Summary: Here’s an interview that I was featured on another podcast. Here I talk about how environmental toxins affect our health. <br> Show Notes<br> <br> * My story on how I got involved in functional medicine<br> * A brief history of Chiropractic<br> * *The site she mentions is my old website (new clinic site is <a href="www.velocitywellness.com">www.velocitywellness.com</a>)<br> * Bioaccumulation of toxins – “slow poisoning”<br> * 1998 1.2 billion lbs of toxins were dumped into our environment<br> * Plastics leeching chemicals like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A">BPA</a><br> * Our current healthcare system is designed for emergent care, not chronic degenerative diseases<br> * Pesticides account for about 70% of the endocrine damage in our society, causes massive changes in our hormonal balance<br> * Pesticides mimic your hormones, thereby creating abnormal physiology<br> * Pesticides cause a large imbalance in estrogen/progesterone<br> <br> Stay tuned for part 2…how the environmental toxins affect your health<br> <br>
