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::The assumption by prescribers that a medicine or medical procedure will have zero to minimal impact on the patient's microbiome and if it does have an impact it will heal on its own. | ::The assumption by prescribers that a medicine or medical procedure will have zero to minimal impact on the patient's microbiome and if it does have an impact it will heal on its own. | ||
== Medical Cornerstone == | |||
The Great Assumption is an unspoken cornerstone of modern medicine. | The Great Assumption is an unspoken cornerstone of modern medicine. | ||
== Long time invalidated == | |||
The Great Assumption was a valid placeholder in the process in the early days of modern medicine but research in the last 20 years indicates The Great Assumption is false and detrimental to our health. Yet no changes have been made in the exam room where patients meet their doctors. The Great Assumption is still part of the playbook in the exam room. | The Great Assumption was a valid placeholder in the process in the early days of modern medicine but research in the last 20 years indicates The Great Assumption is false and detrimental to our health. Yet no changes have been made in the exam room where patients meet their doctors. The Great Assumption is still part of the playbook in the exam room. | ||
== Flip The Great Assumption! == | |||
Flip The Great Assumption! | |||
I'm not talking about not using medicine, I'm talking about including the microbiome as part of the whole human organism. | I'm not talking about not using medicine, I'm talking about including the microbiome as part of the whole human organism. | ||
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Unfortunately I don't see modern medicine moving in that direction. Today modern medicine equals Big Pharma and Big Pharma is interested in developing new drugs. Having to pay attention to and correct microbiome disruption caused by a medicine would cause significant disruption to drug development and administration. So The Great Assumption remains in place. | Unfortunately I don't see modern medicine moving in that direction. Today modern medicine equals Big Pharma and Big Pharma is interested in developing new drugs. Having to pay attention to and correct microbiome disruption caused by a medicine would cause significant disruption to drug development and administration. So The Great Assumption remains in place. | ||
== Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis = Global Warming == | |||
The mentality that got us in the global warming crisis is the same mentality that gives us The Great Assumption: an unfounded belief in an infinite capacity to absorb and recover. In 2020 our collective microbiome looks like the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyahoga_River Cuyahoga River] in the 1960s. | |||
The mentality that got us in the global warming crisis is the same mentality that gives us The Great Assumption: an unfounded belief in an infinite capacity to absorb and recover. In 2020 | |||
== If Left Unchecked == | |||
What can we expect if The Great Assumption goes unchecked? | What can we expect if The Great Assumption goes unchecked? | ||
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:New drugs that do what the microbes in our microbiome should be doing if they were there. | :New drugs that do what the microbes in our microbiome should be doing if they were there. | ||
:Genetically modified probiotics | :Genetically modified probiotics | ||
Revision as of 03:41, 13 July 2021
The Great Assumption is:
- The assumption by prescribers that a medicine or medical procedure will have zero to minimal impact on the patient's microbiome and if it does have an impact it will heal on its own.
Medical Cornerstone
The Great Assumption is an unspoken cornerstone of modern medicine.
Long time invalidated
The Great Assumption was a valid placeholder in the process in the early days of modern medicine but research in the last 20 years indicates The Great Assumption is false and detrimental to our health. Yet no changes have been made in the exam room where patients meet their doctors. The Great Assumption is still part of the playbook in the exam room.
Flip The Great Assumption!
I'm not talking about not using medicine, I'm talking about including the microbiome as part of the whole human organism.
- Research what impact a medicine has on the microbiome and account for that impact by taking steps to monitor and restore it to good health.
Unfortunately I don't see modern medicine moving in that direction. Today modern medicine equals Big Pharma and Big Pharma is interested in developing new drugs. Having to pay attention to and correct microbiome disruption caused by a medicine would cause significant disruption to drug development and administration. So The Great Assumption remains in place.
Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis = Global Warming
The mentality that got us in the global warming crisis is the same mentality that gives us The Great Assumption: an unfounded belief in an infinite capacity to absorb and recover. In 2020 our collective microbiome looks like the Cuyahoga River in the 1960s.
If Left Unchecked
What can we expect if The Great Assumption goes unchecked?
- Patented microbes that we have to buy to get back to replace the bugs medication eliminated.
- New drugs that do what the microbes in our microbiome should be doing if they were there.
- Genetically modified probiotics