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Environmental Pollutants as Toxic Signals (Part 2): Decoding the Damage and Defending Your Brain Health, Nervous System, and Well-Being

Environmental pollutants aren’t just passive bystanders in our bodies—they’re active, meddling saboteurs. These toxins, whether they hitch a ride through the air we breathe, the water we sip, or the plastics in our pantry, act as biological signals that interfere with our brain health, nervous system, and overall well-being. Mounting evidence shows that environmental pollutants,…

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Environmental Pollutants as Toxic Signals (Part 1): Understanding the Hidden Threats to Your Brain Health, Nervous System, and Well-Being

Think of your nervous system as a high-speed train system—efficient, precise, and designed to keep everything running on schedule. Messages zip from your brain to your body like bullet trains, ensuring you can think, move, and function without delays. But what happens when environmental pollutants sneak onto the tracks? Imagine lead as a pile of…

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Stress Hormones in Postpartum, Perimenopause and Menopause: Focus on Norepinephrine

When I worked in mainstream medicine, I was perplexed about why so many of my patients aged 35 and older were taking either selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) to treat certain types of depression and anxiety. SSRIs work by blocking reuptake of serotonin by nerves, and SNRIs work by…

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