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"Chapter 2 will help you to understand how age, body fat, and environmental toxins can join forces to sabotage your inner hormonal equilibrium. DOMINANT? velyn, a thirty-seven-year-old graphic artist and mother of three, walked into my office literally dragging her forty-three-year-old husband, Richard, behind her. I had delivered all three of her children and had been her gynecologist for years. Evelyn related the following: Dr. Randolph, remember how trim and athletic my body was even after three kids? Even two years ago, I was a perfect size 8." - C. W. Randolph, M.D., From Belly Fat to Belly FLAT: How Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waistline and Subtracting Years from Your Life (Get the book.)

"Theoretically, as long as we are completely healthy and eat diets high in vitamins, amino acids, and minerals, and as long as we are not exposed to an overabundance of environmental toxins that stimulate free-radical formation, there is no need for coenzyme Qiq supplementation. But how many of us meet all these criteria? As I said earlier, the body's manufacture of coenzyme Qiq is complex. While it takes place in virtually every cell in the body, especially the liver, coenzyme Qiq synthesis requires multiple vitamins, cofactors, and amino acids." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"Advocate locally for lead-abatement programs and attention to other environmental toxins. Stress •Exercise and participate in stress-relieving hobbies. ?Surround yourself with persons who calm you. Building a Cognitive Reserve •Engage in stimulating activities. •Get all the education you can. •Learn new skills. ?Advocate for a more equitable distribution of resources in our schools. Staying Vital in Your Later Years ?Don't be afraid to seek help from doctors and other health-care professionals. •Choose a job that stimulates you. •Learn a new language. ?Learn to play an instrument." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.) "For instance, we must succeed in reducing environmental toxins such as lead and mercury in our homes, rivers, and parks that are responsible for producing neurological disease, particularly in young children, and we must also address the social contexts that subject many persons in our world to poverty, malnutrition, infection, trauma, hard labor, and mental lethargy that hasten cognitive decline. I will articulate a plan for our cities to provide better care for aging persons and support their families." - Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George, The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis (Get the book.)

"Among other everyday sources of environmental toxins are paint, perfume, furniture, and carpets. Most of the fragrances on the market today do not come from natural flower scents or any natural scents; they're mostly chemicals. Some people can't go into department stores because they get violent headaches. Formaldehyde is used in inexpensive press board furniture as part of the glue. Many people get sick carpet syndrome because insecticides have been sprayed on carpets. Patient Story: Paint Exposure_ When I was injured on the job from some paint fumes, my whole life changed." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "The government agencies and the higher-ups in the medical political structure are not even half-aware of the complexity of these environmental toxins and their effect on our health," says Dr. Richard Kunin. "They see it as very rare and therefore don't include [it] as part of a routine medical checkup. In fact, doctors have been told not to test for toxins, even though these tests are the best way to screen for poisonous metals as well as to identify how much of various substances a person is accumulating in the tissues of his or her body." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Our bodies naturally produce enzymes, however, as we age (enzyme levels decline between 27 and 35 years old), eat poorly, or fight illness, environmental toxins, and stress, we may run short on the amount of enzymes needed to maintain good health. A deficiency of enzymes in our bodies leaves us susceptible to diseases like cancer. Systemic enzyme supplements have been clinically proven to actually "eat" cancer tumors, breaking them down and eliminating them from our bodies." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Without a healthy gut flora, we can fall prey to outside offenders such as parasites, viruses, fungi and environmental toxins (such as pesticides, heavy metals and pollution). In utero, children acquire their intestinal flora from their mother. Neonates also acquire part of their healthy gastrointestinal flora from breastfeeding. Often newborns or breast-feeding mothers are required to take antibiotics that strip the healthy flora of the gastrointestinal system. This creates an imbalance of the good and bad bacteria in the gut if not properly replenished with probiotics." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Some difficulty using the tea has been reported by the following: • People who are very sensitive to environmental toxins. • People who take too much Flor-Essence. • Those who have never done any kind of detoxifying before and are not familiar with detoxification signs, such as mild diarrhea, nausea, or a minor skin rash. Low-grade fever, headaches, muscle aches, or other flu-like symptoms can also be signs of detoxifying. All of these discomforts indicate that the tea is working, but it may work too efficiently. There are a few other things that can be done to alleviate this." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Supplements/cleanses: Juice Feasting employs zeolite, or Natural Cellular Defense (discussed in Chapter 4) for the removal of environmental toxins. A moderate kidney-liver-gallbladder cleanse is accomplished with 2-4 cups daily of Royal Break-Stone Tea, or for a more time-intensive and comprehensive addition, the Tree of Life has available a liver-gallbladder-parasite-fluke cleanse. See the Juice Feasting timeline below. Exercise: We know the benefits of exercise for diabetics. During your Juice Feast, if movement is difficult, begin with just practicing a light yoga routine." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Harold Buttram has been pointing out for the past two decades that "while most of our knowledge of the effect of environmental toxins comes from reports of occupational exposure in adults, there is no doubt that developing children are at even greater risk. It is a known fact that pesticides are toxic to the nervous system. Most of our knowledge in this area comes from studies of occupational exposures in adults." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"As might be expected, all these odor disorders can signal olfactory nerve damage, which can be caused by many of the same things— including infections, head trauma, surgery, environmental toxins, and drugs—that lead to loss of smell. (See Loss of Smell, above.) If the underlying condition can be treated, the smell distortions or hallucinations will probably disappear. But getting an early, accurate diagnosis is key. SIGNING OFF Primary care physicians—family physicians and internal medicine specialists—can diagnose and treat many nasal problems, from the common cold to allergies." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Buttram says there's a link between an increase in environmental toxins over the years and a corresponding increase in behavioral disorders in children. "What has happened in the past 50 years that has brought about this increase in behavior disorders? According to published reports, before World War II, less than 1 billion pounds a year of organic chemicals were produced in the United States. By 1963, that number had increased to 163 billion pounds per year. Today it is somewhere around 250 billion pounds per year." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"The thyroid is a part of us that is affected by environmental toxins. I am also meeting more and more people suffering from allergies and environmental illness. Many individuals who face these kinds of environmental illnesses and sensitivities feel that they have become weak. However, it's a mis-perception to consider these illnesses as weakness. These particular illnesses and allergies are the sign of an intelligent body, not a weak body. The body is saying, "Something is wrong here, something is out of balance, something is polluted." - Sandra Ingerman, Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins (Get the book.)

"And with an increase of environmental toxins comes an increase in the risk for health problems, notably those that gain momentum with continued exposure and worsen over time as the body begins to rebel in unexpected ways. Eventually, a nagging illness sets in. The statistics continue to be staggering. Nearly 20 million Americans have diabetes, which is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States (and largely preventable); millions more are prediabetic and don't even know it." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Otherwise, they can, if not used properly, become environmental toxins." These problems are also extremely complex and require complex responses. I'm obviously not going to tell you that in no circumstances you should give your kids these psychotropic medications—that's not what this book is about. But I am encouraging you to learn about the side effects of these drugs and to perform all possible research on alternatives to them. In many cases, you can treat neurodevelopmental disorders, as well as other issues like depression, without drugs." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"A daily dose of Flor-Essence is helpful for anyone, regardless of health, for maintaining the body's abilities to remove toxins and protect itself from the harmful effects of environmental toxins and the exhaust we produce on a daily basis. Why Use Flor-Essence with Traditional Therapies? Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, radiation, or combined therapy need nutritional support to deal with the barrage of damage these treatments cause the body. Chemotherapy and radiation kill cancer cells as well as healthy cells." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"We believe that plaque formation is really a lifestyle disease, the result of years of unhealthy eating, lack of exercise, stress, unchecked bacterial activity, and environmental toxins that conspire to damage the arteries. These factors cause inflammation—the root cause of heart disease. Our program aims to keep inflammation at bay. Bringing Down Insulin Levels We've spoken often about the dangers of elevated insulin and insulin resistance. Doctors use either a fasting plasma glucose test or an oral glucose tolerance test to detect insulin resistance. Both require that you fast overnight." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"As a result of this overexposure to multiple environmental toxins, our immune systems have become hyperreactive even to non-toxins. What should have been sneezed out is now wheezed out. The end result is an epidemic increase in the incidence of asthma and other allergic conditions." All sorts of triggers can cause allergies to develop." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) "For a number of reasons, children are more adversely affected by exposure to environmental toxins than adults. Pound for pound of body weight, they breathe and eat more than we do. Their still-developing immune systems might mistakenly treat the toxins as naturally occurring enzymes or hormones. And because children are growing and developing so fast, dangerous cell mutations can multiply at a faster rate. Children are also less capable of detoxifying and excreting chemicals than adults. Their blood-brain barrier is still porous and allows more chemicals to reach their brains." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.) "It's a perfect storm: nutritional deficiencies, environmental toxins, accelerated vaccine schedules, and the inability to detoxify all these toxins. Children's immature immune systems simply cannot cope with this toxic overload. So wouldn't it make more sense to intervene before our kids ever get sick? That's precisely why I've written this book: to give you, the parents, the know-how to clean up your environment, so that you in turn can give your kids a healthier start in life." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Similarly, if the immune kettle is filled to the brim with pathogens and foreign material-including viruses, bacteria, fungi, heavy metals, environmental toxins, artificial foods, and inhalant allergens-it will simply be unable to accommodate anything more. When this happens, a mildly innocent food allergen-such as corn or an egg-can give the immune system more than it can handle. There's always a natural limit to how much the immune system can tolerate, and people often exceed this limit. During pollen season, for example, the immune system might be far less able to tolerate allergenic foods." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "Offers not only important information on childhood cancers, but also on autism and environmental toxins, www.dienviro.com Floortime Foundation. Offers information on one of the most popular and effective behavioral therapies. (443-738-0807) www.floortime.org M.I.N.D. Institute. A medical collaborative center for research. Good scientific investigational resource. (916-703-0280) www.ucdmc.uc-davis.edu/ mindinstitute Unlocking Autism. International organization of parents. Great networking site. (566-366-3361) www.unlockingautism.org Organization for Autism Research." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "Exposure to other environmental toxins, in combination with the vaccination toxins. Exposure to toxins in utero. Nutritional deficits, or excesses. Exposure to other viruses and bacteria. • Presence of other health insults, including Candida problems and allergy. • A family history of autoimmunity and allergies. In short, the children who suffer the most destructive forms of these assaults are usually those who are situated at an ugly, unlucky nexus of genetics and environment. Thus, as many of the DAN doctors now say, in a phrase originally attributed to Sudhir Gupta, M.D." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Modern medicine typically attributes heart conditions to an array of physical and lifestyle factors, ranging from cholesterol and diet to environmental toxins and stress. While these determinants may be accurate on a purely chemical level, they do little to address the actual reason why the conditions exist. What does "failure of the heart" really mean? Perhaps it's not a coincidence that all the lifestyle factors linked to heart failure are also linked to the force that speaks to the universe itself: human emotion." - Gregg Braden, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits (Get the book.)

"Deformed red blood cells, a result of aging, diabetes, high homocysteine, and mechanical forces within vessels. • environmental toxins and cigarette smoke that pollute and inflame. Obviously, you want optimum coagulability, less stagnation, and thus healthier arteries. We've already seen how one supplement—fish oil?helps keep blood thin. But many individuals, including those who choose to avoid pharmaceutical blood thinners, may need something even stronger. That's where nattokinase and lumbrokinase come in. These enzymes are relatively new kids on the supplement block." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"The rapid reversal of the seven stages is accelerated by green juice fasting and natural supplements (discussed in next chapter) of herbs, minerals, high-protease enzymes, and digestive enzymes with our food to build up the amylase, and liquid zeolite (Natural Cellular Defense, or NCD) when combined with the green juice fasting to help pull out the heavy metals and 65,000 environmental toxins. We have also found that the NCD seemed to help in decreasing the FBS. With this integrated approach the results of the Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program are so rapid and consistent." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Advancing age, according to this signal research, simply reflects the length of time you are exposed to toxic metals, such as lead, and also cadmium and mercury, two other major environmental toxins. These metals accumulate, poison enzyme systems, cause free radical stress, and push out health-supporting minerals such as magnesium that relax arterial tissue. Ninety percent of the body's lead collects in bone tissue. It can be measured with an X-ray fluorescence technique. In healthy men and in healthy premenopausal women, bone mineral density remains relatively static." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"This was the first clear evidence of environmental toxins causing breast cancer. There are many confirmed and suspected culprits. Xenoestrogens are chemicals found in the environment from pesticides or chemical fertilizers. They behave like estrogen in the body and have been linked to breast and prostate cancer. Many pesticides have been found in foods. In Israel, the three organochlorine pesticides banned (lindane, DDT, and BHC, or benzene hexachloride) were contaminating milk and dairy foods." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.) "Exposure to environmental toxins is believed responsible for as much as 75 percent of all breast cancers. Although the death rate from breast cancer has fallen in the last decade (believed to be due to earlier diagnosis), breast cancer in the United States rose 1 percent each year from 1950 until 1998, when rates began to fall by 1 to 2 percent per year. There was a further, more significant drop in 2002 to 2003, when the rates of breast cancer suddenly fell by 7.2 percent." - Phuli Cohan, The Natural Hormone Makeover: 10 Steps to Rejuvenate Your Health and Rediscover Your Inner Glow (Get the book.)

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