Have you ever read The Lorax?
The message of this prescient tale has never been more important: it takes one person, motivated by love, to reconnect the many to their own native wisdom. From this place of connection, the natural world has infinite regenerative capacity.
I've spent the past decade in the trenches of pubmed.gov exploring the data that tells a grim story about how we are killing this planet and ourselves…death by 1000 paper cuts. There is data to support changes to your daily routine – ditching receipts, or choosing a new hair dye – but then there is data that makes us feel powerless and destined for decimation by The Man.
Here's the kicker, though: the dangers of toxicant exposures are highly personal.
Like everything else in the reframing of our human experience, we are de-standardizing health. We are bringing medicine back into the realm of the "N of 1" or the "study of You". You are not a randomized clinical trial. You are a specific symphony of information.
This is why the old model of studying toxicity – the dose makes the poison – is antiquated. In the newest literature, there is the potential for a synergistic process to emerge from concomitant exposures. I want to tell you about one of the more important recent papers that speaks to this issue.
I'm going to lay it on you and then we will figure out what can be done to detox your body and your life.
So, Houston…we have a problem. Just look at our children. In 2008, our infant mortality rate in the first year of life left us ranking 46th in the world. By 2015, we had plummeted to 59th, and the unenviable position of having the highest rate in the world on the first day of life.
Given that we spend vastly more money and have more doctors than our seeming competitors Guam and Cuba, it's time to take a good look at the exposures driving this seeming epidemic of mortality. Then we must examine the chronic diseases 1 in 6 of our children are now labeled with.
In the paper Environmental Toxicants and Infant Mortality in the USA, Kennedy (et al) propose that we ask some big questions about the roles aluminum, mercury, silicofluoride, lead, fertilizers, and glyphosate play in infant mortality. That's a long list of suspects; because there isn't just ONE smoking gun.
In this open-access paper, the authors explore the history of how these agents have been supported by public policy and how they now interact, potentially synergistically, to keep us sick, and in some cases, to accelerate our deaths.
Foreign to the human system, embedded deep in the earth's crust, aluminum is now a routine exposure through deodorants, baking powder, antacid drugs, inhaled particles, and injected vaccines. A known neurotoxin and potent immune stimulant (why it is used as an adjuvant in vaccines), aluminum appears to be a vector of autoimmunity and chronic neuroinflammation, particularly when exposure occurs during the sensitive window of neonatal development. Implicated in autism, Alzheimer's, ADHD, and Parkinson's, neurological degeneration is on the rise, in part due to our escalating exposure.
Fluoride – Great for Teeth?
Sixty five years ago, fluoride was introduced into municipal water supplies under the auspices of its potential to prevent dental decay. In fact, fluoride was waste from the notorious Manhattan Project, in which hydrofluorosilicic acid was used to separate uranium from phosphate rock in efforts toward the creation of the American atomic bomb. Despite its being framed (sodium fluoride, not the less studied, more toxic hydrofluorsilicic acid) by the CDC as one of the most important public health interventions of modern times, an examination of the literature on fluoride's health effects supports quite another story. With tooth decay rates similar in fluoridated and unfluoridated regions, the epidemiologic signal of harm includes kidney failure, dental fluorosis, and in 36 studies, demonstrated lower IQs in children when exposed systemically.
With evidence of carcinogenicity, intestinal flora disruption, liver and kidney toxicity, and chelation of vital nutrients, glyphosate exposure is the result of a food supply commandeered by the makers of pesticides which once included Agent Orange. In formula and even breastmilk, glyphosate (and the other synergistic ingredients in Roundup) are an early exposure to today's babies. These toxicants have the capacity to interfere with all aspects of human health in increasingly documented and studied ways.
One of the authors, Senneff has previously published on the potential for glyphosate to similarly ferry aluminum into the brain. This trifecta is unfortunately eluding exposure because of the intricate web of potential and highly personalized interactions.
While there is concern about decimation of the complex web of life that is our soil, and the informational properties of plants and animal foods, eliminating pesticide exposure from your diet is a powerful step as evidenced by assessment studies. Prioritize organic purchases for the dirty dozen according to EWG. Remember that washing produce does not remove glyphosate.
A major source of fluoride ingestion, invest in the first countertop reverse osmosis for your 8 glasses a day! This will also help you avoid metals, hundreds of disinfectant byproducts, and even low dose medications exposures!
WIth some of the prime aluminum culprits being Hep B and Gardasil, learn the ingredient list of any and all pharmaceutical products you are considering. As we discover more about the near infinite sophistication of your interconnected bodily systems, and the hyper-individuality of any cause and effect process resulting from a healthcare decision, the one-size-fits-all, indemnified vaccine program may begin to make less and less sense to you. Educate yourself before you make a choice that could change everything for you and your family. Trust your body. Invest in your immunity. And explore a mindset shift that offers you a fear-free way to understand health and wellness. For further research, check out nvic.org, fearlessparent.org, and greenmedinfo.com.
Further eliminate aluminum by swapping out your deodorant, cookware (for ceramic, glass, or stainless steel), and eliminating antacid medications and aluminum-containing baking products.
Ever wonder why two people can be exposed to the same toxic exposures, and only one of them will develop depression or cancer? The health of the stress response has a lot to do with it, according to recent literature. Here is a powerful meditation for reversing stress damage.
Remember, it takes one person, motivated by love, to reconnect many to their own native wisdom. From this place of connection, the natural world has infinite regenerative capacity.
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"Destandardizing health" yeah, another wake-up call you need to spread the word on is the invisible toxins of our artificial blue light environments and nnemf's, which is the real cause of death in the oceans and much of modern disease. Surprised that you are not talking about mitigating these effects. 5G is rolling out along with smart meters soon and many folks are going to have sudden unexplained symptoms. Technology addiction is not going away but it is a true culprit and folks need to realize that diet alone is not enough. Quantum biology tells us we need sunlight, grounding to the earth and not just an ancestral diet. Get on the real cutting edge. It's a deep rabbit hole. Read up or listen to some podcasts : Dr. jack Kruse. Please!
Yes, the light thing is an issue too… but it's all important and connected. I suggest better to add on the info and inform rather then to tell someone they're not on the cutting edge cause they aren't talking about what matters most for you. We're all on the same team for healthy lives and for the survival of our children and human race. As a standard trained psychiatrist to become someone who vocally talks against SSRI's and for a wholistic approach to health… she is most certainly in the trenches of cutting edge.
Much respect to you Kelly for all the work you've done and all the light you share with people. Keep on keeping on.
Let Marcine express herself as she sees fit. I do not see anything wrong in her post. We are all entitled to our own opinions and concerns expressed in our own unique way.
We should all have gratitude for the call to compassion and intuition from Dr. Kelly Brogan. I certainly do! I have learned so much from her blogs and feel connected to a community that speaks my same language. In addition to Dr. Brogan's 4 Steps of What to Do, many adults may want to consider going to their NDs or functional docs and getting tested for and use chelation techniques to remedy toxic metals. Many of us were not aware of the dangers of over-eating large fish like tuna/sushi decades ago, were inappropriately exposed to amalgams for cavities, have a history of using toxic health & beauty aids, and live in an area where acid rain exposes us to too much mercury on a consistent basis. My daughter recently completed a college course on Eastern medicine taught by a southern CA ND, and this ND told the class that 100% of the patients who she tested for heavy metals were toxic in mercury. Mercury chelation was a huge part of my recovery to health journey over a decade ago, and I know that it may be a huge undiagnosed issue for many others.
One of the sources of toxins we rarely think about is our clothing.
Clothing manufacturing is the dirtiest businesses in the world.
I work for one of the world's largest airlines. We were recently issued uniforms that contain many toxic chemicals and possible microbial contamination.
Thousands of us are becoming seriously ill. The media has been reporting it, but dumbing it down, like its minor skin irritation, but it's much more serious.
Employees are reporting eye damage, cognitive dysfunction, blood disorders,unexplained bruising, nosebleeds, reproductive changes, mood and behaviour changes, horrible headaches, thyroid dysfunction, lung damage, joint pain, septic feeling pain, infections and many other symptoms that we never had before this uniform.
Several other big companies have used this same manufacturer with the same problems.
The uniforms shed a toxic dust that is contaminating our aircraft and making our passengers sick also.
If you know of such an airline, would you please contact management and ask them to issue an immediate recall of the uniforms?
If only R.O. would remove fluoride and create pure water. But unfortunately it leaves the energy of fluoride and creates dead water.
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Yes, I agree with Shira that the energy of things remain in water even after you physically remove them but some people could be able to put the water out in sunlight as a cheaper solution. On the positive side you can also add the energy of things too eg herbs in the water whilst it's in the sun.
Thank you for putting in the section about fluoride. Fluoride is an enzyme poison, endocrine disruptor, inflammatory drug, and adjuvant that bioaccumulates in bodies, bones and brains. It worsens the symptoms of all inflammatory and autoimmune disorders.
Sign and share the petition on MoveOn dot org entitled "Dietary Fluoride and Modern Science" that is being delivered to members of Congress and leadership at the National Academy of Sciences per the 2015 letter signed by Erin Brockovich, the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, and others.
This should be an easy one. Just turn off the spigot!
I support this doctor and all she has to say.
As I work with a like minded person and know Seneff personally.
This is an amazing article. I have sent it to 3 people and my husband just asked me to bookmark it so he can give it to some guys at work who have been asking questions. It is so easy to read and understand. I am a clinical master herbalist and 200 ryt. My husband and I live a very holistic lifestyle which includes raising most of our own food. Body, mind and spirit is Not a concept many in the US get. I have read this post twice and want to read it again tomorrow. Will be sharing it even more. Thank you again just for being amazing and for writing this blog post!!
this is a wonderful article!a great researcher a great mind a great avant garde human being!fantastic work!
There seems to be a disconnect here. On the one hand the imperative is to detox. On the other hand is support for a president who seeks to diminish the power of the EPA. You can't have it both ways.
I wonder if you could touch on the things you might consider in your practice if you believe a patient to be toxic. I have followed your program via your book and have been doing daily coffee enemas (up to 3x daily) and skin brushing for almost a year now with little success. Do you ever recommend more targeted approaches (e.g DMSA, homeopathy)?