Environmental Toxicity:
is a growing concern for both doctors and their patients.
As more and more toxic chemicals are used in products that increase the "convenience factor" of our busy lives, there have been staggering increases worldwide in diseases such as:
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cancers
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childhood cancers like leukemia
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asthma
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obesity
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autism
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ADD/ADHD
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and chemical sensitivity.
Toxins impact the immune, nervous, and endocrine systems, and unfortunately are passed down to future generations.
Toxic metals and other chemicals often disrupt the methylation pathway and inhibit the production of these important antioxidants: cysteine, glutathione, and metallothionein.
The type of environmental test selected will depend upon your exposures, background, professions; current and in the past, geography and vulnerabilities to environmental hazards. Some of them may be done along with Red Blood Cell analysis or Chemical Testing. Others have to be person and problem specific.
Some of the tests may include diffrent varieties of following compounds: