Mycotoxins Exacerbating Autoimmunity While mold toxins, or mycotoxins, affect us in a variety of ways, their effects on the immune system seem to be a primary pathway. Though controversy exists over things like ‘toxic building syndrome,’ research clearly supports the immune-modulating effects of these toxins. Researchers in a November 2021 volume of the International Journal…
Moldy Sinks Caring for individuals with environmental toxicities always requires an investigation into the source of the person’s particular toxin. Many with mold toxicity have asked whether growth in their plumbing, particularly their sink drains, could be making them sick, even if remediators are usually dubious of the possibility. This study takes a step forward…
Plastics in Mom Gives Baby Anxiety We live in a plastic world that is increasingly swallowed by anxiety. Could there be link between plastic chemical exposures in pregnancy with anxious behaviors in children years later? This study suggests that possibility. Keep reading to see if you want to limit plastic exposure during childbearing years to…
Mainstream medicine downplays and even ridicules the reality of mold toxicity from water damaged buildings, but they seem to have skipped reading articles like this and the citations within it. While the researchers did not do the studies themselves, they compiled the published studies to look at the problem from different angles. They looked at…
Many people spend years searching for answers to symptoms such as fatigue, brain fog, headaches, digestive issues, sinus congestion, and unexplained inflammation. While these symptoms are often treated individually, the underlying cause may never be fully identified. One factor that is frequently overlooked is mold exposure. At Sanctuary Functional Medicine, patients often seek care after…
The pesticide on your fruit or from your neighbor’s yard may leave long lasting changes on your immune system, possibly on your yet-to-be-born children’s immune system. We live in a toxic fishbowl of our own making, especially when we choose to participate in the self-delusion. Yet, we keep asking ourselves, our neighbors, and our medical…
We need more research like today’s focus article, which considers the effects of parental occupational chemical exposure on autistic children’s future co-occurring “behaviors or cognitive and adaptive skills.” While much money and effort keeps pouring into genetics and pharmaceuticals, finding preventative opportunities, such as with prenatal chemical exposures, could have an even greater individual and…
We need more research like today’s focus article, which considers the effects of parental occupational chemical exposure on autistic children’s future co-occurring “behaviors or cognitive and adaptive skills.” While much money and effort keeps pouring into genetics and pharmaceuticals, finding preventative opportunities, such as with prenatal chemical exposures, could have an even greater individual and…
Only someone with mold toxicity illness will completely understand the experience, though many others have shared it in part. You are told by conventional doctors that it is all in your head. You find out that your house or your workspace is making you sick. You have to throw away so many possessions that turn…
Early life chemical exposures play a critical role in the healthy life of our children, sometimes altering courses of health that cannot be undone. In our world today, we see more disorganized eating than ever before as obesity (with all its complications) skyrockets alongside undernutrition, leading not just to classic underweight conditions but also to…