Dr. Perlmutter Speaks About the Microbiome and Advocacy

Yesterday I went to a wonderful event at a Natural Grocers where Dr. David Perlmutter spoke about the importance of nourishing your microbiome with healthy foods.

According to his amazon.com bio, “David Perlmutter, MD, is a globally recognized leader in brain science. He is the recipient of the Linus Pauling Award, editor-in-chief of the global online and print peer-reviewed journal Brain and Gut, and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Grain Brain, The Grain Brain Cookbook, Brain Maker, The Better Brain Book, Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten, and Power Up Your Brain. He lives and practices in Naples, Florida.”

Dr. Perlmutter understands the connections between microbiome health and brain health. He speaks out about the connections between microbiome destruction via over-use of antibiotics, and chronic illness. He has acknowledged fluoroquinolone toxicity on news-casts, and has made videos about fluoroquinolone-induced peripheral neuropathy.

His presentation was wonderful and if you get the opportunity to see him speak, I recommend that you do so.

I had the opportunity to thank Dr. Perlmutter for the work he’s done speaking out about fluoroquinolone toxicity.

I also had the opportunity to ask him, in the Q&A section in front of the whole audience, what can be done to encourage more doctors to understand that fluoroquinolone antibiotics are dangerous drugs that should not be used frivolously. He responded that speaking out was the way to bring about change, and that doctors and other people can be educated about the dangers of fluoroquinolones one person at a time.

Every time we share an article that connects microbiome destruction to chronic illness (several are linked to HERE), we encourage people to understand that microbiome health is critical for all areas of health, and that throwing a nuclear bomb into the gut with fluoroquinolones (information about the dangers of fluoroquinolones can be found HERE), can be devastating.

Dr. Perlmutter also spoke about how mitochondria are ancient bacteria, and every time we share information about how fluoroquinolones damage mitochondria, we are also increasing the chances of doctors and other people making the connections between mitochondria-damaging drugs and chronic illness.

The outreach advice I got from Dr. Perlmutter and Dr. Wahls (in Episode 14 of The Floxie Hope Podcast) was to keep screaming, keep telling people about fluoroquinolone toxicity, and one person at a time, minds will change.

For fluoroquinolone toxicity to be on the radar of someone as influential as Dr. Perlmutter is a HUGE step in the right direction for us. He reaches millions of people through his books, web site, journal, practice, and other contributions. If you get a chance to thank him for his fluoroquinolone toxicity awareness efforts, please do so. He is brilliant, thoughtful, interesting and a wonderful advocate. He has my respect and admiration.