Environmental Toxicity Treatment 

Based on the concept of 
Total Load 
 
Avoidance: 
Environmental illness is due to an overload of the body by numerous stressors. In order to help the person recover, the amount ofstressors must be reduced. Below are some of the components of the overload. 

Parts of the Total Load:

Natural food compounds (aromatic compounds) Emotional stressors 
Food sensitivities, allergies and intolerances 
Psychological stressors 
Food borne organisms (mycotoxins, bacterial toxins) 
Spiritual stressors 
Food borne xenobiotics 
Temperature/weather stress 
Air pollutants 
Lack of sleep 
Airborne biologicals (pollens, molds, dust) 
Lack of nutrients 
Water pollutants 
Physical trauma 
Infections Childhood trauma 
Ongoing abusive situations 

What are the greatest areas of overload for this individual? Look at all the components of the "Total Load" and then begin unloading at the easiest and most obvious places. The most obvious loads are often not the easiest ones to start with as in the case of a toxic 
relationship. The person must be willing to eliminate the stressor from their lives. Once the total load has been sufficiently reduced below the "overload" level the person will begin to feel better. 

Diet: 
The foods that the person consumes are the first place to begin with avoidance, as it is the area that is most in that person's control. Dietary reduction of the total load will include the reduction of food sensitivities, food allergens, intolerances and food chemical burdens. Since the development of food sensitivities is frequently one of the first signs of immune overload by xenobiotics. This is one of the first places to address. 

The elimination of foods that the person is sensitive to can be accomplished by identifying the most likely offender foods and the foods most likely to not cause reactivity. The identification of the offender foods can be accomplished via testing serum for IgG4 antibodies to the foods. Foods that show a high antibody level are likely to be part of the total body load. Unfortunately these tests have not shown good reproducibility. They also frequently show elevated antibodies for legume due to antigen binding on the carbohydrate portion of the antibody, instead of happening through antigen binding. In addition, foods that cause an adverse response to the body via mechanism that are not IgG mediated will, obviously not be found on such testing.