“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Brigitte Mouchet
Dr. Michelle Perro, MD is a veteran clinician with nearly 40 years of experience in both pediatrics and integrative medicine. Dr. Perro is in the middle of a book tour in the U.S. and abroad for her first book, What’s Making Our Children Sick?, which she co-authored with Vincanne Adams, PhD, professor of medical anthropology at the University of California-San Francisco. I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Perro and chat about this most important topic during one of her stops in California.
Some chronic diseases such as cancer can take decades to develop. But when we realize that 54% of children today suffer from a chronic disease, it’s time to “diagnose” the situation and take action. Many of those chronic diseases are neurocognitive disorders such as ADHD and autism spectrum disorder. However, we are also seeing an exponential increase in the number of children affected by a broad range of health conditions—including obesity, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, sleep issues (dyssomnia), and thyroid and growth issues—as well as mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anorexia, and others.
Dr. Perro has identified a lot of potential “villains”: among other things, industrially produced foods, drinking water, plastics, vaccine contaminants, emotional toxins, EMF radiation, and poor indoor air quality (and this is an incomplete list). In her approach to addressing these problems, Dr. Perro chooses to focus on food first because of the important role nutrition plays in our children’s health. Additionally, cultivating a healthy microbiome is a key contributor to helping both children and adults be healthy.
I invite you to listen to my interview with this brilliant and compassionate doctor, who addresses children’s health by working with the whole family, so that everybody gets better. You will be inspired to take action.
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Unfortunately, many people have short attention spans and are unwilling to go through the trouble of reading pages of documents. So, yes I posted youtube videos (which still get ignored for being “too long”). Nevertheless, the videos do inform and point people in the right direction should they care to do the research. Some videos are from early 2000’s, but does time negate truth? Furthermore, regarding the science, not much has changed. ImmunoExcitoToxicity in Neuroscience. Thimerosal, Aluminum, Formaldehyde, and other adjuvants that are neurotoxins are still used. There are also Mycoplasmas and “unknown” viruses… Everyone should look up in CDC’s list of ingredients and see that Thimerosal (ethyl mercury) is still used in many. Even the vaccine insert states that they do not test for carcinogenic effects, mutagenic effects, and infertility effects… If one cares to do the research, I recommend starting with the MSDS. All chemist and medical professionals will acknowledge that when you do not know a chemical the Manufacturer Safety Data Sheet is a good start. Look at the ingredients (adjuvants) and see at what quantity they are considered a health risk. One will see that the adult safety levels are exceeded by orders of magnitude, and the next question any reasonable person should ask is why is this being given to a developing child?… Furthermore, when one looks up the published medical literature, ask “does the author have a conflict of interest?” The Doctors below, Neurosurgeon, Nephrologist, Radiologist, Emergency Medical Practitioner, and Congressman on behalf of Dr. Thompson (CDC SENIOR RESEARCHER ON MMR VACCINE), ask why they would jeopardize everything to inform the public… So, before anyone arrogantly preaches vaccines, and defame and libel these real doctors who: (1. have nothing to gain and much to lose, 2. are at the front lines doing thorough research on the subject and 3. have shown themselves to be highly competent) … some research should be done.
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCesTOorWvdOfyy4rdVjylFnHxNxiZoPO
Good collection – I have watched some of them. Blaylock is excellent, ditto Tenpenny, Wakefield.
After the interview, I asked Dr. Perro 2 follow-up questions. See below with Dr. Perro’s responses:
1. Dr. Perro, you said that children’s microbiomes can only be modified or influenced for the first 3 years of life. What can we do to improve the microbiome of a child that was born through C-section and/or was not breast fed?
The baby inherits the microbiome from the mother. So if a baby is born via C-section, the microbiome will be similar to the surgical suite. Nursing will usually reverse that. If the baby is not breast fed, many formulas (organic only!) contain probiotics, but I usually recommend to add an additional probiotic focused on bifidus spp. Usually, the microbiome is established by 3 years old, so there is time to adjust. I may also add in sporebiotics which can enhance immune function as well as inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria in order to create a balanced community of microbes.
2. As adults, is it possible to restore a healthy microbiome after having taken antibiotics? Is it possible to regrow beneficial bacteria in our guts?
Even one dose of antibiotics can wipe out the microbiome. It can restore itself, but it takes a very long time. When you couple that with pesticides (glyphosate in Roundup is an antibiotic) in our food supply and antibiotics given to animals that we consume, the microbiome may be overwhelmed. For most people, eating fermented foods such as sauerkraut can offset the imbalances, however, I do recommend probiotics as well for individuals who need antibiotics. As a reminder, when individuals need antibiotics, I prescribe without hesitation. I just try to offset the side effects.
Thank you for this! Simply brilliant. I’m a RN and would love to work with Doctors who think like her. Well done!
Thank you Shalon! Yes, there are some amazing doctors out there 🙂
Hi Don, it will come on shortly, this is a pre-announcement.
How do I listen to the full report? I’m a subscriber and don’t find the proper link.
The audios publish on Thursday evening. So it will post tonight by 6pm CT.
They are up now!
Thanks Catherine. I’m a big fan of your work. Hope to see you in Portland in November!
Great group already signed up. See you there!