Research I conducted with Dr. Aristo Vojdani showed approximately 20 percent of healthy people demonstrate immune reactivity to chemicals. We published this research in the Journal of Applied Toxicology.
Datis Kharrazian
The review board called the study revolutionary and breakthrough research. It is the first study that shows a completely new model of how chemicals combine with our own proteins to create autoimmunity and how prevalent this is in our population.
These chemical immune reactions can also inflame the brain.
Elevated heavy metals or chemicals on a hair analysis or other test do not tell the whole story. What matters is whether your immune system is reacting to these compounds and NOT the quantity or levels you have.
Twenty percent of people are immunologically reacting to chemicals! That is an enormous number of people, especially given the prevalence of toxic chemicals we come across in our daily lives. I’ve always been maddened by the reports that say: x tiny amount of y chemical in this product is not harmful, because it is not always the toxin, but the reaction to it that’s the problem. And it is far more of a problem cumulatively ie. taken in daily, but also in combination with all of the other ‘tiny’ amounts of different chemicals and toxins.
I think, generally, that we are built to deal effectively with toxins in the main – think: lymph, kidneys, skin, lungs, liver etc. BUT there is no doubt that modern life means we are taking in an unprecedented amount now and I couple that with the many people I am finding on tests who don’t process toxins as well as they might – methylation is poor, hepatic detox is low etc. This then results in a build up which overwhelms some people – we are the canaries in the coalmine, if you like; an early warning system to start curbing our intake as a population.
Ooh, I went off on a rant there, didn’t I?! But it does genuinely make me mad.
If you are suffering from any chronic illness that’s not resolving, this is a good area to investigate. To test your reactivity and immune response to chemicals, do Cyrex 11, invented by Dr Vojdani for that very purpose. See Toxin testing here:
And methylation, detox etc here:
Some people are just genetically weaker at detoxing them, of course. I am finding that a lot. I like to see this early on if I can because we can then make sure that person is protected in future and doesn’t suffer the build up that later causes a chronic problem somewhere in the body or brain.
Here is how to test genetically:
Once we have more info from tests like the above, we can quite easily put in a protocol to address any issues found, help you lower intake, break stuff down and eliminate them better and ward off any potential future problems, including autoimmune diseases.