to radiation is much, much higher than a simple plain x-ray,
but even ultrasounds can potentially cause health problems.
This is the True Health Report
where critical appraisal fuels true freedom.
So today's topic is really foundational
and it's kind of understanding the context
for the cause of much of the illness
that we face in modern society.
And it's all about the toxins that we're exposed to.
So in today's program, Minimizing Toxins,
I'm going to introduce you to a sample
of all the things that we're exposed to
and how they get into our bodies
and it can be a little overwhelming.
However, know that you can still attain
and maintain an excellent state of health
despite all of these adversarial aspects of the situation.
So I'm going to spatter in throughout the presentation
ways that you can do things a little bit differently,
how you can minimize your exposure to a variety of these toxins
and I'm going to also conclude with some more suggestions
like that.
And also I'm going to help you understand
how these toxins actually contribute to health problems
and a little bit of the evidence for that,
which is only in the infantile stages,
but it's still quite significant.
So we have here Global Healing Center
made a report that every day we may be exposed to
as many as 2.1 million distinct
and unique toxic chemicals each and every day.
And of course here are many of the types of symptoms
that can result from a variety of toxins.
So here is an excellent resource
to help you with consumer products.
So the Environmental Working Group
who does a lot of good research
about not only hygiene products,
but also food and other topics,
and I might hint at their research later,
they have this app that you can download on your device
and you can look up different categories of products
or you can look at individual products
and it will identify the problematic ingredients
and they do give a green seal to many products
that they say essentially contain no harmful chemicals.
So it's very useful,
even things like cosmetics, makeup,
hygiene products, toothpaste, hair products, etc.
are all in here.
So if you need to use some of those things,
you can at least find ones that are relatively safe.
And EWG also has brought us the dirty dozen
and the clean 15 which are a good resource
for identifying which fresh fruits and vegetables
have the most pesticides and herbicides.
So I'm going to introduce a variety of different types
of environmental toxins
that we're exposed to and endocrine disrupting chemicals
is one of the classes that is quite significant
because it's associated with a lot of health conditions
and these materials are quite pervasive.
And so here you can see from the diagram
various endocrine systems that can be affected
such as our regulation of metabolism,
regulation of our body weight,
thyroid function and sexual functioning.
And there are many xenoestrogens, for example,
that are present in various types of contaminants.
And if we go to the next slide,
we can see some particular examples.
So parabens are a big one.
Triclosan is a material
that has been used a lot in toothpaste, for example.
And it's said to be, I believe,
an antibacterial type agent.
And you can see that it can have the effect
on male fertility and other problems.
So we see phthalates is another and bisphenols like BPA.
But even if a product advertises that they're BPA free,
they likely have other bisphenols like B, C or D,
which may have similar toxicity.
So this really is plastics that are the problem.
Many of these compounds are plasticizing chemicals.
So for example, if you microwave food
in plastic containers or wraps
like a lot of frozen foods come with,
then you can leach these xenoestrogens
into the food and that's one of the most potent sources.
Indoor air pollution is something that many of us overlook,
but it is a main source of pollution.
And of course, this gets in through our skin and our lungs.
And you can see there are many, many sources
of this type of pollution.
Now on these slides, you know,
which I borrowed from other aspects,
it might mention some things related to germ theory here.
So we can just set those aside and look at the problems.
Now on the next slide,
it gives a little bit more information
about the particular sources of indoor air pollution, right?
So we see, for example,
things like chemicals we may use, fragrances,
cleaning products, furniture, varnishes, carpet,
upholstery, wallpaper, paint, all of these things,
off gas, a lot of volatile compounds
that we'll be exposed to.
Now in new buildings, newer construction,
there are many other types of synthetic materials
that are used, which are different from,
you know, in the past when they had stone foundations
and, you know, wood stick frames.
So these are things to be cautious of.
And of course, they decrease over time
as the building ages and as the furniture and other things.
So be very cautious when you move into new construction
or when you buy new furniture or do some remodeling.
So here's an example of a substance atrazine,
which is a pesticide use in agriculture.
And it was found by a researcher initially
at Berkeley University
that it essentially disrupts sexual functioning in amphibians.
And there was a movement to get the EPA to study this
and to regulate it.
Of course, they denied,
but you can see that the effect
has been observed and judged to be significant,
although it's still an unregulated product.
So here's an example of some cosmetic type products.
We're talking about fragrances, perfumes, and colognes
that have a number of toxic chemicals in them.
So it's not just alcohol and a fragrance,
which may be okay if it was regular ethanol,
but here we have a variety of toxic compounds,
benzaldehyde, camphor, ethylacetate, benzylacetate,
allinolul, acetone, and methylene chloride,
which is an organic solvent.
And if we look on the next slide,
one of the things I encourage you to do
to learn about some of these products
that may be already in your household
that you've been exposed to
is to find the material safety data sheet or MSDS.
And this is something that is required
by federal law for every chemical.
Now, of course, it doesn't mean
that there's actually toxicology studies
or data behind the chemical,
but at least there has to be some evidence about it
that tells you how to store it,
what kind of safety precautions you need to handle it.
Now, here we're talking about acetone,
which is a very common chemical.
It's also a solvent.
It's a ketone and it's used in products
like nail polish remover, for example,
and some of the fragrances.
And you can see that it definitely has toxicity,
especially with an acute poisoning,
with inhalation and such.
But at low levels,
it may not be nearly as toxic
as some of the other compounds,
but it's good to at least have this kind of information
so you know what is the most harmful.
So we're talking about toxins in the home,
and I'm going to give you some ways
to identify some of these things
and then some ways you can mitigate your exposure.
So, of course, hygiene and beauty products
are quite a big deal.
And one of my healthy living live streams,
in fact, the first episode,
is on that and carrot seed.
Now, if you don't actually need sunscreen
for most of the time,
if you're very fair skinned
and you're going to have a lot of exposure
during the peak sunlight hours
in a very sunny location,
of course, you have to protect yourself.
You can use shade and clothing,
of course.
It doesn't have to be some kind of sunscreen
or tanning oil.
But if you must use those,
if you use something like carrot seed oil,
you can have excellent results
without worrying about any toxicity.
If you actually look carefully
at the data for malignant melanoma,
it seems that the evidence more likely
points to the conclusion
that sunscreens actually cause melanoma
rather than protect you from it.
So it's important to avoid those products.
Toothpaste.
We don't actually need it all,
but there are plenty of natural alternatives
or much less harmful alternatives
like you might find on the Healthy Living app
I mentioned earlier.
Soap is a big thing.
Now, you don't need soap.
And there are other substances
if you need a substance
to help you wash like clay and rice bran
that can absorb dirt and oils
and things off your skin.
But really, water is actually adequate.
Essential oils can be used
in place of deodorants or perfumes
and you can mix those with a safe carrier oil
like could be carrot oil, almond oil,
jojoba oil, or a few others,
including things like beef tallow
and beeswax can be used
in a variety of skin products
such as lotions, right?
Which is another thing
which you can make yourself
and find recipes
or there are some manufacturers
who make some harmless natural versions.
I talked a bit about indoor air pollution
so I think it's critical
to have a good quality air purifier.
I use the Austin air purifier
where you change the filter element
every five years
and it does make a huge difference.
I mean, even if I have burned incense
or done things like that,
it gets rid of those odors completely.
Now, you may not want to run it
while you're burning incense
but know that it won't be a permanent smell
if you're using a good air filter like that.
Laundry detergent
and really all household cleaners,
you need to think about alternatives
and I'll give you a cleaning recipe
a little bit later.
But baking soda makes a great laundry detergent.
You may not get out certain stains
like grease stains and such
but you can pretreat those
with hydrogen peroxide or castile soap
and handle all your laundry situations naturally.
Soap nuts, which I don't know a lot about
but they are essentially
some kind of seed or fruit from a plant
that has some emulsifying
and cleaning substances in it.
And clothing, I think it's very important
to pay attention to
and to try to use only natural fiber
in the garments that are making direct contact
with your skin at a minimum
and you need to pre-wash these
even because they may have finishing chemicals
or if it's cotton that's not organic for example
it's grown with a lot of pesticides
so washing it a couple of times
before you wear it can mitigate that substantially
but definitely want to stay away
from synthetic fiber
clothings that touch your skin.
So here's my recipe
for an all-purpose cleaner
that really works on every surface
except possibly for fine wood
where I would just use a damp cloth
like a microfiber or a cotton cloth
but this is simply water
and you want to use purified water
because it has more dissolving capacity
and you are going to go 50-50
with water and regular white distilled vinegar
the industrial type
and add several drops
of your favorite essential oil
now I find that citrus oils
are very good for cleaning
but you can certainly do your own research
and pick your preferred essential oil
just I pour these right into the spray bottle
give it a little swirl
and it's good to go for everything
now you can mix up a larger batch
if you want to use it to clean
and mop the floors for example
it's very inexpensive
and very good at cleaning up virtually everything
okay I want to point out this resource
because we're going to briefly cover
outdoor air pollution
and this is from ProPublica
and it's an interactive map that is updated
I believe it's still active
and you can see the URL here
and you can find essentially places
where there are dangerous carcinogens
in the air pollution
and most of these are the exhaust
from industrial factories
and other kinds of industrial facilities
and it sort of gives you a color map
and then it gives you specific information
about the facilities
where they're located
what your proximity is and such
so it's a very good resource
and you can see that it's quite overwhelming
the degree of things that we're exposed to
so I talked a little bit about clothing
which contains plasticizing chemicals
but also solvents and forever chemicals
like PFAS and such
so have to be very careful
about things that are water resistant
or waterproof for example
because the chemicals used to make those
are definitely a hazard
also perhaps be careful about certain dyes
and finishing chemicals
flame retardants
for example in children's pajamas
it was for a time very common
to spray them with flame retardant chemicals
and now they make them tighter fit
so they're less likely to catch on fire
rather than use those chemicals
but you want to
if you get any hand me down
so you definitely want to check on that
so there are definitely a lot of risks
related to clothing
also the FDA is well aware of chemicals
heavy metals and pesticides
specifically in food
and has specific guidelines
for that as if it's acceptable
to have any of these substances
in our food supply
and on the next slide
it lists some of the known contaminants
which are things that we know are very dangerous
benzene is a strong carcinogen
that's associated strongly with leukemia
we know dioxins and PCBs
you know dioxins not allowed to be used anymore
but it persists in the environment
perchlorates
PFAS forever chemicals
radioactive substances
and many more
there's this huge problem of biosolids
and these are essentially waste products
that are manufactured into agricultural products
from sewage treatment plants
and it turns out that
the sewage that goes into sewage treatment plants
is not just what's in our waste
which also has many contaminants
because of our toxic lifestyles
these things get in our bodies
and they come out in our feces
and urine and go into the sewer
but it turns out that the EPA
actually allows and encourages
manufacturing facilities
and other industrial operations
to dump their poisonous chemical waste
right into the sewer
and sewers are not designed
to remove chemicals
only biological contaminants
so this is a huge problem
and it's essentially spread on agricultural land
and gets into the food supply
and all the classes of problematic chemicals
I mentioned are present
in these biosolids
including a few I haven't mentioned yet
but will
speaking of herbicides
we definitely have heard of glyphosate
which you know has been banned
by the European Union
but here it's in food
that's recommended to be given to babies
and the next slide
the World Health Organization
has declared it a probable carcinogen
and that's I'm sure
just one of the many toxicities
resultant from glyphosate
so artificial sweeteners
of which there are many
and one thing about these
is that they don't help us
break our sugar addiction
they actually perpetuate our taste
for sweet foods
and in many studies
they've shown to be actually more harmful
than the sugar itself
now Dr. Blalock is a neurosurgeon
who has written quite a bit
on this topic
and is very concerned
and he essentially points out
how some of these chemicals
mimic excitatory neurotransmitters
which we're known are associated
with several disease states
of the brain
when they're overactive
and these include things like
monosodium glutamate
the flavor enhancer
and aspartame
which is neutrosweet
and there's substantial evidence
of developmental disabilities
and neuropsychiatric
and neurodegenerative disorders
associated with these substances
now drinking water
is another huge source of contaminants
and of course water is 99 out of 100 molecules
in our body
and more than two-thirds of our body weight
so it's very critical
that we have clean water
so you could see on the next slide
that bottled water is not acceptable
of course when I was a child
and when most of us grew up
we drank tap water
and we didn't even really fill up
bottles and carry them around
like when I was playing sports
at my friend's house
or whatever
and we were thirsty
we just drank right out of the hose
right and we never gave it a second thought
and then I'm not sure that that water was safe then
but we really didn't know
and then all of a sudden
they start saying
oh you can't really drink tap water
you need to drink bottled water
but this was really a trick
because the bottled water
is not clean by any stretch
of the imagination
so I just want to point out
that just in drinking water
there are
in addition to the plasticizing chemicals
from that bottle
in tap water
and other sources of drinking water
there are a variety of toxins
and these can include heavy metals
it's a lot of agricultural runoff chemicals
pesticides and herbicides
also there may be waste products
from intestinal bacteria
that could contaminate the water
there are other types of volatile organics
from industrial waste
and air pollution that make their way
into the drinking water supply
and of course microplastics
which are quite pervasive
in even natural water sources
so this is you know quite an important issue
because we take a lot of water into our bodies
so we need to make sure that we have purified water
definitely distillation and reverse osmosis
will remove all of those chemicals for sure
okay now we can talk about radiation
now I'm not going to focus a lot on
radiation that would be
from Wi-Fi or cell phones
or 5G or smart meters
but all these things are hazardous
but I haven't seen strong evidence
that they are causing serious illness yet
but they definitely can cause problems
and you should minimize and mitigate your exposure
and you could do that by of course
not having these transmitting devices near you
turn off your Wi-Fi
use a hard ethernet connection
to your computer
or at least turn it off at night
if you put plants between you
and the source of the radiation
that will offer some protection
and definitely don't have any devices
in your bedroom near you when you're sleeping
unless they are shielded
by a special kind of Faraday cage device
I'm really emphasizing ionizing radiation
this is radioactivity
and of course there is background radiation
that we're exposed to all the time
that's said to come from space
but we can definitely measure it and detect it
but what I'm talking about here really
is additional exposure
and not referring to the people who lived
near a nuclear plant accident
I'm talking really about medical exposure
and this is a very under reported
but serious issue
especially with respect to cancer
but also with other adverse health outcomes
that medical imaging studies
are a substantial cause of health problems
and CT scans are perhaps the worst culprit
because your exposure to radiation
is much much higher than a simple plain x-ray
but even ultrasounds
can potentially cause health problems
so we need to be very careful
to minimize our exposure to medical imaging
and of course that's not the only aspect of medicine
that is a problem for our health
now many of you may be familiar
with this famous study from Johns Hopkins
published in the British Medical Journal
stating that more than a quarter of a million deaths a year
in the US are due to medical errors
now this would according to the CDC's leading cause of death
put this at the number three cause of death
but that's not the only data
we see the next slide also pharmaceuticals
even when taken as directed
would be also the third leading cause of death
now if we took half of those in this study
who took the doses correctly
in other words there was no medical error
and added it to the quarter of a million
from the previous study
we would then find that it was the number one
leading cause of death in the United States
is medical treatment
okay now this study here is different from
one published in JAMA that I've mentioned before
because this included chemotherapy and vaccine
whereas the previous study did not include those
so the numbers are substantially higher
okay so I wanted to highlight a particular pharmaceutical
that is somewhat controversial
and in fact I had a little discussion about this
when I was in Mexico
that some of you may have seen or heard about
but I'm talking about ivermectin here
so in case any of you thought this was a good idea
or could help in some way
let me say that I've reviewed all the clinical evidence
and it is not beneficial for any kind of respiratory disease
but here is some real world examples
for just from Oregon
okay after people started taking it prophylactically
for you know COVID
some of them got really sick
and they weren't taking overdoses
okay these they reported the exact doses
and these were the normal doses
and you could see that people were admitted to the hospital
and some of them were put in intensive care
okay just from taking a regular preventive dose of ivermectin
and you could see that some of the issues
right were essentially delirium
which is has a very high mortality
so these folks are lucky that none of them
died in this cohort
ataxia that is the inability to walk
okay so that is quite significant
and that's when it's described that way
it means it's neurologic
so you can see that this was you know
quite significant and not a safe medication
I wanted to get into a little bit of
how do we connect that we've been exposed
to all these substances
and the particular health outcomes now
clearly we can see that quite easily
when it comes to medical treatment
but what about these environmental toxins
so there is a growing body of research literature
where they're looking at actually organs
and tissues of humans
and possibly animals in some studies
and saying are these environmental chemicals present
so here is a paper about adipose tissue
now that's another word for our fat tissue
and that is really important
because it contains a lot of fat
so the toxic substances that are not water soluble
can be stored there
they're compatible with these cells
and this is exactly what they found
and here they have a little eponym for them
POPs which stands for persistent organic pollutants
sorry that is an acronym
but they talk about different classes of compounds
including PCBs, dioxins, furans, PBDEs and PBBs
which are polybrominated biphenyls
and then some other compounds
so these things get stored in the fat tissue
and this may actually be helpful to some degree
because it keeps them away from more vital organs
you wouldn't want it to be stored in your heart muscle
and your brain and your kidneys
however there is physiology that's going on in the adipose tissue
and it's mostly related to metabolism
so there's some convincing evidence
that these toxins in the fat tissue
actually disrupt some of the fat metabolism
so for example the mechanisms that regulate your body weight
the degree of obesity or losing the fat
also with respect to your appetite
and your glucose metabolism
so these are quite significant
microplastics is something else that's been looked at
and it's been found in various places
including the stool for one place
so it's good that our body's getting rid of some of it
or perhaps that is our microplastics
we just swallowed and they never got absorbed
but also been found in placenta, lungs, liver
in the sputum which is the fluid we cough up
breast milk and blood
so this does not bode well
that it is so pervasive
but you can see that we don't know exactly the role it causes
in illness and health yet
but I think we can all imagine that it's probably
not very good for us to be in all of those tissues
okay so to summarize what I've talked to you about today
that we're exposed to quite a lot of things that are not good for us
and I really only covered the tip of the iceberg
because each year there are up to 80,000 new chemicals
that are put out into the environment
or many of them are new
and when these chemicals are first used
they do not generally get any kind of testing
on the effect that they have on biological organisms
it's not required
and there are categories such as generally regarded as safe
that the government has
that many people can just put things in products
under that category
and unless there emerges evidence
that these things are unsafe
that goes noticed and someone acts on it
they can continue to be put out there into the environment
and we can be exposed to these things
I think it's quite clear
that we have no ability to trust government regulation
to take care of our health
when it comes to environmental toxins
and we can really see evidence
that they're sort of partnering with industry
to allow these companies to essentially make what they want
what they think is profitable
and whatever the consequences of their manufacturing process
they can dispose of those quite easily
efficiently and cheaply with cooperation
from the government allowing them to pollute and poison us
so despite the ubiquity of these toxins
and the responsibility of the corporations
and especially the medical industry
because they are acting under the preface
of supporting our health
yet they're actually as I stated
there's clear evidence that makes them really
the leading cause of death
so despite all these issues
you can actually make a huge difference
for yourself and your family
arming yourself first of all with information
so read, look at MSDSs
and many other forms of information
minimize your exposure
okay not just to consumer products
and things you do around your house
but how you interact with other industries
sometimes this can be really disturbing
and in your face
and you don't even know what to do
and I'll give you an example
when I was recently traveling to Mexico
actually this happened in both directions
in the Mexico City airport
there was an individual
with credentials, airport credentials
I don't remember exactly what they said
who was wearing like a hazmat type suit
and had a tank on his back and a sprayer
and he was going around spraying
people's luggage, surfaces
like right next to people
without asking permission
or saying anything
just going around
and the people were just kind of like acting
like it was a normal day
and some folks asked the staff
like what about it
isn't it harmful
and they were like oh no it's perfectly safe
but then why is the person spraying it
wearing a hazmat suit
if it's safe
and when the airport staff were asked that
they said that it makes people feel more secure
so I'm not sure what kind of world we're in
when someone having to wear extreme safety
equipment right makes us feel safe
but we have to overcome this
so you know when we're in environments like that
where if we have to travel
we don't want our freedoms limited
we have to take some measures
to make sure that you know
we keep ourselves clean
and regularly detox
so that something like that
won't throw us over the threshold
into a serious health problem
and of course if we identify anything like that
stay as far away from it
as possible and pay attention
to any effects that it may have
on your health
so you can take brisk action
so this all goes to minimizing exposure
and taking responsibility
for these aspects
and then no matter what we do
we can avoid some exposure to these things
if we're living in this world
so we have to be responsible enough
to carry out regular periodic detox operations
I always do some form of detox
in the early spring
usually a fast
which could be three days
or seven days
one year I did a really long one
but there are many other things
sometimes I have
we'll do a week or two of the
liver protocol
with coffee enemas
sometimes I do it with juicing
but there are many many other ways
that you can do periodic fasting
I encourage you just to have some plan
where you do it periodically
on an ongoing basis
to make sure that you can
really get these things out of your body
and not have any you know
hint of illness affecting
your health and vitality
even if you're doing your best to live clean
you're still being exposed
from off-gassing furniture
and plastics in your food
to synthetic fibers
personal care products
and even medical imaging procedures
especially fat soluble chemicals
these toxins don't respond
to your average detox
they settle deep in your tissues
and you need the right tools
to clear them out
that's why I created
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thanks for listening
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