Several patients have asked me questions about estrogen hormone and how it might affect their health, particularly cancer risk. Many cancers are estrogen-sensitive, meaning that estrogen is like fertilizer for them. Estrogen is one of many different hormone-disrupting chemicals. At last count, the EPA estimates there are over 85,000 different hormone-disrupting chemicals we are commonly […]
Obesogens are as nasty as they sound – obesity generators. They sound like a secret elite force of fat causing ninjas. In many ways that is exactly what they are. These are chemicals commonly found in our industrial environment that trigger our bodies to gain weight regardless of what we avoid eating or how much […]
Did you know that the lining of your digestive tract and your skin are not only made of the same types of cells, but function in much the same way? Epithelial cells (skin cells) serve to create a barrier to keep out bacteria while letting smaller chemicals into the system. In the digestive tract the smaller […]