Everyday
environmental toxins
Create Chronic Illness
by dr. martha grout
i
f you sent your blood to a very
special lab at Mount Sinai School
of Medicine in New York, you
could discover your body burden –
the chemicals you’ve been exposed to
during your lifetime that are ware-
housed inside you.
In 2003, the Environmental
Working Group (EWG) tested nine
volunteers and discovered a total of
167 chemicals in their blood and
urine – 76 which cause cancer it
humans or animals, 94 which are
toxic to the brain and nervous system,
and 79 which cause birth defects or
abnormal development.
In 2005, the EWG looked at
stored in body fats, and build up to
umbilical cord blood collected by the
dangerous levels. Toxic storage is one
Toxic storage is one
Red Cross. The random samples came
reason so many people have trouble
reason so many
from 10 newborn babies. The findings:
losing weight.
an average of 200 industrial chemicals
When the body is functioning
people have trouble
and pollutants including pesticides,
poorly, the brain suffers as well. Defi-
losing weight.
consumer product ingredients, and
ciency of neurotransmitters, destruc-
wastes from burning coal, gasoline,
tion of neural pathways by exposure
and garbage.
to mercury or other heavy metals, moved around. It is wise to monitor
Some of the “living better through
deficiency of nutrients because of liver enzymes and kidney function
chemistry” compounds are so much
poor gut function – all these affect the periodically, and maintain a level of
a part of our daily lives, we never
function of the brain. detoxification that is not stressful. A
give them a thought. Formaldehyde
Emptying the “Body Burden” homeopathic physician will work with
makes fabrics look strong and beauti-
requires sophisticated medical as- the brain, the mind, and the body to
ful, gasoline makes automobiles run,
sistance. Some people have a genetic achieve successful detoxification.
aluminum hydroxide makes our sweat
problem with detoxification; they
glands stop functioning so no one can
do not have the enzymes needed to Martha M. Grout, MD, MD(H) serves
see us sweat at that big meeting.
conduct Phase l and Phase II detoxi- on the Arizona Board of Homeopathic
But there is a price to pay. When
fication. These people can be much Medical Examiners. She has two
chemicals get into the body, they can
more easily damaged by levels of decades in emergency medicine and a
slow down or completely stop many
toxins which would not affect others. decade in homeopathic medicine. Her
important cellular processes leading
Autistic children are an example of environmentally friendly office, The
to fatigue, symptomatic illness, and
genetic predisposition to development Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine
even to autoimmune disease. Many
of toxicity. in Scottsdale, specializes in chronic
manmade chemicals are fat soluble
It is not enough to “free” the illness and brain training. She can be
and the body cannot readily break
metals and stored toxins, they must reached at www.ArizonaAdvanced-
them down. These chemicals are then
be carried out of the body, not just Medicine.com or 480-240-2600.
12 Phoenix
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