Environmental Medicine

environmental medicine

Biological Imperatives of Going Green

Holistic health begins with contemplative appreciation of the interconnectedness of biosystems, including both biopsychosocial and environmental integrity. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are the hidden culprits underlying some forms of illness, including some types of hormonal imbalance and some neurological and psychiatric symptoms. Environmental pollutants have been regarded as a probable cause of premature ovarian insufficiency. Phenolic synthetic estrogens from increasingly ubiquitous environmental pollutants and cosmetics have been linked with earlier menopausal onset and common gynecological pathologies, such as uterine fibroids, infertility and polycystic ovarian syndrome.

We test for glyphosate exposure, organophosphate pesticides, organochlorine pesticides, mycotoxins, phthalate metabolites, trichothecenes, parabens, acrylic metabolites, alkyl phenols including bisphenol A (BPA) and triclosan and volatile organic compounds. Of greater importance, treatment is oriented around mitigation and biological clearance of these lipophilic agents.

Detoxifiers, Chelators & Binders

Learn how to green your body, home and lifestyle to avoid these exposures, and prescribe medications to assist in elimination of these toxins and biotoxins.

Food as Medicine

We teach you which 'foods as medicine' and create a lifestyle of increased protection against chemical threats that alter human health and the natural world.

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Ding N, Harlow SD, Randolph JF, et al. Associations of Perfluoroalkyl Substances with Incident Natural Menopause: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020;105(9):dgaa303.

Ding N, Harlow SD, Randolph JF Jr, Loch-Caruso R, Park SK. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their effects on the ovary. Hum Reprod Update. 2020;26(5):724-752.

Hannon PR, Flaws JA. The effects of phthalates on the ovary. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2015;6:8.

Patel S, Zhou C, Rattan S, Flaws JA. Effects of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals on the Ovary. Biol Reprod. 2015;93(1):20.

Vabre P, Gatimel N, Moreau J, et al. Environmental pollutants, a possible etiology for premature ovarian insufficiency: a narrative review of animal and human data. Environ Health. 2017;16(1):37.

Integrative & Functional Medicine

environmental medicine

Biological Imperatives of Going Green

Detoxifiers, Chelators & Binders

Food as Medicine

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