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David Perlmutter, M.D. The Driving Force Behind our Dr. Formulated Products A leading expert on the human microbiome, America’s brain health expert and #1 New York Times best-selling author, David Perlmutter, M.D., is a board-certified neurologist and a fellow of the American College of Nutrition—the only doctor in the country with both of these credentials. Additionally, Dr. Perlmutter is a founding member and fellow of the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine. He truly provides exceptional insight and a unique perspective on the role of nutrition in health, particularly as it applies to the human microbiome. That’s why we sought to enlist his professional services for formulating our new line of products—and he readily accepted. Together, we’re pleased to present the fruits of our collaborative labors—our Dr. Formulated product line, designed to nourish your microbial “garden of life.” But what is the human microbiome and how is it related to overall health? Believe it or not, our bodies are mostly bacteria. True, we have human cells, but our bacterial cells outnumber our human cells by 10-to-1 and make up our microbiome—a collection of trillions of microbes living in and on the human body. Our microbiome plays an essential role in our health, too, since it may be