Who Should Read What
The menu on the left goes from a macro applies to all view that explains the concept of The Great Assumption to a micro view that has information especially useful for people suffering from chronic brain fog and pain.
WHAT
Everyone on the planet should understand the concept of The Great Assumption and understand the need to ask The Great Question whether they ask their doctor or not. This is a short and easy task to read, learn and share.
The Microbiome Stewardship section has useful information for anyone that owns a microbiome (everyone on the planet) and wants a basic common sense understanding of how to operate one in a healthy manner. No science background needed, just common sense.
The next two sections describe a gut / microbiome approach to health that may be useful for people living with chronic unexplained inflammation.
The Failure Of TGA section has information about what happens when a failure of The Great Assumption occurs, how to recognize it and a strategy to control the resulting inflammation and restore microbiome health.
The Resources section has detailed information I collected and used to restore my health.
The Personal section describes the lab rat in this wiki, me, the drivers in my life that set me up for a failure of The Great Assumption, how I came to recognize it and the impact it had on my life. This is the sad part of the wiki. But I have included it to emphasize that failures of The Great Assumption do impact lives and likely much more than anyone realizes.
WHO
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 they would be the least likely to be satisfied with a lame response too.
Caretakers of elderly
Especially 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 suspect 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 is not in it.
Migraine sufferers
There are probiotic microbes that are effective in reducing biogenic amines in the gut which can cause migraines. And there are probiotics that produce histamine and tyramine. I sort out the goodies and the baddies in the Supplementing section.
Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffet, Jamie Dimon
Want to revolutionize health care and cut costs? Stop ignoring the microbiome, Ask The Great Question. Flip The Great Assumption!
Anyone 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.
Anyone trying to control medical costs
Patients, health plan administrators, insurance companies: Want to revolutionize your own health care and cut costs? Stop ignoring the microbiome, Ask The Great Question. Flip The Great Assumption!