand the concepts of The Great Assumption and The Great Question. And reading the Microbiome Stewardship section has good info about avoiding degradation of and maintaining a healthy microbiome.